This excessive openness sacrifices some of its sub-bass performance, but I would trade any day (and advise people to trade) sub-bass for comfort. These shoes are perfect and don?t have this problem. Our preschool is a no-shoes school, so these are our absolute favorite shoe for going to school. The Charge4, equally as balanced in sound, and great bass kick for size, but needed just a little more, and got that from this JBL X2. very happy with the Apple Watch. I took the shoes off and found both anckles bleeding. If your size is closer to 6. I was going to replace it but in my opinion the price isnt worth it. I love these slipper socks. they hide the part of the bottle that says 1 part herb to 6000 parts alcohol/water.