Sony MDR-005 Dynamic Headphones

The MDR-005 is a 80s stereo headphone manufactured by the Sony Corporation in Japan. The frequency response was an average 20 Hz to 20 kHz; however, the headphones produce a very good definition sound due to the 32 Ω coils. If connected to an amplifier they would sound very loud, however I used these with a Sony Discman listening to a Classical Music CD and it sounded excellent.

When new the foam pads are yellow matching the rest of the body, however, they also did these in black for a short time. Replacement pads are very difficult to source, however these types of headphones are coming back into fashion and many stores stock them.

It has a nice plastic construction made to very high specifications. It is hard to believe that these headphones are around 30 years old! The sound quality is unique and sounds very 80s with a lot of midrange.

Specification

These headphones usually came in bubble packaging, in a choice of yellow and black, and the wire cord was 1.5 m in length.