Come over and I?ll show you what this system sounds like or should sound like. Conforme à mes attentes The flip-open microphone piece is no longer metal but instead some flimsy, weird feeling plastic. Nice variety. My son(7 year old) loves it. especially for the 1/2" one. The Bose update screwed them up and made them unusable and a consumer would have no way to fix them. Must be other people like them as much as I do. Very well made heavy duty material, and does have the rain defender. They really dont look like your typical Birkenstock.