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I'm David karna executive editor at cnet.com and I'm going to give you a quick video tour of the CAF m200 in-ear headphone in case you've never heard of kept it's a British company that makes premium speakers that generally sound really good those speakers tend to be a bit pricey and some are very pricey but now the company has made a foray into the headphone market with two new models the $200 M 200 I have here and the $300 M 500 and on-ear model frankly I had a little bit of a hard time reviewing these headphones as you can see they have a pretty unique design they're large for an in-ear model and that's because they have two drivers jammed into their aluminum housings the larger 10 millimeter driver is dedicated to low frequencies and the smaller five point five millimeter driver is dedicated to highs and mids that's all great and the headphones sound really good with well-balanced rich detailed sound they really are an audiophile headphone and sound wise they can hold their own against most in your headphones in this price class but the fit was a problem for me I have somewhat smaller ears and the housing just wouldn't get past certain parts of my ear so I couldn't get the ear tubes jammed far enough into my ears to get a tight seal while the bendable arm keeps the headphones on and in your ears it doesn't really help you with that tight seal and when you don't get a tight seal you end up losing a lot of bass and the headphones quickly go from sounding great to sounding not so great I had a few other quibbles I thought that buttons on the inline remote were a little small and when I use the headphones outside the wind seemed to reverberate through the aluminum housings more than your typical smallish in-ear headphones which tend to hide inside your ear more and perhaps find a little more shelter from the wind but the fit was my real gripe and I'm not sure why company spent all this time designing special drivers and housings and then neglect to get the ear tips right sure some people will be able to get a good fit with the included tips but I tried these earphones out with a few other people and they all had a hard time getting a tight seal my solution was to try out a few sets of longer tips that came with other earphones I've tested and I did find a set that allowed me to get a tight sea the sound was night and day as I said these can really sound great and they're a pleasure to listen to if you get that proper fit they might not have quite enough bass for some folks who like a ton of bass but I really like their clean well-balanced sound I suspect that in time kept will provide a wider selection of ear tips with these headphones will help more people get a better and more count will fit when the designers get that ear tip equation right these have the potential to be a four-star product but as it stands they're fit and comfort level holds them back a bit that's a shame because they really do sound excellent if you can get a tight seal I'm David Carr noise and those are the kept em 200 in your headphones thanks for watching