Reviews

It’s been a while since moving from Squarespace to using Pelican as a static site generator for this website. Squarespace is beautifully designed, very resilient and for the most part dependable (they experienced several DDOS attacks in the past). But it’s not flexible when it comes to deeply customizing your site or when writing content. Site generators like Pelican are extremely malleable. Since they process markdown files and images stored in certain pre-defined folders, the user only needs a text editor and an internet connected device to write and post....

Quarks rating explanation here. Hardware Design Rating: 9.5/10 True to Sennheiser’s core principles, the PXC-550’s are minimalistic and elegant. A matte finish and some chrome and silver accents on the cups add to the refined look. There are only three buttons: 2 sliders for controlling the NoiseGard level and bluetooth connection and one push button to circle through sound effects (more on that later). Buttons are discretely placed on the edge of the cups....

Quarks rating explanation here. Creative is a big player in the gaming and audio industries, offering a wide variety of high quality audio equipment, headphones and gaming sets. The Creative iRoar Go is their new flagship portable Bluetooth Speaker and the evolution of the Roar breed. Read on to find out how well this little device performs. Hardware Design Rating: 8.5/10 Like the other speakers in the Roar line, the iRoar Go is elegantly designed, no bright colors or superfluous edges/curves....

Quarks rating explanation here. B&O Play (originally Bang & Olufsen) needs no introduction. The Danish company is well known for their tasteful and minimalistic Scandinavian design, quality products and excellent audio performance. Their products range from portable audio and standalone professional speakers to integrated sound systems. Visiting their website is almost like entering a futuristic portal featuring beautiful objects that more than producing sound, seemed to be made to just be stared at....

Quarks rating explanation here. STM is an Australian company committed to making high quality, functional and nicely designed bags. I’ve reviewed several of their offerings in the past. Although I’ve always liked their bags (as a matter of fact, I’m currently using one of them on a daily basis), it’s their iPad cases I’m really a fan of. This is the third and last part of a 3-part review series covering some of their cases for the iPad Pro (here are Part 1 and Part 2)....