But no, I was pleasantly surprised. Light and comfy for wearing more than hours. Worth👏🏼Every👏🏼Penny. Very easy to slip on. I decided if there was a difference then I would just go with the one that I liked most. Actually these ones were slightly cheaper sold by EYES ON TOES than ROCK DOVE FOOTWEAR. After a week of wearing them, they are a bit better. The replacement unit started to have the same issue after a couple days use. im not a music nerd but they are great. Cable is kinda too short to use with Xbox on my setup but definitely OK with Lenovo laptop, my workstation PC or daughters Nintendo Switch.