Shocked, I tell ya. I've not heard too many Philips headphones in the past, but the ones I have heard were pretty disappointing. Then, BAM! At this year's CES Philips introduced five new lines of headphones. There were a couple of clunkers, but only a couple. Headphone after headphone in these new line-ups ranged from very good, to unbelievably good, and the pricing was surprisingly affordable.

At one point, I was giggling like a little girl.

Finally! George Cardas has been working on his new in-ear monitor for quite some time now.

They're done!

To my camera, it was dark at the bottom of the escalator at The Home Entertainment Show being held at the Flamingo.

To my heart, it was well lit by the smiles of good friends and ex-coworkers Jorge Cervera and Ben Thiede.

I have a little plan I'm working on. I want to revamp my test tracks using music that I could get permission to publish here on InnerFidelity.

This guy is key!

Having heard only two of their headphones (the great sounding Exodus, and the rather poor sounding Stir it Up), I was very much looking forward to getting my ears on the entire House of Marley line to get a feel for their overall performance as a headphone company.

I wasn't disappointed.

I mentioned in an earlier post that there are two types of in-ear monitor: balanced armature and dynamic driver. Well, there's actually a third type ...

... an in-ear monitor with both dynamic and balanced armature drivers!

Hey look! It's Spider! (Fitzy runs.) Last year Ronny Tsai sent me a couple of Spider products I liked quite a bit. Wonder what he's got this time?