I just want to fight the good fight trying to combat my middle aged spread by swimming a few lengths without loosing my mind to the boring solitude of the pool. I have pretty big ears and this is the first time Ive ever had my ears totally encapsulated by headphones. Y con esta nueva suela, mejores aún. The earpads on my ATH-M50x were pretty much destroyed and I was lamenting having to potentially find new headphones - was surprised to see replacements at this price on Amazon, so thought it would be worth a shot. Makes them impossible to get on all the way. The mask is attached to the body and zips up the back of the head, which, because it is fitted, makes it difficult to not catch hair in the zipper. I had high hopes for this sound bar. *Their low profile is a plus. 2 year update (Original post below): Up to 8 clean pull ups consistently (10 on a really good day) but still use the bands to get more volume. After about one week of wearing them, the soles also became a bit more flexible.