I received this defective item which says a lot about the manufacturing quality. Yet the design looks correct, these headphones seems well made with beautiful finishes. And we must recognize that the design is very nice. It is also comfortable to wear (to moderate over time, the risk of repeating myself, I have not tried this article long), light with a "sound" quite correct in this price range. The defect was either the jack or the Pickup device: crackling probably due to poor weld or cut cable or a button tired of having served twice ...