Archive for AUDIO

FOGEY 5 On-Ear Headphones

Jul 01, 2011 No Comments

Strictly speaking the ear muffs sported by Geordie footie God and honorary Irishman, Jack Charlton, should be illustrating the over-ear, ‘circumaural’ style of headphone. But they’re not. These are the best five pairs of headphones that sit on your precious lugs.

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FOGEY 5 In-Ear Earphones

Jun 22, 2011 No Comments

For the lightweight jet-setter, commuter or runner-about earphones such as the five highlighted here are definitely the way to go. Small, unobtrusive, comfy for long-ish periods and, if you have the requisite dosh, often very high in the fidelity department.

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DAB Radio buying guide

Jan 30, 2011 1 Comment

Before you buy a digital radio make sure you can receive digital broadcasts at www.getdigitalradio.com Then stick with your FM radio and all this DAB nonsense will go away.  Unless over 50 percent of the populace take the digital option by 2015, FM will continue.  See the Category Overview for why this will be a […]

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MP3 Players buying guide

Jan 28, 2011 No Comments

When/how will you use your music player? If portability is paramount go for something small and light such as an iPod Shuffle (see pic above).  The sound reproduction might be pants-to-purists and it might not hold that many tunes but through earphones even the crappiest sound quality is okay and how many tunes are you […]

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DAB Digital Radio overview

Jan 13, 2011 No Comments

There’s a lot going on in DAB digital radio. Such as whether the technology will prevail, whether enough of us will take the DAB plunge and whether there’s a future for FM.

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FOGEY 5 DAB Digital Radios

Jan 13, 2011 No Comments

The Fogey 5 are the best five products in their class by virtue of expert and consumer review from at least 10 respected and authoritative websites. PURE EVOKE Flow Few people in radioland seem to realise that most radio consumers listen to a very small spread of stations.  Most, I suspect, are tuned to the […]

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MP3 Players overview

Jan 11, 2011 No Comments

Back when Brylcreem ruled the waves, personal audio devices were necessarily limited in scope. They played sound. Vision was a peripheral pipedream, and in any case, who’s going to squint at a teensy screen? How Fogies yearn for such innocent times.

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FOGEY 5 MP3 Players

Jan 11, 2011 No Comments

    The Fogey 5 are the best five products in their class by virtue of expert and consumer review from at least 10 respected and authoritative websites.         Other eternal optimists make personal media devices – Creative, Sony, Archos, Samsung, Cowon, Microsoft – but AppleFruit, record label, world dominator in the […]

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