I do wear regular socks with these shoes. use them when working in mu sho[. My new favorite shoes The silicon earbuds provide excellent sound cancellation, and the package came with two backup sets of silicon earbuds. If ordering order a size bigger When these do fit right, they fit the harman curve almost perfectly, with tons of detail from subbass to the highs. I will say that I modified mine to hold taller bottles of oil & Wirchester & such. The battery screen on the case is a nice touch. You really do get what you pay for. Ill def buy again.