It is snug with regular thin socks. Is this a defect? I didnt see any other reviews that mentioned this issue. Ricomprerei queste cuffie sicuramente. These are a great value buy. I strap them onto my backpacking pack and they are great for water and around camp. Helps support my posture and my hunger too! Will update later when I see how it stand up to washing and time. It does actually have CarPlay - which blew me away at this price point. I will say when my son put the white headset on as we took them out of the box he said "They feel so good, I need a pair of these. Before doing so, I had to turn off the soundbar any time I either switched audio modes (not apps) so if I was watching a netflix show with Atmos encoding and then went to a different show within Netflix that didnt, Id have to restart the soundbar for it to play again.