3. Bowers and Wilkins P3 £169.99, bowers-wilkins.co.uk Get your loved one a pair of super-fine headphones to go with their iPod.
Grado Labs makes some of the world's finest headphones.
"The Edition 9s, like the Edition 7s, were among the finest headphones we have ever produced and they have been extremely well received by audiophiles," remarked Paul Taylor, President of Ultrasone Inc. "To own one of only a handful of limited edition headphones is enticing for audio enthusiasts; I anticipate that the remaining Edition 9 headphones will be sold before the holidays".
Audio quality is fine (your headphones have a lot to do with audio quality anyway) and video quality is excellent.
The cable comes only out of the left earcup (eliminating snags) and terminates in a gold-plated quarter-inch plug, which is fine for desktop headphone amps and home stereo components, though AKG includes a metal-housed quarter-to-eighth-inch adapter for use with 3.5-mm audio jacks like the one on an iPod (or portable headphone amps like the HeadRoom Total BitHead).
It's kind of like walking that fine line between headphone and dance floor music.
That's fine if your headphones have a thin, straight plug, but if it's a bit chunkier, or has a right-angle turn, you'll have to use the (included) ungainly adapter instead.
Top of the VIP list is Dr Dre - the main man in the aforementioned hip-hop group NWA (see 00 45) and purveyor of fine, oversized, colourful headphones.
And, "it's perfectly fine to wear headphones and listen to music at work," she said.
In addition, the on-board amenities - a Swiss-themed comfort kit, exemplary headphones, fine cuisine (from a unique Swiss canton every three months), and a large seat (with built-in massager) that reclined into a full bed -- were the best I've had in any airplane class.
