Leave the two outer bands loose. If you choose the headphone mic as the computers audio source, it does drop the headphones into HFP headset mode which knackers the audio quality, but thats a limitation of the Bluetooth spec, not the headphones themselves per se. (The synthetic ones are the malachite/green with stripes, sunstone/glittery brown- no real crystals are sparkly/actually glittery! Lets get to the review. The audio is great and I havent had any issues with the mic. These are harder to remove than a McDonald?s toy from its wrapper with greasy fingers. Defiantly a product worth investing in for great results in the gym. Can lyrics come through clear?30 Pieces of Silver by Theocracy - Very heavy and fast mid bass guitars. Nice product strongly suggest Im overly happy with this headset.