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The Best Desktop Headphone Amplifier

Last Updated: June 13, 2018 By Sean

The best desktop headphone amplifiers are sometimes hard to come by, but finding the right model for you will do just the trick to elevate your music listening drastically. We’ve seen many amps for headphones come in different shapes and sizes, but lately we’ve been able to pinpoint our search down to two types — portable or desktop. Today we’d like to outline some of our favorite headphone amplifiers specifically made for your desktop, which can have a lot of positives since they can pack some more power and features into a larger body.

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The Best Noise Isolating Headphones

Last Updated: June 12, 2018 By Sean

Headphones with noise isolation technology, or at least a build that allows you to find some peace of mind while you’re listening to your favorite tunes and/or movies and TV shows, are geared towards those who want privacy and an intimate listening environment. The tricky term here is ‘noise isolation’, as we’ve learned through many years and excruciatingly amount of research that it isn’t necessarily an ‘exact science’. However, through out out experience, we’ve come across some amazing headphones, and today we want to recommend you some pairs we think will be beautiful for a private and personal audio world to dive into. But first, let’s see what ‘noise isolating’ actually means.

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The Top 10 Best Multi-Effects Guitar Pedals in the World

Last Updated: June 7, 2018 By Sean

The world of multi-effects pedals is a deep one for guitarists, and going through this ourselves with friends, family and fellow musicians has us all-too familiar with the process of finding the “best” out there. We actually think if we said you should “buy this one” would be offensive — there are way too many gems out there to keep in mind, and in the end we recommend buying many of these to build up your effects arsenal. Many guitarists have told us that there’s no such thing as “too many pedals”, but how much you’d like to ultimately collect will be up to you. Today however we wanted to recommend 10 of our favorite picks as the best multi-effects pedals for guitarists, so here’s what we came up with.

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The Top 10 Best Step Sequencers — Hardware and MIDI

Last Updated: June 5, 2018 By Sean

Sequencers aren’t a thing of the past, even though the digital age of music recording and production is in full force. For those want a standalone or perhaps a supplemental piece of gear to manage your steps and make tracks with in your existing music production setup, we’ve compiled our 10 favorite picks as the best hardware step sequencers as well as those with MIDI to help your shopping search. The term “best sequencer” is quite broad however, considering the many different personalities available to us when it comes to managing and creating steps, so let’s first survey some important notes to keep in mind while you search the for a step sequencer for your particular needs.

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The Top 10 Best Wireless Systems for Guitars

Last Updated: June 3, 2018 By Sean

A wireless system for our guitars will bring us the freedom we all seek at times. We’ll be attaining not only versatility and mobility to strum and shred, but also give us a nice look on stage without a pesky wire following us around at all times. Or perhaps you’d like to have some convenience at home or practice for an easier time all around — anything is possible here when we grab one of the best wireless guitar systems. We found a range of wireless systems for guitars below not only in terms of price but also playing level or perhaps other special features that we feel may spark your interest.

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