Let me start by saying "sound is Not good enough" Cool design (they look expensive) and they tolerate sound pretty wel at high volume. but that's about it. I've always preferred Shure earphones, I own the SE535, SE310, scl3, and e3c, plus I've tried several other brands. (I've been a drummer for 30 years and a recording engineer for 10 years). Two months ago I bought this Tour Beats earphones to try something different than shure, and didn't like them, (I actually returned them) and here's why: They sound like a cardboard box, although I have to say that the bass is pretty tight but too pronunced (as well as the highs), it sounds like you were listening to a cheap boombox with an added subwoofer (bassy but cheap sound), I tried to use them when I went to take a nap, just to find out that they hurt my ears when laying my head against the pillow, plus at the same time the music gets muted by the rubber tip sleeves closing the orifice where the sound comes out, (I've slept through the whole night with the Shure scl3 and had no problems at all). It says no tangling cord, well let me tell you it does tangle, and being flat doesn't make it easy when trying to put the cord over and around the ears. It didn't come with enough variety of tip sleeves, it only comes with rubber ones, wich don't isolate noise as good as the foam ones, all shure models I have came with way more options foam, rubber, yellow foam, and tripple flange sleeves.
So there you have it, I wouldn't recommend them to my friends that I know want a high end quality, but if you aren't an audiophile and just want something better than the earbuds that came with your mp3 player, then they might be right for you. but then again if you are looking fowr that high end sound quality, this are definetly not the ones.
One bad thing I have to say about all shure earphones I own, is the cord turns brittle over time (about a year of 4 times a week usage) with the sweat from wearing it in my drumming gigs (we drummers sweat a lot). The cord being brittle breaks more easily, and they start to have false contact, and believe me I don't think anybody can fix this, you have to send them back to shure for repair.

Thank you for reading and I hope this was helpful.
In my humble opinion nothing beats the shure SE535!

These were enjoyable to listen to, the ribbon style cord is impossible to tangle and they look cool - very different from every other earphone out there. They sounded pretty good. For the price, though, pretty good wasn't enough. Something about the weight of the earpieces and the cord made them uncomfortable to wear for more than 30 - 45 min. at a time. I have found I have fairly small ear canals, so this may not be a problem for others. Because of the comfort issue, I exchanged them for Shure SE 210s and found the sound of the Shures blew the Tour Beats out of the water. I wouldn't recommend them to a friend, but you may like them a lot.

Wide variety of ear tips ensure a perfect fit, and keeps the music only in your head!