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Sony MDR-XD200 Stereo Headphones | 
 enlarge | Brand: Sony
Category: CE
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $23.92
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Avg. Customer Rating:  75 reviews
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 10 x 8.5 x 3
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: MDRXD200
Model: MDRXD200
UPC: 027242648951
EAN: 0027242648951
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Ear-conscious design for long-lasting listening comfort | | • | Sound mode switch to match the source (music and movie) | | • | Durable urethane leather construction | | • | Features 40 millimeter driver units and long stroke diaphragms | | • | Neodymium magnets (360 kJ/m3) for powerful bass and clear treble sounds |
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Product Description
High Quality Versatile Headphones / Self-adjusting Headband / Frequency response 16Hz-22kHz / Optimized for Digital Quality Sound Warranty 1 year
Amazon.com Product Description
The Sony MDR-XD200 Stereo Headphones are a great pair of headphones that deliver high-quality sound at an affordable price. With 40 millimeter diameter, dome-type driver units and long-stroke diaphragms, your music will sound great. The MDR-XD200 driver units reproduce surprisingly-clear sounds at a wide frequency range (10-22,000 Hz). These substantial headphones feature neodymium magnets for greater power handling and higher frequencies. Five times more powerful than standard earphone ferrite magnets of the same size, neodymium magnets mean that the Sony MDR-XD200 Stereo Headphones maximize energy, while keeping size to a minimum. With these advanced technological features, the MDR-XD200 provides great sound without placing too much strain on your pocketbook. With the MDR-XD200 Sony has taken special care to please both the audiophile and cinema-geek. The MDR-XD200 features a sound mode switch (music or movie) to more adequately match the sound source. With a simple flip of a switch, you can focus the headphones' frequency range to make your music come to life or bring you that much closer to your favorite film star. Of course, Sony has not scrimped on comfort. The Sony MDR-XD200 Stereo Headphones feature an ear-conscious design with soft earpads for your long-lasting listening comfort. What's in the Box
The Sony MDR-XD200 Stereo Headphones and unimatch plug adapter (gold).
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| Customer Reviews: Read 70 more reviews...
 Best earphones for eyeglass wearers January 12, 2007
29 out of 32 found this review helpful
This review is aimed at those with eyeglasses and whose ears get pinched between the eyeglass arms and the earphones. I do not like to block up my ears with ear plugs all day for health concerns. I have bought and used these:
Sony MDR-CD230
Sony MDR-V6
Sony MDR-XD200
My ears are not real fussy on quality, nearly all headphones give my ears a problem by pressing them against my eyeglass arms and this hurts, usually after 10-20 minutes of listening. My hatsize if about 7.25,
my ears are pretty normal in size, I am middle aged. All three of these headphones I own are the best I have tried on or read reviews by eyeglass wearers over past 2 years. Headphones have a left and right side - the cord typically is attached to the left side, and the ear spaces, or cups, are oriented accordingly, to that the back of the ear lobe has more space to sit in than the front of the ear lobe. The sideways pressure (how hard they clamp onto your head) also is a secondary factor in whether my ears hurt. I wear wireframe glasses, and my use for headphones is background music while I program.
$30 The CD230 is no longer available, that I could find (Fall 2006), and I've used them for 5 years. They hurt my ears after 3-4 hours of continual use, but are good before that. They have cloth covered ear cushions, and relatively deep ear lobe spaces. This feature in all earphone seems to be the primary feature that determines whether my ears hurt or not. If you can find these, and like cloth covered headphones, you won't be unhappy. The sideways pressure is light for me.
$64 The V6 stands out for 2 things - richness and accuracy of the sound and blocking out outside office noises. Listening to classical music, not real loud, a co-worker can speak to my face and his voice is muffled pretty well. (Women's voices too). Overheard conversations are not overheard.
I have used these occaisionally for a couple months and my ears/head get sore after 1-2 hours. The sideways pressure is noticeably more than the other two, but not excessive. They are well cushioned, with soft fake thin leather-like vinyl which I did not find causes sweating at all. But there is not a large space for the ear lobes to sit, and this is what causes pressure after a while to build up uncomfortably I am sure. If I did not have my eyeglasses on, then these are very comfortable.
$26 The XD200 is a little lighter than the V6, it does not block out outside noises as well, which can be a benefit in the office because I can hear co-workers calling my name. The sideways pressure is light, the cushion is the same thickneess as the V6 but the ear space is much deeper for the earlobe, so for this reason it is the most comfortable of all headphones I've owned or tried. The cushions are covered in the thin leather-like vinyl like the V6 - this stuff feels like a paper much more than a plastic, it feels dry, not clammy. To my unprofessional ears the sound is great. If you wear eyeglasses, don't want to use ear plugs for hours at a stretch, then I think you will be happiest with the Sony MDR-XD200 headphones.
Very good sound quality, low price, get them February 1, 2007
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
COMFORT:
When I first put them on, wow, they fit very well and sealed very good. I rate comfort 9/10. -1 point because if I wear them for 6-8 hours, the top back part of my ear presses slightly against the hard inside part of the ear cups, not really a big problem. I can fix this somewhat by changing the position of the ear cups on my ears. That's the only bad part about the comfort. You won't notice it until after a few hours of use.
