Skullcandy MixMaster DJ Headphone IRL Review- The Skullcandy MixMaster is another celebrity endorsed headphone spurned by the success of Beats by Dre. Its apparently designed by Mix Master Mike, a DJ who has mixed artists including the Beastie Boys. TBH this is one of the ugliest headphones I have ever owned. They took the idea…
Month: December 2015
Shure SRH-840 Studio Monitor Headphone IRL Review
Shure SRH840 Studio Monitor Headphone IRL Review- Wow, two products reviewed today that are not Sony. That’s a big change for me. The Shure SRH840 (840 from this point on) were Shure’s premium flagship headphone in 2009/10 until they were later surpassed by the SRH940, SRH1840 and SRH1540 (flagship changing based off whether its a closed…
Samsung DA-E750 Wireless Audio Sound Dock IRL Review
Samsung DA-E750 Wireless Audio Sound Dock IRL (In Real Life) Review- The e750 (short from now on) was a premium wireless audio dock that could stream over bluetooth APT-X, Apple Airplay, direct Apple 30 pin, and Android MicroUSB and 3.5mm analog. It was one of those products that I would walk by in the store and…
Star Wars Force Awakens Thoughts- Spoilers Ahead
Spoiler alert- The following is my reflection on the Star Wars The Force Awakens movie. I got to see it downtown with just a 42% sold seating so good seats no line ups! I want to start out with my background. As annoying as I think it is to start out with a background (I…
Sony MDR-1R Mark I Headphone IRL Review
Sony MDR-1R Mark I Headphone IRL Review – The 1r (for short) is a midrangish (sitting around 349 CDN when originally released) headphone that was released after Sony being absent from the high end market for some time. Prior to this, it had the following; the MDR-MA900, an open headphone that had some praise but universal…
Sony MDR-X10 XFactor Simon Cowell Headphones IRL Review
Sony MDR-X10 Simon Cowell X Factor Headphone IRL Review- What a name hey? Its one of Sony’s celebrity endorsed headphones- I think that Sony Entertainment owns X fActor in some manner. Not at all surprising to see a celebrity endorsed headphone based off all the wild success of Beats. Not surprising to see the exact…
Sony Ericsson LiveView Smartwatch IRL Review
Sony Ericsson Liveview IRL Review– I don’t even know when the liveview (I will call it that from now on) was made. It was a quiet release likely around the time that the first Sony Ericsson Android phone, the X10 was released (when I got my Blackberry 9700 which was eons ago). It was actually…
Sony SmartWatch 2 IRL Review
Sony Smartwatch 2 Review – The Sony Smartwatch 2 (I’ll call it the sw2 for short from now on) is Sony’s third attempt at making a smartwatch for Android. It was released in 2013 I believe to little fanfare. I managed to snag the black metal one with a metal strap for a minor discount…
Sony VAIO Duo 13 Hybrid Laptop/Tablet IRL Review
Sony VAIO Duo 13 Hybrid Laptop/Tablet Review– The Sony VAIO Duo 13 is a 2013 laptop hybrid that is a second generation Sony slider design (the first being the VAIO DUO 11 that came out a year before that). I was absolutely in love with the quirky design and after having it since January 2014,…
Sony XBA-H3 Hybrid Armature Earphone Review
Sony XBA-H3 Hybrid Balanced Armature Earphone IRL (In Real Life) Review– The XBA-H3 (abbreviated to H3 from hereon) was the 2014 flagship earphone from Sony- it has since been replaced by the XBA-Z5 with minor changes in design. I first bought the XBA-H3 with the intention of having hi-fidelity music listening on the go without…
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