A friend of mine recently asked me to give advise on what headphones, currently on the market are worth looking at. I didn’t really know what to tell him at the time. I rhymed of brands that I trust, but didn’t know of a specific model to recommend.

He was looking for something for regular listening, but suitable for travel, so not too bulky. I came across these upon recommendation from another friend. I had a listen and was very impressed by the sound you hear from this small package.

With solid features like hands-free phone compatibility, noise-cancellation, and a huge frequency range (11hz - 30hz). Not to mention that they fold up and come with a nice little carrying case; great for travel.

AKG K480 - Model referred to in the post.

AKG K450 - The same great sound, without active noise-cancellation.

AKG K420 - If you’re still able to find a pair of these guys, they’re about the same as the new K480, but without all the great features (but much less cost).

Today was my 24th Birthday. I got a number of momentos written on the ol’ Facebook wall (turned out to be a refreshing finish to my day). I spend the day with my lovely bride-to-be. She and I went Prague cafe for a relaxing, late lunch; breakfast sandwich and pancakes, served with a steamy cappuccino. It was delicious.

Following that, we decided to invite a couple of our favorite Chinese friends to join us for dinner and a movie back at my place. Suki and I then spend a good portion of the afternoon tidying up my mess as I re-wired the studio monitors up to the big screen TV for movie night (sounded spectacular).

Suki bought me this awesome ink-pen for my birthday. I mean, a pen is a pen, but when it comes from your fiance, with the intent that you will write a few more songs with it, it means a lot. It really is a nice pen. I’ve seen a few nice pens, but this is by far the nicest, German engineered, aluminum bodied, ink-pen, with custom-fit-leather cased pen I’ve ever been given.

Thank you, 郭哲!