4.5/5The sound quality is great for whatever you want to listen to. The only listeners I think would have quibbles is people looking for strong base in the 20-25 Hz range (it will pick those up, but they'll be relatively quieter and bass boost equalizer settings will be required) and audiophiles looking for a good sound stage (it's okay but not great, just under Bose's low end wired over ear headphones). The former can't get the base they want with good audio quality at this price point and the latter can't get what they want anywhere near this price point so I think these are still a good option for them, but they should be aware going in.The battery life is crazy, I've used these for an entire day without charging several times with no issues. They seem to charge pretty fast too. If you plug them in at night, you pretty much never have to think about the battery, especially if you pop them on the charger for a few minutes whenever you need to take them off for some reason.Connection range is also extremely good, about 50 yards in open air. With the headphones connected to my laptop, I can walk all over my house and office, go outside, etc and not run into any connection problems unless I go to check the mail. Compared to some headphones I've had where having my phone in my pocket was a major issue, these are a dream. You end up just not thinking about them throughout the day.The noise cancellation is great for airplanes and other low frequency noises but only helps a little with things like vacuums or other higher frequency noise. Noise cancellation is functional, but not their strong suit. The real gem for these is a related feature they added that I haven't come across before, the hear-through mode, which makes it like the headphones aren't even on. You don't have to constantly remove the headphones if someone needs to talk to you or keep an ear off if you need to be able to listen to monitor a kid playing (though you will have to keep the volume down or you won't hear them over whatever you're playing).The one real negative on these is the microphone, which is really quiet no matter what you do with volume levels. The quality is good, but people are going to have to turn you up a bit on their end for meetings and things like that. If I could take off half a star in the ratings, I would just for this issue.
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!]