My end of year presents to myself which arrived during the week:
Blue Studio Beats by Dr. Dre headphones
M-Audio Keystation 88es MIDI keyboard
I've always wanted to play the piano, and this keyboard is perfect for that. Full 88 keys, semi-weighted keys which feel pretty good for this price bracket (£150 from Amazon
). I've been using through Garageband which to my delight works really well.
Jury's out on the headphones though. There is a lot that I like about them (look fantastic, nice build quality, very comfortable, nice extras), but I don't think they sound good enough to justify what I paid for them. I know the internet could have told me this, but I'm one of those stubborn guys who has to find these things out for himself
.
Also the NC hiss is kind of annoying when I'm listening to some slow/ quieter songs, some guitar music sounds a bit unclear and don't get me started on WiFi signals interfering
I wanted to love them, I really did...unfortunately I think I'll be returning them this week in favour of the B&W P5s or something