Materialwise, balancing between mobility and the quality of life is juggling. One bottleneck is the books. Sound system is another.

I had been eyeing for Harman Kardon Soundsticks for a while, but eventually changed my mind and invested in a pair of reasonably priced Edirol nearfield micro monitors. First of all, being cubic in form instead of some alien design they fit better to a Türkenkoffer. They also offer some professionality placebo and compensate the lack of subwoofer with a smart technique that deals with the overtones of low frequencies. I have a wishful theory that psychoacoustically generated bass tones penetrate neighbours' walls to a lesser success.

Well, they are no Genelecs of course, but they do make some music sound better (and some worse) than it used to be. I had no idea that technology could have such an effect to the reception. It has a direct impact on playlist choices. In general, especially Norwegian music sounds really good with these.

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