Here�s an alternative to the traditional monitor-headphone style. The headband on the RP-HS900s reaches around the back of your neck rather than over the top of the head, and the earpieces are on spring-loaded arms, so they�ll stay in your ears during radical maneuvers. The design may also help you avoid the unbearable headache caused by your goggles squeezing the headphones� arms into your brain for many hours at a time. The RP-HS900s feature Panasonic�s Virtual Motion Sound System (VMSS), with a built-in amplifier that picks up and boosts the bass signal around the 50-hertz range, allowing you to actually feel the vibration of your bass-heavy music. My only misgivings about these headphones (and I feel it�s my duty to warn you about this), is that there are photos of Rollerbladers on the packaging. This is actually a pretty big deal�it almost banished them from the pages of our magazine altogether. SRP: $44.95 panasonic.com

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