Sound Advice: Are Apple’s Free EarPods Really That Bad?

Delta Media in latest news 0 comments 08 AUG 2016

I’ve recently misplaced a pair of decent Klipsch earphones. As I’m partial to using over-ear headphones most of the time, I haven’t managed to justify a replacement yet. As a stop-gap, I’ve been reduced to relying on one of the seven or […]

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