I love the wind-up cord feature of this model, but the sound quality doesn't come close to the older model I have from a few years ago. I did "sound" tests with my friends, and the sound quality of my older EarBud is so much better than this new one. Maybe the quality of the manufacturing is not as good, or maybe I should return this one and try another one. It is a nice little unit though if you couldn't compare the quality of the two with each other.