REVIEW: PaMu Scroll BT 5.0 Earphones

The new PaMu TWS earbuds are so cool for listening that your ears may never be the same again.

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Earphones or buds or whatever you’d like to call them are omnipotent and we are literally up to our ears in them.

Some think that we are likely to lose the power of talking to humans because of our bud-like obsession, but when as the products improve so quickly, it’s impossible to stop.

This site has reviewed PaMu products before and they’re received the thumbs-up, not least because we like a crowdfunded product that over-raises and delivers on its product and promises.

Their lates effort, the PaMu Scroll BT 5.0 Earphones have not only over-raised, they’ve smashed it. At time of writing, the raise was more than $260K on an initial ask of $20K, a sum they received in less than 24 hours.

So, what of the product itself? It’s pretty awesome and not difficult to see where the product name ‘Scroll’ came from. The buds roll out as if from a digital Dead Sea scroll, immediately looking as cool as can be.

As we know, looks aren’t everything and any old dead goat (mutton) can be dressed as any young sheep (lamb), but the PaMu Scroll BT 5.0 Earphones are one of the best Bluetooth-associated objects I’ve touched.

Sounds quality was excellent, a huge improvement on the PaMu TWS that was previously reviewed here and the wireless charging is easy and fast.

The shape is probably the most design-beautiful, it’s easy to fold up and put in any pocket of clothings without being uncomfortable and its portability in any handbag or rucksack an utter cinch.

There is still.a month to go before the crowdfunding is over and while we very rarely enthuse about a product during this process, this time we’re making an exception.

One final word or two…

… the PaMu Scroll BT 5.0 Earphones are going to retail at $39, a ridiculously low price, get on the waiting list now.

Fortunately, I have a pair on the table in front, of me, there’s no way PaMu are getting them back… really.

FIVE SUMMER GIFTS #4 – FretX guitar LED learning

Now you have no excuses, the FretX makes learning the guitar a walk along the fretboard with lights to show the way.

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The FretX device is an ingenious piece of musical kit that was originally launched on  Indiegogo and was successfully crowdfunded to 198% of its target.

It is now, indeed, a most viable product… in fact, there are two viable products, one is the Rockstar that retails at $89 (£62) and the other is FretX pack at $59 (£42)… and it is fantastic for anybody who has struggled to learn the guitar.

I am one of those such people. I tried to learn when I was travelling, looking good with it wrapped around my neck, but not so much when I played. I was always a long way from perfect pitch, tuning was difficult to my ear and my fingers were like thumbs when I used the fretboard.

However, that guitar has always been my friend and I’ve always wanted to improve my relationship with it. The first action was to get hold of a Roadie 2 so I could actually tune my guitar; the second was to use the FretX.

At first, I was unimpressed, it looked like a stencil kit for amateur artists, but once I realised that I could stretch its four ‘fingers’ around the top four frets of my guitar, then it all made sense.

The next step was to download the app (available at leading stores) and then link the device, when then effectively becomes an LED learning device, with lights coming on and off when the wannabe musician needs to make a chord shape.

After registering as a user and inputting the skill of the guitarist and type of guitar, the new musician then has to follow YouTube tutorials and other media to learn the guitar.

This device does not come with a manual and that makes the learning experience obviously digital, but also a more effective and modern one.

I have a long way to go before I can even consider myself a minor musician, but the FretX has set me on a better way.

It’s certainly struck a chord with me, maybe it will do the same for you. A most excellent smart learning device.

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