The evil, twisted algorithms at Amazon have been up to their nefarious tricks again. The Netherlands branch has at the moment a short Spring Sale action with irresistable prices on articles you might just be wanting. Knowing that I had been busy with portable hifi, the ads for earbuds came rolling b...

A trio of live albums just arrived from a 2nd-hand Ebay shop.

Some solid listening pleasure for the evening.

There are several Digital Audio Players almost identical to the Hifi Walker H2 on Amazon from names like Surfans and Mechen. Similar layout, casing, specs etc. Maybe they sound similar - probably depends on the DAC chip and headphone amp section. Anyway the new player and buds are maintaining my san...

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Colosseum Live on order.

Sometimes, out of the blue, a little voice in the back of my head whispers insistently, "You should go and listen to ...." and this time it advised me to get out the one CD I have from 60's/70's Jazz-Rock pioneers Colosseum. This disc is one I purchased out of curiosity years ago and have ...

Rediscovering the joys of a pocket MP3-player also led me back to in-ear bud-phones. In the early 2000's I went through a series of these from: Sony, Philips, Shure, Creative, Sennheiser, etc. It was a cheap way of varying my audio-hobby and a lot of fun. But through the years I appear to have lost,...

Nektar 'Remember The Future, Live In New Jersey 2002' (2023) https://media.s-bol.com/xBgDmRm5B233/vPE8y0/550x550.jpg One of the bands that I fanatically collect is 70's psych/space-rock outfit Nektar. Here the original lineup is reunited after a 26-year break to play the American Nearfest festival....

Steve Harley (73)

"Come up and see me"

Is that like when you go down to the pub for a pint of Guinness and end up having 10?