No Bluetooth doesn't matter at all in fact I'd rather wired as they usually sound better and are cheaper, I just thought cause i saw the Sony one at my local retailer and thought it looked really neat and cause it's Sony I thought it'd be good, it seems sonys really lagging behind lately and my faith for them gets lower and lower every day, they've just gotten so dear and bad, they're turning into Apple. As for sound preferences I'm somewhat picky and would appreciate a slightly overpowered by bass but appreciate crystal clear highs, as such I listen to songs like fire in the flood, Firestone, ghost town ect.so most New pop sort of stuff. To give you a bit of a baseline I know headphones and speakers are completely different but I listen to music through beats by dr dre studio 2.0 which actually sound really good and have crisp highs and punchy bass that isn't near as muddy or overpowered as people would have you think.