I was a little nervous about buying these as 1st time bluetooth headphones; $100+ is a bit to spend on something like this for the 1st time. But so far, I have not regretted it. First off, the sound quality is amazing. Only the best from Sony. I love the design, very modern and great color scheme (from the Amazon picture, the cups look sorta purplish, but fortunately they are actually black). The headband is soft and cushiony. I bought them primarily for my 3rd gen iPod Touch, and they paired up perfectly. Not only that, but they paired with my PS3, my Env3 phone, and computer via the cheapest bluetooth usb adapter on the net (also bought simultaneously from Amazon). Speaking of multiple devices, the phones can be connected to multiple at the same time such as my computer and iPod, although that seems to cause some interference when listening to the iPod; certain things, even if they are not the default audio source, will cause music playback to pause briefly and cause a bit of input lag. That is simply resolved by pausing the music and waiting a few seconds however. Idk, that could just be because of the cheap adapter, not sure, but not a huge deal. As far as the controls on the earpiece, the volume controls work fine, the jog controls has only worked via computer (e.g. Windows Media Player), not iPod, HOWEVER the pause/play function does work on iPod. I've yet to successfully work the Next/Prev folder buttons. Pairing up the device to others is just as simple as any regular bluetooth headset; about 4 seconds to turn on, bout 7-8 for discovery mode. All in all, these are wonderful headphones with GREAT sound quality, good range, and wonderful design. Pick these up for sure.