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Too Many Sebastians
My search of Private Beats (a techno track by the Japanese duo 80Kidz) on the Internet led me to Too Many Sebastians, a music blog by a Japanese girl and an English boy. They cover quite a good number of (mostly) under-publicized (electronic) bands and musicians. The blog is usually written bilingually in English and […]
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Go Retro-Digital with GreenHouse Mini-Digi Camera
There is a definitive resurgence of all things retro, especially in the field of photography. True, there are quite a few photography-related apps for your iPhone already, but nothing beats that rush of nostalgia of holding a cute little camera taking pictures of things you cannot preview beforehand. The new GreenHouse GH-TCAM30C Mini-Digi Digital Camera […]
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Marshall Major Headphones, Thank you
We received our first demo unit of the Marshall Major headphones at our store AC Gears. Compact, and beautifully designed, the new Major looks just right on all of our heads. We gave it a good listen and we all agreed that the sound is excellent for $100 a pop. Marshall is shipping their first […]
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Utada’s SQ5 Goes for $59.99!
If you haven’t noticed, headphones are a big deal for music artists and movie stars, especially when they need unique props on their heads. As seen in Utada Hikaru’s 2008 Heart Station, the artist wore Audio-Technica Japan’s ATH-SQ5 in white during the entire MV. An excellent plug for the headphones. Recently the headphones just went […]
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The World’s Smallest USB Drive, by AC Gears
These aren’t just any USB drives. They are the world’s smallest USB flash drives – 31.3mm x 12.4mm in size and only 3.4mm in thickness. Yup, and they come straight from AC Gears. The new AC Gears Pico drives are water resistant and are made with stainless steel in mirror polish. Use it as a […]
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Eskuche Control’s Avocado
AC Gears is proud to be the first to release Eskuche’s new Avocado color for its popular Control series headphones. There are plenty headphones out there on the market, but how many do you know spin a light green avocado? Well, we the headphone experts at AC Gears have encountered none just yet! So for […]
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Summer Time Love – m-flo
We are playing a lot of J-Pop these days thanks to Gian and Grace sharing their music at our stores. The summer’s in and it only seems fitting that we shed little a little summer gleam of what we play here at AC Gears – Summer Time Love from m-flo, featuring Emi Hinouchi and Ryohei. […]
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A Morning in the Life of Utrecht
Following Caleb’s entry of New York to Paris – A Day in the Life where we get to see a glimpse of a day in the life of a mini-sized New York City, how about a fast-forwarded morning in the life of Utrecht, Netherlands? What is different is the rush of bicycles that overrun the […]
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Harinezumi Contest – Trip to Tokyo
Harinezumi fans listen up. First of all, AC Gears is proud to be the first to have the Digital Harinezumi 2++ in store. Secondly, Superheadz and Space 15 Twenty LA have created a group on Vimeo to receive submissions for a special contest. 15 top videos will be selected to be on display at a […]
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the Speak-er
Speak-er by “the” (that’s the company name) gives an appropriate physical shape to speakers. The beautifully designed speaker is constructed with polished white ABS housing with black steel grille. Each set includes a left and right speaker and power adapter. Now, unlike other blogs, we’ve actually heard them in person in our stores. the Speak-er […]
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Don’t Miss Gommi Arcade @ ACG
Nooka and Gommi Arcade had their Future Shock Zub Watch Launch Party at AC Gears Greenwich on March 26th. They also set up their pop-up shop right inside the store. Only 10 more days until the end of the Gommi Arcade exhibit so be sure to come into the AC Gears Greenwich store and grab […]
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Koryo Tours to North Korea
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always wanted to go to red China, the forbidden motherland of communism. Then in the summer of 1992, my dream came true and I traveled to Maoist China, where I experienced first hand how decades of communism had deprived the economic well-being of millions and billions of Chinese. […]