okay , because I have go through load of headphone , from cord , to wireless , on ear , over ear , and in ear . in ear suck , so I will not even argue about that , these headphone be over ear . . or on ear ... do not really matter . they be AWESOME ! only thing I suggest be get a ft. headphone extender , cause any headphone you get will have a short cord , include these headphone . secondly , do not be a idiot and be careful , just order a second pair , because the sound be great ! just have to replace mine , I step on the cord and bent the metal ... so now i have to have it just right to get it to play ... but they be just plain great ... forget Dr. Dre beat , yeah , they would be awesome to be able to replace the cord instead of the whole pair of headphone ... but these be 7.99 ... the beat be over 200 buck ... forget that .