I read all the positive reviews on these and bought them. I'd say I'm about 80% satisfied. They actually do feel a bit cheap and plastic-y but the sound quality is fairly high. I also wouldn't say they are all that comfortable as the top part can sit quite hard on the top of your head, and my ears actually touch the inner speaker. I'm too lazy to pack them up and return them (and they actually sound pretty good) but I'm not sure I'd buy them again actually.
Audiotechnica beats out most if not all competitors by maintaining a low (if any) marketing overhead. The quality of these phones is excellent, which is hard to quantify without some sort of metrics. I am using a dedicated preamplifier however performance was fine on devices such as smartphone. When I say quality for price point is good, I do not imply that anything is lacking in quality. These are great headphones.