Re: How many decent products and companies....
I do generally agree, however despite Sony being on my shit-list for many years, their current noise cancelling headphones are excellent. They have also surprised me by listening to customer feedback and actually releasing a couple of software/firmware updates that actually fix common gripes and which add requested functionality.
Yes, I'm surprised as well - especially after being burned in the past by the dreadful software Sony provided with their NetMD players. Still, a rare kudos to them for releasing a solid product and supporting it properly for once...