Obviously Bose is cutting some corners these days because the quality is dropping fast. including Hip hop, R and B. Die Riemchen - und dann noch 2 untereinander davon - sind so kurz, sodaß man sich verbiegen und ziehen muss um die Schuhe überhaupt zu zu bekommen. Having learned, weve returned the item and were ordering the XL. I will report back if there are any other long term issues when I use it as my daily headphones. However, on the opposite end, the Passive Sound Mode (where noise cancellation is turned off and ambient noise is pumped through the earbuds so that you can speak to people without taking the earbuds out) is terrible. It checks all the boxes: great sound, super comfy, great isolation, built in mic. Came on time and works great To be clear this has been with all of my Bluetooth headphones, not just these. Heres the skinny: If you mount it securely (I recommend using better screws, as others have said the ones it comes with strip easily.