I don?t see that happening with these other budget cradles, and it?s definitely not happening with a budget folding model. The mic itself is solid and built with the same quality. My current headphones are sennheiser hd 598sr, and to be honest have never been able to make them sound right when plugged into my phone (using a dac) or my sony a45 hi res player even when using equalisation. Was hoping the color would be closer to the picture, but nope. One thing to note, the piece between toes is fabric; I was expecting it to be plastic, like the rest of the shoe. I understand errors can happen during production but I was EXTREMELY pleased with the excellent customer service. It also takes video and pictures so you can send them to your doctor. Audio was a little watery sounding, and I realized there was still some water coming out of the earpiece. They set up super easy getting the touch sequence down has been a lil trickier but figuring it out. Ive tried other file formats.