Review of Bose SoundTrue on ear headphones mint and purple

Mint and Purple

This is the most comfortable headphones I've tried. The pads are super soft and comfortable to your ears. The headphones as a whole is super lightweight. Also the colour combination is unique and beautiful design. If this headphones was coloured white and red, I would have called it Van Halen headphones.

To me, the sound quality is superb, although I've read on some reviews that the sound quality is not that great for the price. Well, I think Bose, is always a bit pricey. Im really glad I got this. It's actually a xmas gift from my wife.

The only downside with this headphones is that it's intended for Apple products like iPod, iPhone, iPad and/or Mac. So the remote does not work properly on Android or other smartphones. But, obviously as a headphone, it still works but not the remote.

Another thing, I've tried it on my effects pedal so that when Im jamming just by myself or with backing tracks, I wont be disturbing the missus or the neighbours. But, because the jack that comes with this headphones are three layers, there's a bit of polarity issues. It's not working as I would like it to be. I ended up using my son's headphones which is for kids but works well and more practical for me rather than buying another set of headphones.

Overall, this headphones to me, is a very nice product. The way it is built, the colour, the comfort it gives, portable because you can easily fold it and it comes with a bag/case, and for obvious reason the sound quality. Hope this review helps. Cheers!

Review of Behringer GDI21 V-Tone Guitar Driver

A DI Box and a distortion pedal plus amp simulator rolled into one gadget.

This gadget basically is an effects pedal but has got loads of functions. First one is a DI Box. When you are in a rehearsal or gig and you forgot your amp or your guitar amp is not working for some reason like you forgot the lead, fuse or valve problems or it blew up the speaker. Then, this gadget is your saviour because you can plug this directly to your PA and on off/bypass setting, it serves as a DI box. Use an XLR lead for better quality on your PA. But obviously your guitar lead will also work because this GDI21 got two outputs; one XLR and one 1/4-inch.

Second function of this gadget is an amp simulator. You can choose between Fender, Marshall or Mesa Boogie and match it between Clean, Hi Gain or Hot channel. Added to it is a mic simulation, you can choose between Off axis, Centre or Classic. It means where the mic is positioned during mic'd in. It also got a Ground lift on and off to cancel humming or compatibility issues with amp, other effects pedal or the PA itself for that matter.

Third function is as a stompbox or a distortion pedal. Technically it works like an amp simulator but because you can dial the Drive/Gain knob on a desired level plus the tone/EQ which are bass and treble and the level/volume that you would want.... this is a perfect fuzz/distortion pedal. Tone and Drive are really nice.  If you pair this with a reverb pedal or a delay pedal, plus wah pedal, then it makes a perfect gigging gear.

Here are the sample settings of this pedal:

Valencia 1/4 sized nylon classical kids guitar review

Valencia 1/4 classical guitar

Bought this guitar for my boy. He is interested in learning the guitar. So I decided to buy a small guitar suited for him.  There's loads online to choose from but I chose this one because of the size and it says it's suitable for kids 5-8 years old.

Nylon are very good guitar for beginners because it's not that painful on your fingers. Then given the size of this guitar which is 1/4, it's really perfect for my boy. There's also 1/2 and 3/4 or the full size which is 4/4. There's a lot to choose from.

Guitar is decent, well made and most of all frets are working nicely. This one comes with a tuner and gigbag. And because the strings are still new, you need to allow time for it and be patient to keep tuning it time and again.  The sound of this super tiny guitar is excellent. The only downside is that it is really tiny that it's difficult for an adult to play it because it's either your fingers wont fit or you're putting your finger on a different fret by accident. Your fingers here can reach a good stretch. The action is decent, not too hight and low.