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i'm david caro a executive at for cnet.com and I'm here with the SOL Republic master tracks headphones this is the successor to the tracks and tracks HD headphones which soul Republic did a great job marketing and popularizing if you remember those are the headphones that Michael Phelps or during the Olympics these are the new step-up model these are more of a over the year than on your model and I personally think they're more comfortable than the original tracks which had an on-air design of these guys have nicely padded ear cups they also have the same headband which you can bend all different which ways and the company says is virtually indestructible you can't swap out that headband for different colors they do cost around $30 for the headband but you can't customize the look of these headphones and the earpieces themselves which company calls sound engines are removable as is the cord it does have a split core design I personally do like a single core design but this has a split core design that core does have an inline remote and microphone that's geared towards Apple iOS devices and the headphones do come with a simple carrying pouch as far as the sound goes the SOL Republic headphones at least the tracks were known for their big heavy bass these guys are a little bit more well balanced I like the sound better what's interesting about them is that they actually sound better when you play them loud but when we ask the company about it they did say that they are designed to play louder and sound better at higher volumes so we weren't mistaken about that now a lot of you probably asking are these worth $199 that's a hard question to answer for a lot of people who do like the SOL Republic brand they will be worth $199 but there are certainly other headphones that cost the same or less that do sound better than these headphones like the audio technica ath m50 for example but these are really a lifestyle brand of headphone they're designed to be worn kind of wherever you are at all times so if you want that type of headphone that's really kind of almost a fashion accessory then that's what Sol Republic is going for with the master tracks I'm David Carr noise and those are solar public master tracks headphones thanks for watching