Does anyone recommend these wireless ear pods when listening to music? or is it better to have wired headphones? Any discussion on the sound quality? I've heard mixed reviews and no one has said they prefer them over wired headphones.

They're easy to lose so if you value your money, buy or just use some wired ones you already have and make do with those. You could always buy some decent wireless headphones/earphones to use so in the event you lose one or both, you didn't lose too much.

As for the quality, folks say the Apple Airpods are pretty good but if you're listening to MP3 audio quality then you can't really expect too much either.