I purchased a different manufacture sound surround and it works perfectly. I just bought a converter that takes my headphone jack and turns it into a USB, and the difference is night and day. The helmet hooks are an added bonus. And as for them being booty revealing lol they might not be like that for you depending on your figure, im thick and have a pretty big backside but if youre smaller they might be fine. harder sole top and bottom allows your foot to slip on the top and gives less traction on surfaces. But we just have to remember to turn it on and off. Unless you turn them up really high; risking ear damage over time. However I notice in addition that these have the best Bluetooth performance of the bunch; I can be as much as ten feet farther from my laptop and still have good sound, whereas the others would be breaking up or offering no sound. Would rather not have the case and more be spent on the important part- the actual earphones. The seat is very light and does not bog down the rider and because the whole unit sits lower on the handlebars, the rider does not lose any sense of stability or balance while riding and when standing waiting for a light to go green.