These in-ear headphones from Jays are in the middle of the manufacturer's selection.

Compared to their big brothers, the Q-Jays, they have to make do without one transducer and a few of the accessories, but are, by contrast, sturdy, solid headphones.

Handling

Coming from the same family as the Q-Jays, the D-Jays come in almost identical package.

It might be a little lighter, but it's hard to claim that Jays have really cut corners when you look at how much you get.

There are four different sizes of silicon earplug, as well as single pair in foam, an aeroplane adapter, a headphone cable extension and a splitter as well as a leather case.

It's the same case as for the Q-Jays, which has something of a snug fit, but here it's on the verge of being too small.

Once you've settled on the right size plug, getting the D-Jays into and out of your ears is very easy as they're big enough to get a good grip on.

In short: the D-Jays themselves are almost entirely physically perfect, and our only worry is a slightly stingy case.

Sound Quality

The collection of accessories for the D-Jays

The D-Jays only have a single transducer, which lead us to expect weak bass  sounds and trebles that were too light.

Although our suspicions were confirmed, the sound quality remains excellent, with plenty of detail.

The bass lacks a little depth, but is generally solid, and while you won't experience the precision offered by the Q-Jays, you'll certainly be spared the garbled mush served up by the cheapest in-ear headphones.

They're a long away ahead of Shure's SE-210 and SE-310, and half the price too.

In general, the sound doesn't feel very open, but that's not something that you're likely to notice even on the very best of today's MP3 players.

Mass Market Appeal

Given Jays' move towards a more general market with these D-Jays, we decided to try them out on one of colleagues.

By no means a sound expert, he happily gets along with the earbuds provided by Sony with his cellphone.

Despite claiming to not know much about sound quality, he was captivated by the D-Jays.

The moral of the story is that you don't need to be a music buff to enjoy the improvements of better audio hardware.