Philips SHS390/37 Behind-The-Head Headphone

I have owned two pair of these headphones, and while the sound quality is rather surprising for such cheap headphones, the build quality is lacking.

Using these headphones with an MP3 player in my pocket for just a few months, the cord going into the plug became damaged inside the plug, resulting in garbled sound unless the cord is flexed at the plug to an extreme angle. When this happened to my first set, I assumed it was a fluke problem in manufacturing and purchased another. The same exact thing happened to the second set.

I'm afraid I cannot recommend these otherwise good headphones due to their inability to stand up to normal usage.

I just got these and they seem to do the job. I took them out jogging and they didn't fall off once. They also have the big pads, not the little buds, so they're easier on the ear. They don't have the clip (that you can use to clip the wire to your shirt so they don't tug at your ear) but it didn't seem to matter, they didn't tug. The sound seemed good. I could HEAR them rub on the back of my neck while jogging, but probably not so much when walking, and I didn't care, the most important feature to me was not falling off while jogging, and they accomplished that. I will review more later if they don't hold up.

I was looking for a headset that I could wear at night to go to sleep to music. I like the one sided cord and the slim design of the ear pads. This has satisfied my needs although Philips had an older model (apparently no longer available) that was even a slimmer design.