Instruction: Assess the user's sentiment in the provided review and select the appropriate sentiment option from the list as the answer.

Input:
I bought my first set of Sony MDR-V600 headphones over twelve years ago, when I first bought my stereo.  They were to replace my horrid GE headphones that had mediocre sound quality and had pads that actually hurt my ears.  I was pleasantly surprised to find out these headphones were superior in every way.

The sound quality is superb.  The soft foam pads on the headphones are comfortable to wear for long periods of listening.  The outside sound cancellation was quite good. The 1/4 inch stereo jack could be unscrewed to reveal a mini-jack that will fit portable CD players and MP-3 players.  The headphones were build quite solidly, and could collapse into a neat little package that fit into the supplied drawstring bag.  I had one girlfriend who once said these headphones made you "feel as if you were part of the music", which is about the best description you can ever give to a set of headphones.

THAT was a three star set, though.  Some things I didn't like about them were a) the foam cups seemed to be painted with a cheap vinyl coating, which wore off extremely easily and practically melted off in a heat wave, becoming a sticky tar that rubbed off on anything that got near it (yuck!).  Also, b) if you're wearing them while sitting barefoot on a carpeted floor, you could actually get a static shock in your ears!

Now, twelve years later, after being borrowed by three roommates and a number of girlfriends, the coating on the earpieces has almost completely worn off and the foam lining is all split, making the headphones really gross looking...but they still deliver the same sound quality as they did when I first bought them.  THAT was the deciding factor in buying a second set, not to mention, the hope that Sony will have corrected the cheapo vinyl coating and static shock problems after twelve years. I haven't been shocked yet with the new set so they must have fixed whatever that issue was.  This is what earned it a fourth star.  I'll come back and give it a fifth star if the vinyl coating turns out to be more durable, too.

All in all, you won't be disappointed with the quality of this headset.  They've been around for over twelve years, so that should tell you something.

Options:
A: very positive
B: positive
C: neutral
D: negative
E: very negative
Answer: B: positive