The highs were not crips and clean like the flip 4 or Charge 2+, the midrange vocals are strong with this but overall sound quality is muddy for me, playing all 3 side by side with different music categories. Newports have become my favorite water shoe. great looking shoe. On the beach it looks great, but after the first wash, the color faded, and the material is a bit rough (We used softener). not and are what you see terrible It?s easy to put together basically no tools required, and it is so much larger then I expected. These are amazing and keep up with my everyday usage. The site has been down for over a week for "maintenance" while the support staff claims its up. ?? Worth the buy. Such a beautiful shoe.