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This budget hotel is located in the mid west side of Manhattan (on 250 West 43rd Street), A minute walk from times square and the Port Authority Bus Terminal.I needed to find a hotel for a few days in Manhattan. In my previous visits to Manhattan I stayed at two budget hotels:The West End Studios […]

Did you know that Vespa is the best-selling scooter of all time?Since 1946, Piaggio has produced over 17 million Vespas and two of them are mine: a new PX200E (Edit: I sold it) and a restored 1968 Sprint (Still going strong). The Vespa scooter is an enduring icon of youth, style, romance, and durability. Among […]

MAXELL: I bought the Maxell earphones (Maxell digital stereo earphone MHP-EP02) after I thought I’ve lost my iPod original ones. The Maxell make an impression like quality earphones, but are they? The package comes with an extra 2 pairs of replacement silicone cups. A big sized pair and a small pair. The medium pair is […]

Although these Sony MDR-V150 headphones are called “Monitor Series”, they are NOT really Studio monitors, but they are fine enough for listening to music on your Sansa or IPod or other portable player OR home stereo. These headphones are light, and small compared to real studio monitor headphone . They are adjustable for any head […]

Connect your mixer to a computer’s sound card This is the alternate way to do it. When I bought my mixer, I followed the manual, but I wasn’t satisfied with the results – too many wires, too many loops, not enough preamp that seems to get lost somewhere in between.So, what I did, is keep […]