I bought these headphones for working out. The sound is pretty good, nothing exceptional or bad. My biggest problem is that they really pinch your ears after 5-10 minutes. The springy clips rotate around, but not out. They compress the upper rigid parts of my ear and it's quite uncomfortable. If you have a normal or petite ear / head you will probably be alright, but if you are a little bigger in either department these may hurt. No matter how I adjust them I have the same result. I will be switching to behind the neck headphones.