They are intended for mixing or audiophile listening. They are truly hard shoes. Looking back at my Amazon purchasing history this is at least my 7th Bluetooth speaker purchase. Like a fuel gauge in a Ferrari, the battery will deplete VERY fast while streaming or with WiFi and BT enabled. Im sure if you plan on hanging bigger and heavier items you can use screws or better hardware to make it more sturdy. Me encantaron mis tenis. and WOWWWW! It looks like there should be some sort of internal ring that would have kept the part of the connector with the red wire attached to the headset. A couple of drops of audio but using an iPhone 1 for the test so that could have something to do with it, but 99% clear music. Jedoch ist die Farbe nicht so wie auf dem Foto des Herstellers und es bleiben schnell Fussel daran hängen.