These have been the best for the buck products you can buy right now. No frills. Just clear, crisp, and full sound. My wife and I were in bed. I was just about to go to sleep when she decided to watch her shows on her phone. Of course it was loud enough that I told her to use her earbuds but she didn't have them close by so I handed her these Core ANC, at first she didn't want to deal with connecting it but I told her it doesn't take long. Btw these connect faster than my cars Bluetooth. Anyways. She was impressed to say the least. She used them for 2 hours. The pads created a great seal that the noise cancelling wasn't needed. At the lowest volume setting, these are loud enough to hear subtleties on songs and HD shows. The active noise cancelling does drop off the low end and so you might still hear some high pitched sounds but still a great sound from a low cost high quality.