I am reassured to see I am not the only one to find this is a book that mellows on re reading! Bass is almost completely absent. Right now I’ll play a small sample of me typing so you can hear what it sounds like. The pack is extremely well made. but the material gives a lot so the 2xl was too large for me. My feet are mid-width and these fit good, length is true to size. It’s like a sound card in the microphone to process your voice. The size 8 looks like a 6. Some of them were oval in profile and thus impossible to fit into the cheap plastic fittings. Its also tricky to install if you follow their directions of using a paper template and making that level and drilling through paper (which moves even when taped down as instructed!