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It met my eye – and riveted my eyes. It was named SVEN IC-920. It was produced, of course, in China, but had been developed in the vicinity of our country – in Finland. In Europe. Even that one thing would be interesting, but the main thing appeared to be in its appearance. In its beauty. It was as made of stainless steel, with such, I said, decorative polishing. The camera part proper was in the form of a tube. It would be possible even to take it as a telescope, if not its size. And… my old dream – the manual exact focusing.

My eye was not merely caught by it, but glued to it. Its name is SVEN IC-920. It is, of course, made in China, but designed in Finland, Europe. This single fact would be enough for choosing it but its appearance proved to be really grabbing. It’s a striking beauty. The whole of it seems to be made from stainless steel with some imaginary decorative polish. The camera itself is tubular. One would well mistake it for a telescope but for its size. And… my long-nurtured dream, manual precision zoom control feature is here!

A keyboard with illuminated keys is a savior for those who sit up at the computer till late night but can’t touch-type. Not all of such devices are expensive, there are some quite affordable models. You need just about a couple tens of dollars to equip your workplace with one of them. Today, let’s try what it is.

Today we’ll talk about SVEN HM 100 GT multimedia headphones. What’s special about them is their ability to be used both as headphones and a headset, depending on the user’s needs. Though you may object saying that any headset can be used as headphones, and you’ll be right. The matter is, the microphone can be dismounted if it’s not used. As to the way it’s done – you’ll get to know about this a bit later.

In the affordable consumer-grade speaker systems we review, we mostly see the same technical solutions. If the budget is limited, manufacturers cannot use technologies on a principally different level, so the competition in this segment is concentrated on the appearance, comfort in use and aesthetics. SVEN MS-1020 looks advantageous in this respect, as the triphonic system is really innovatively designed and, moreover, some elements are completely new.