Sony Red Extra Bass & DJ Headphones

I bought a pair of these headphones for work to replace a similar pair that i bought 10+ years earlier that broke. The old pair was discontinued by Sony and this supersedes the previous design. The old design had a spiral, telephone cord style cable that could stretch out to 12 ft. This design has a rigid cable that is less than 4 ft. This is quite annoying with how my desk is set up. The headphones are a little less comfortable to wear as the padding around the speakers is firmer than the old style. The sound quality of the speakers is equivalent, very good. There is one VERY annoying problem with these headphones (thus the low rating.) The part that connects the band to the speakers (the part that swivels) squeaks and causes a lot of noise. This noise can exceed the sound coming from the speakers. If you are sitting perfectly still, everything is fine, but if you turn your head or god forbid eat something with these on, you are at risk of causing hearing loss just from the squeaking coming from the swivel joints on both sides. The quality of these headphones is far inferior from the product they replaced from an ergonomic standpoint. The sound is equivalent.