<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Journeyman&#039;s Toolbox]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://journeymantoolbox.pt]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Rafael Lino (Jour)]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://journeymantoolbox.pt/author/journeymanpt/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Reviews and my new approach to the&nbsp;blog.]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>I must admit that I got mixed feelings about reviewing headphones.<br />
My problem happens before I start writing, I feel like I&#8217;m not good enough to pass along my opinion in a language I don&#8217;t fully grasp yet. This insecurity isn&#8217;t new to me but it&#8217;s still a handicap I often try to vanquish by working on my grammar or by learning new words.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m going to start doing longer reviews soon, so please bear with me as I learn to write on what I hope is a better style for this blog.<br />
I don&#8217;t write professionally and I feel a bit out of my safety zone when I must do new things on my blog. I do love music and writing, so I hope I can intertwine both things in my writing without losing too much of my passion.</p>
<p>As for reviews, well the problem with them is that they start feeling repetitive and boring when you write many. For someone who searches a headphone and just visits once it&#8217;s probably ok, but it&#8217;s not the same for a returning reader.<br />
It&#8217;s sad but a dedicated review blog or site will lose their appeal after a while, I want to avoid that on my blog but it&#8217;s very hard.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t want my online home to be only about headphones but I do admit most of my traffic is focused on that topic, so while I&#8217;m at it I may as well enjoy the ride and write about other related things the hobby has to offer. Heck! I might even review cables (not the sound quality but the build quality, materials, etc), one needs to be bold sometimes.</p>
<p>My opinion articles will continue to be written every time I feel the need to rant about Hi-Fi. Some dad things will appear, did you know that besides my 3 kids I also got a kitten?<br />
DIY is not forgotten but between being lazy as hell, my work and my family, it&#8217;s hard to build stuff. I still want to do it so let&#8217;s wait and see. Better pull a chair and a good book just in case the wait is long&#8230; 🙂</p>
<p>I&#8217;m still active on Twitter, dropped from Facebook, don&#8217;t use Vero that much, still love Discord and some of its communities not related to audio, I still dislike Reddit but I had to make an account so I could follow some topics.</p>
<p>Some time ago I bought the Yinyoo HQ5, an amazing Chi-Fi IEM in my modest opinion. Curious fact not many people have them so there&#8217;s very little hype around the model. Very detailed in the higher frequencies, instrument separation is great on the mids, the bass is a bit tamed but very controlled. The Yinyoo does what&#8217;s expected from a 200€ IEM, I bought it with a massive discount during an event on Aliexpress. I&#8217;ll probably use it as my reference IEM for a while.</p>
<p>I also bought the Takstar Pro 82 by following the advice of <a href="https://hyp0xia29.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hyp0xia29</a>, the pro 82 is now the best portable cans I have on my collection.<br />
<a href="https://hyp0xia29.wordpress.com/2018/01/11/takstar-pro82-review/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">For more information on the Pro 82 read Hypoxia&#8217;s review here.</a></p>
<p>I don&#8217;t have much more to share but something tells me I will post something soon.<br />
As usual, any question just reach me here or on <a href="https://twitter.com/JourPT" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a>.</p>
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