[Blackpool] Raspberry Pi vending machine (not what you think)

[James Page]

Yeh, I've heard about the Japanese vending machines! Strangest one I saw
was like a walk-in unit, selling something pretty big. Can't remember what.

Anyhoo - yes, there are loads of the Xiaomi fakes about. As you say,
biggest indicator is price. The Pistons seem to be the tip of the iceberg -
having a look on Head-Fi, there are quite a few other well-regarded Chinese
items. Xiaomi in general seem to do some decent stuff at great prices, from
what I've read so far.

The only headphones I've got are Senny HD-25s -  hangover from my DJing and
sound design days. Love them, but it's the IEMs which get most use these
days, as headphones have a habit of getting a bit too warm after a few
hours!




Best wishes,
James

On 2 February 2015 at 17:22, Arthur Garlick <arthur_garlick at hotmail.com>
wrote:

>  Hey James,
> In Japan the vending machines are everywhere and sell pretty much
> anything, but that one interests me more!
>
> I spent a while on that forum, lots of really geeky stuff there to ponder,
> thanks for the link.  I looked at the pistons on Amazon and some of the
> vendors labelled as fake are still there and selling.  However the clue is
> the price, the fake ones are blatantly cheap.  I didn't buy a pair in the
> end, it's been a spendy month already, but they are on the list to try.
>
> For normal day to day, walking and travelling I get along well with in ear
> phones, and I like trying different setups.  But I prefer over ears for
> when I am listening at my desk as I feel they are less tiring and don't
> intrude as much.  I have two pairs of  AKG K451s,
> http://www.whathifi.com/akg/k451/review one in the office and one at
> home.  I think you can get them for under £40 now. Which on one hand is
> pricey, on the other a flippin bargain!  Oh and they have my initials on
> them...
>
> Regards
>
> Arthur
>
>
> > Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 16:30:44 +0000
> > From: jmsp.1983 at gmail.com
> > To: blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > Subject: [Blackpool] Raspberry Pi vending machine (not what you think)
>
> >
> > http://i.imgur.com/e0euPuW.jpg
> >
> > I might get one installed outside Les' house?
> >
> >
> > Arthur - Those earphones I had are available here:
> >
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=bl_sr_electronics?ie=UTF8&field-keywords=Monoprice&index=electronics-uk&search-type=ss
> >
> > The ones you saw are 9927s, but I have a pair of 9396s which I recently
> > bought to try out the noise-isolating features (not comparable to
> > noise-cancelling) and the rubberised cord (still carries mechanical
> > vibration). Both seem to have doubled in price in the UK recently. The
> > 9927s are the same family as these:
> > http://www.head-fi.org/products/monoprice-8320-iem
> >
> > The next lot I want to try out are Xiaomi's Pistons -
> > http://www.mi.com/en/headphones - again, well-regarded, with a cult-like
> > following online. More on it here:
> > http://www.head-fi.org/t/735775/the-xiaomi-pistons-thread-2-0 - Best
> price
> > I can find for legit sales is about £10.50.
> >
> > Neither will compete with the AKGs, but for the price range they give a
> > respectable performance, IMO. The 9927s are comparable to my Senny CXIIs
> > (with perhaps a little more low-end).
> >
> >
> >
> > James
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