Weekly Roundup, Friday 29 August, 2014
Good morning I realized that this was close to exactly the 25th anniversary of an event that was auspicious for me, although probably less so to you. May I abuse my ‘bully pulpit’ by observing …
August 2014
Book Review : What the Airlines Don’t Tell You
Former travel agency owner Steffan Ileman has just self-published a Kindle eBook, ‘What the Airlines Don’t Tell You : Trade Secrets Of The Travel Industry For Best Airfares, Cheaper Travel Or Profit And Avoiding Travel …
The Best Way to Store and Play High Quality Digital Music
Recorded music has evolved enormously since its origins in the 1870s, getting better and better until reaching its zenith with the introduction of the CD at the start of the 1980s. Paradoxically, in the last …
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Four Port Fast Car Charger
Just under a year ago we were writing very positively about the two port Anker 24W car charger. We still like it, but a lot has happened in a year, and it is no longer …
The Only Person You Can Trust For Digital Music Quality Recommendations
We wrote before about how our hearing is imprecise and easily tricked. If you’ve not read that article yet, and not yet done some of the hearing self-tests linked within it, we recommend you should …
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Weekly Roundup, Friday 22 August, 2014
Good morning Many thanks to everyone who helped with last week’s survey about podcasts. 20% of Travel Insiders regularly listen to podcasts, and another 15% do so occasionally. On the other side, 14% of readers …
Headphone Recommendations – In Ear Headphones
Our first category of headphones to be considered is in-ear headphones. These are sometimes called earphones or IEMs – ‘In Ear Monitors’. This is actually the hardest recommendation for us to make, because we personally …
Headphone Recommendations – Noise Cancelling Headphones
If you are wanting to listen to music in a noisy environment (in particular, airplanes), or if you just simply want to tune out the noise and relax, and if the in-ear headphones don’t appeal, …
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Headphone Recommendations – Around the $100 Range
The idea of buying a quality pair of regular loudspeakers for under $100 would be laughable. Indeed, it is a struggle to find good quality speakers for less than $1000 a pair. But with headphones, …
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Headphone Recommendations – Under $200
This is a very crowded part of the market, with some excellent headphones at moderate pricing. We suspect most people will be happy with the Sony MDR7506 mentioned above, but if you want to treat …
Headphone Recommendations – The Ultimate Headphones
If you want to get a pair of the unassailable universally acknowledged very best headphones available, you’re probably in for a disappointment, because there’s no clear consensus on which those would be. You’re also in …
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Five Headphone Recommendations – Introduction
This is the first part of a multi-part series that gives some recommended models of headphones for you to consider. After reading this introduction we suggest you then read the various articles showing our recommendations …
