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SOL Headphones/Ear Buds

While you're exercising, you'll likely want to listen to Richard Simmons' Sweatin' to the Oldies (or maybe something a bit more contemporary). Kevin Lee (who helped guide the creation of Monster's Beat headphones) has split off from his dad, Monster Cable founder Noel Lee, to co-create a new headphone/ear bud company called SOL – Soundtrack of Life Republic (you can make out the acronym in the clever logo). Other than low prices ($59-$129) and good sound, the new headphone headbands are constructed of a special polymer guaranteed not to break (and I twisted them unnaturally with nary a stress), and the flat cable on the in-ear buds are designed not to tangle. Each has a detachable cable, with or without an iPhone in-line mic and controls. They'll soon be available in Apple and Best Buy stores.