I listen to rock, other times to classical, and Im not hearing distortion. Soft cotton. These would not fit on my Hyper X Cloud headset as they are to small! I looked on the forums for help with this problem and found a flood of people who had the same issue and the only response from manufacturer was to send slightly more magnetic charging unit which according to most people had similar issues. First and most disappointing is this is no where close to ?low profile? as they claim. For the first two to three weeks my feet got quite sore (I wore them most days). I bought them for my 7 year old grandson to wear Christmas morning after watching a favorite Christmas show where a boy has to wear pink bunny pajamas! This has been a great investment -- at a modest price, too! Great way to stand by your product. First, this is a true left-handed mouse and not a right-handed mouse that can be reprogrammed.