These awkwardly-named headphones from Audio Technica solve several problems for me. The ATH-ON300 ONTO (told ya) features a super-thin headband, which has been dubbed the “seamless headband”. This will let me keep my headphones on my ears while cycling — earbuds have a dangerous habit of popping out in the heaviest of traffic.

But better, they will let my stylishly wander the streets wearing both headphones and a gentlemanly Panama hat, as I drown out the din of the city and instead imagine myself in the depths of India, beating malaria with a cold gin-and-tonic. Delicious!

The ‘phones have 30mm drivers and output a dynamic range of 12-23,000Hz, enough to take care of all your compressed MP3 files. At once. The tunes are pumped at a coclear-rattling 100mW and have a 1.2 meter cord. All this for $50.

The downside? Audio Technica seems to have bought the colors from the 1980s. That, and the company says that its colored cans are “designed for women.” There goes my all-male explorer fantasy.

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