For a stock set of headphones these actually have acceptable bass and pretty good clarity even at high volume. Surely not a Shure pair of head phones but not bad. Also not a bad option if you don't want to go with Bluetooth having to deal with charging etc. and those not always the best for music except for a rare few stereo bluetooth devices which your phone may not support or an awkward additional Bluetooth music headphones. These were way cheaper than a replacement at the phone store, that's for sure. I'll probably lose them again and be back.