SOUND QUALITY:
Overall frequency response is about flat. And just enough bass that it doesn't sound lacking, but not too much, just the right amount. You can listen to these for a long time and fall asleep without being fatigued from the sound.
TREBLE:
I tested the headphones on my computer frequency generator. There was a very slight, hardly noticeable (1-2dB) peak at 2.5kHz (the driver resonance), and another peak of about the same amount at 7kHz (natural resonance of the ear canal). I used the equalizer in winamp for flattest sound, but later after listening to music while switching it on and off, decided that the difference in sound quality was so small that I didn't need to use an equalizer. The overall sound has a kind of mellow sound to the treble, like a low wide peak from 400-2000, it doesn't sound perfectly flat.
BASS:
The bass extends to about 30Hz (-3dB point), while sounding more full and effortless at 40Hz. If they're played below 40Hz, the bass has some odd harmonic distortion starting from 35Hz and a lot more below that. (This is because the Sound Mode valve does not completely cover the bass port inside the ear cups). The bass below 32Hz can still be heard, but with little of the fundamental frequency and most of the odd order harmonics. The lowest audible frequency these can play is 27Hz. (My Koss EarPlug earphones can audibly play to 10Hz.) This is the only bad thing about the bass extension, but only for people that play super loud, super deep bass. When some bass is played at low volume, you can't hear much below 60Hz. This is how it's been with every hedphone i've had. It's normal.
OTHER:
The headphones have a switch at the bottom of the ear cups labeled 'Sound Mode'. All this switch does is cover (not completely) or uncover the bass port inside the ear cups. Music Mode covers the bass port for less bass boost, and Movie Mode uncovers it, adding only a slight about of bass, hardly noticeable. If you're using these as studio monitors, you'll want to have the switch set to Music Mode. One more thing is about the cord. It's very long (11.66 feet long!! I measured it :D ). Longest headphone cord I've ever known. You'll have no problem walking from one side of the room to the other without unplugging or taking off the headphones. Being so long, it does get tangled when you put away the headphones. The simple solution is to just wrap the wire into a coil and tie it with a twisty tie, simple. These are ok at blocking outside noise, while still being able to hear someone talk to you. These headphones have a rated power handling capacity of 1500mW. With a sensitivity of 102dB/mW and a maximum power handling of 1500mW, these can get up to 135dB in you ears. These headphones have Long Stroke drivers. All my other headphones distort when i turn them up very loud with a lot of bass, but these headphones can take a lot of bass without distorting (clicking sound of the driver diaphragm hitting the plastic).
OVERALL RATING:
I rate these headphones 9/10, excellent, but not perfect.
I recommend these to anyone, even professionals.
These are professional quality studio monitor headphones.
You can't go wrong with these. Super value.
Get them, you will not be disappointed.
 Poorly designed and uncomfortable May 4, 2006
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
When sony bought out Aiwa, they should have kept the aiwa designed headphones (hp-x223), because they are way better than these poorly designed headphones. The overall feel to them is very plastic. They make noise when you move, and the cord on them makes noise as it moves as well. They do not feel solid at all, and seem very easy to break.
I have had these for 2 days and I can say they are VERY uncomfortable. If you look at the picture you can see 2 "straps" going across the top. One is a hard piece designed to keep the headphones spaced apart and one is a soft rubber piece which is supposed to support the headphones on your head. Well they didnt put enough space between the two, so the soft rubber ones buts up against the hard piece putting most of the weight of the headphones on that particular point. Unless you have a pretty square head you are going to have this problem. They also hurt my ears, im not sure if its because of the problem mentioned above, but bottom line is that you wont want to keep these on for an extended period of time.
The sound on these is alright, like everyone else said, there seems to be no difference between movie and music mode. The switch is cheap feeling and hopefully will not cause any shorts over time(i doubt i will find out because i will probably return these).
Overall I would say these headphones are horrible. I was hoping they would be somewhat comparable to the aiwa hp-x223 set, but are such a pain to wear i would rather not listen to anything than get a headache with these. Go buy the sennheisers! I should have...
good headphones! October 23, 2005
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
i bought headphones several months ago and i have really put them to the test. there really is no difference in sound between music and movie mode but i did notice that if you listen to your music on movie mode, the bass is more solid than if you use it on music mode. if you listen to music in a moderate volume, you can actually feel the bass and it feels great. i love headphones that can make you feel the bass. for the price i paid for, i have had more expensive headhones that can not do that. so these sony headphones can really rock with awesome bass. i know they are not the best sounding headphones and you might think that you get what you paid for, but the last time i had headphones like these, they cost me more than twice than these but they did not have the huge 40mm magnets and they were pioneer. what ever happened to them? for good sounding headphones, if you don't want to spend a million dollars, go with these. you will not be dissapointed.
 Un-impressed, but for less than $30..decent deal.... April 5, 2007
These may or may not be worth the $25 I spent.
You decide....
PROS: Great quality sound. Adjustable. Both studio and household adapter(2 sizes Headphone jack).
CONS: These are the size of a Toaster (Massive or excessive, is what I'd call it--you will never get a hood, hat or even a scarf over these-I feel like princess Leia with these on.) 10ft. long cord (What is the point of having a cord so far away you cant reach the device you're using?).
Some people will like these features, but I find these headphones almost useless. Too much is too much. Stick to wrap-arounds.
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