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I'm David carnally executive editor for cnet.com and I'm here with the Harman Kardon classic headphones hummert card has recently gotten into the headphone game and this is one of several models in its lineup this one retails for a hundred and ninety nine dollars and what distinguishes it from a lot of other headphones is obviously its stylish design it has a unique look a lot of headphones these days are starting to have a square ear cups and this is in that genre what's also interesting about this is that the headband on it actually comes in two sizes it's that top metal portion that I'm talking about that's replaceable and what's interesting was I didn't think I had that big a head and so when I tried the smaller one on it fit pretty well but when I shifted to the extra large size on that metal band it fit a lot better and I felt a lot better about the headphones comfort level these do swivel and they do have a detachable cable that cable has a built in microphone as well as remote control functionality for the iPhone and other iOS devices those controls and that microphone will not work with a lot of Android smartphones and other smart phones but they will work with some models it's just hard to tell which ones aside from their distinct design where the Ciel's really do shine is in this sound department these are nicely balanced headphones they have an audiophile sound profile by that I mean they don't accentuate the bass too much or the treble they're really even sounding rich sounding detailed and I like them a lot on they're good for a wide range of music the other thing worth mentioning is that these guys fold flat but they don't fold up still because they fold flat and they are actually very flat headphones when you put them in their carrying case they don't take up that much room in your bag that's really that these are definitely a really nice pair of headphones they may be a tad expensive for some people at $1.99 but they do hold up well against the competition other headphones like the B&W p3s for instance also retail for 109 we didn't think these were a little bit better than those I'm David Carr noise and these are the Harman Kardon classic headphones thanks for watching