It works best for me the way I have it pictured on my bike. AND I LOVE IT! This gen 2 however allows voice feedback/ mic monitoring (allowing you to hear whats going in around you) without using an optical cable unlike the gen 1. What? Yeah! I usually wear a 6-6. ***The cord is extremely long which is an added perk. La carte son usb 7. I was hoping that there might be a firmware update to address some of these issues, but the JBL app doesn?t support this model yet. It kept tilting to the left, then I found I can fix that by tightening the main horizontal velcro strap on the right side. The quality of sound is good to me and I got the white earbuds I wanted, so I cant complain too much.