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House of Marley Exodus
Ear-Pad Sealed Headphone Reviews, Specialty Headphone Reviews
Tyll Hertsens • Nov 11, 2011 • 12 comments

Bob Marley's "Exodus" ... wow, what a great album. I must have heard it a thousand times. It's a total classic. Prior to receiving these, I wondered skeptically if Bob Marley "Exodus" the headphone would be a classic. Time will tell ...

... but I think they're off to a good start.

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FujiyaAVIC Headphone Festival Fall 2011
Tyll Hertsens Blog, News
Tyll Hertsens • Nov 09, 2011 • 0 comments
Photo credt: AnakChan - The Headphone Girls greeting attendees entering the show.
Headphone enthusiasm is alive and well in Japan! Fujia AVIC, an electronics on-line and brick-and-mortar retailer in Tokyo, organizes a bi-annual headphone festival that is headphone otaku at it's finest.
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Soul by Ludacris SL100
Ear-Pad Sealed Headphone Reviews, Specialty Headphone Reviews
Tyll Hertsens • Nov 07, 2011 • 2 comments
At the bottom end of the Soul by Ludacris headphone line is the SL100. I was impressed by the more expensive SL150, and hopeful for another good showing here.

Um ... didn't quite work out.

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Soul by Ludacris SL150
Specialty Headphone Reviews
Tyll Hertsens • Nov 03, 2011 • 10 comments
After spending time with the Beats by Dre Solo HD (high definition or heavily distorted, I'm not sure) it was a real pleasure to acquaint myself with the Soul by Ludacris SL150.

Surprisingly satisfying!

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Fluance FiSDK500 High Performance iDock
Portable Speaker Reviews
Steve Guttenberg • Nov 02, 2011 • 3 comments
I've never understood why the Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Air and Bose iPod SoundDock 10 iPod speakers are so popular. Sure, they sound acceptably good, but for that kind of money (around $600) you could buy a nice set of stereo speakers and an integrated amp and wind up with much better sound. For about a third the price of the B & W and Bose the Fluance FiSDK500 ($200) is a serious contender. It's by far the best sounding iPod speaker I've heard for anywhere near its price.
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InnerFidelity November Update!
Tyll Hertsens Blog
Tyll Hertsens • Nov 01, 2011 • 13 comments
October has come and gone ... way too fast. CanJam at RMAF was fun, but you've read about that by now. Let's see what else happened in the lab.
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CanJam at RMAF: Closing Thoughts
RMAF 2011
Tyll Hertsens • Oct 25, 2011 • 0 comments
That's a wrap! A few closing comments, and we're done.
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CanJam at RMAF - The Indispensable One: John Purtill
RMAF 2011
Tyll Hertsens • Oct 24, 2011 • 3 comments
In principle, nobody is indispensable. In practice, some are. For CanJam at RMAF, that indispensable individual is John Purtill. Or JPnums, if you prefer.
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CanJam at RMAF - Show Stopper: The Amazing Audez'e LCD-3
RMAF 2011
Tyll Hertsens • Oct 24, 2011 • 51 comments
There's simply no doubt the big news of the show was the amazing new Audez'e LCD-3. Spectacular!
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CanJam at RMAF - Outstanding Product: The Jerry Harvey Audio JH-3A
RMAF 2011
Tyll Hertsens • Oct 23, 2011 • 7 comments
Sisyphus would be proud. Jerry Harvey has been pushing this bolder up hill for a long, long time. I'm glad to say it looks like it's over the top ... and it sounds like it's over-the-top good, too.
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