Makes it look cheap. These headphones have really good sound quality for the price I got these headphones at. Hózho?? o?. Also, the shoelaces are too short to properly tie! 0 micro B. the "frame" that comes with it is an h shape that only goes on the very bottom. It is really good shoes. It works you have to remember that the QCs were about $300 15 years ago! " I dont know what the seller considers "reinforced" but, in my opinion, they are flimsy at best, as is the remainder of the sock.