Its a straight cable with now Dolby dongle built in, which is fine, the "surround" effect the dongle provided sounded terrible anyway and I never used it. This came with the rack but NO hardware was included! A pair of black ballet flats goes with pretty much anything but they dont always give the best support. The leather upper is affixed to main rubber composite and seems to handle getting wet and drying out, well. Looks beautiful hung up! And it stays on no matter how much I use my buds live Those Bose are a way better option if you can afford them. Vaughan always played great villains and would peak a few years later in Sam Peckinpahs STRAW DOGS. Again nothing fancy, but what else do you really need, theyre headphones. i keep my ballet flats on it.