I bought a pair of Denon in-ear headphones. Theyre comfortable and work well with good noise cancelling. The lows from drum and bass come over well whilst vocals and electric / acoustic guitars in the mid and high range shimmer nicely. The model is no longer available but I suspect their range...

Andy McKee - various acoustic instrumentals Ed Sheeran - album Adele - 21 Foo Fighters - Wasting Light

There's still no alternative to a BB as far as Im concerned. IPhones are OK but theyre big and bulky and more style than substance. Blackberries keep it compact and do everything I need from a phone. I can even tune my guitar on it!

An extremely boring VW Touran that's great for carrying guitar amps, PAs..oh and children.

My sympathies! I too am seeking a good small form factor desktop (remember those?!) to slot into my home cinema rack. Im after one with low PSU noise and decent AV performance. Im suspecting Ill end up with a Dell or HP but we will see.

Quote:   Olympus do a handheld device with stereo mics and SD card recording storage that is supposed to be good. They used to be big in handheld dictaphone type recorders so know the market reasonably well. When you do get back to the computer I can recommend Line 6's GX interface for...