After all, even though I've torn up the Triple Black pair I got 4 years ago, they are still going strong (they're my home pair now that keep me from killing my noisy neighbor).

I even used them in a hotel with noisy neighbors and enjoyed a great nights sleep.

So much for trying to drown out my inconsiderate neighbor

they were not very good for listening to music, as they had no appreciable bass at all, but were great for television and radio talk shows .. but i used to wear them while they were not even connected, as i had extremely loud and obnoxious neighbors at the time .. but after a year the left side just stopped working

I have noisy upstairs neighbors and these headphones work fantastic for muffling loud footsteps and help me fall asleep

I have hyperacusis and misphonia, and needed something to help me tolerate noises in my home office in the city (construction sounds, noisy neighbors, etc.)

Granted I live in a big city, in an apartment with annoying downstairs neighbors that love to bang and slam everything and the annoying neighbors across from them that have a one year old

I have noisy upstairs neighbors and these headphones work fantastic for muffling loud footsteps and help me fall asleep

But these headphones have managed to nearly completely block out the noisy neighbors that live above me

But if you just want to read a book in peace without distraction (Ahem....hello, noisy roomate or neighbor) just put them on and at the slide of a

Overall sound was NOT as loud as I like (these don't go to 11

After about 10 minutes, I tried again and alas, L started working and R was dead

However, now the R ear no longer works

Verified again and L was active and R was dead