Before I got into and started collecting headphones, this was the set I used. If you want the short of it, there are several better options than the V300 for the money. It is generally a dark and boomy headphone. It is also fragile. Though mine haven't yet broken, a common site with these headphones is a broken gimbal joint on one of the cups and/or cracked and flaking earpads. In their defense, I think they have a rather beefy cable -- albeit a studio length cable which makes them a hassle for portable use. They are also very comfortable.

There are far better options for this amount of money and less. Most of the Koss line immediately springs to mind, particularly the KSC75 and Pro35a. I also recommend the Sennheiser HD201 (which Sennheiser has apparently recently improved on in the HD205, but I don't have personal experience with it) and the Sennheiser PX100. If you want to stick with a Sony, I would recommend you perhaps hold out for the slightly more expensive, certainly more venerable, V6/7506 (NOT to be confused with V600!).
Before I got into and started collecting headphones, this was the set I used. If you want the short of it, there are several better options than the V300 for the money. It is generally a dark and boomy headphone. It is also fragile. Though mine haven't yet broken, a common site with these headphones is a broken gimbal joint on one of the cups and/or cracked and flaking earpads. In their defense, I think they have a rather beefy cable -- albeit a studio length cable which makes them a hassle for portable use. They are also very comfortable. There are far better options for this amount of money and less. Most of the Koss line immediately springs to mind, particularly the KSC75 and Pro35a. I also recommend the Sennheiser HD201 (which Sennheiser has apparently recently improved on in the HD205, but I don't have personal experience with it) and the Sennheiser PX100. If you want to stick with a Sony, I would recommend you perhaps hold out for the slightly more expensive, certainly more venerable, V6/7506 (NOT to be confused with V600! ).