The other portion of the headphone is made up of a chemically treated fabric that supposedly will repel moisture or stains. October 13th comes, I get my headset, I try to log in to use my quest 2 and start buying games right away, and I was stopped in my tracks to find that facebook just disabled my profile the same day. My bad I guess. I did try these on at the store prior to buying so I already knew my size. I went back and fourth for a while, but eventually found this hybrid pair on Brainwavz website. I’ve had a few wireless earbuds and this pair is really good. Je me suis fais agressé au téléphone parce que jai retourné un article qui fonctionne mal. Out of the box (damaged) box the cable was not the long braided cable it was a cheap tiny cable. If you cant, do NOT buy it because youre going to hurt yourself if this happens to you. The Birkenstocks Ive previously purchased have lasted me 2-4 years (almost daily wear in the spring/summer) without breaking.