these sound deep and very clear on both sides. However, the uppers of the Glisan are way too stiff to be comfortably worn on bare feet. Not quite sure why they asked me to rate the "Sheerness" of these, but. It goes with my Decor in my home and I love it because its sturdy and easy to install. Quality is fine, and this fit the headphones well. He chewed one up pretty good. Just have a try on these earpads and you may release the full potential of this headphone, before it sounds kinda boring for me but after swapping earpads it actually becomes one of my favourite sounding headphones. I usually find toe post sandals uncomfortable, however having had the Sketchers wedge flip flops for a while I thought Id be safe enough with these. Can wear them barefoot or with a thin sock in cold weather. The other thing that really bothered me is the same thing that bothered me about Farpoint.