Radio:
The Model One from Tivoli Audio is an amazing little box with a cool retro look. The sound from this mono radio is as good as you'd hear from many big, shiny Wally-World plastic wonders, thanks to the finely built wooden cabinet and high quality speaker. It is a quality product, seemingly made for off-the-grid use. The ability to take 12V straight is a rare option. Furthermore there's an external antenna jack for those of us wanting to listen to something other than cowboy songs from our remote homesteads, and an 'aux in' connection (see below). Couldn't get any better for under $100. Highly recommended.

Music:
Spinning a CD in a my laptop take lots of juice, surprisingly. Finding an energy efficient stereo system that readily plugs into a 12V wall outlet is next to impossible.
What to do? Enter the ubiquitous fashion statement, the hippest of cool gadgets, a slick little icon called the IPOD. Yes, we did buy into mass marketing and hype, finally. Albeit pricey and almost too slick to touch, it does the job of playing straight for days via the 'aux in' on the Model One, together consuming virtually no power. Although toted as a the ultimate portable unit, our IPOD never leaves the house.
We bought it back in 03, so by all measurable standards it's fairly dated at this point. Sometime ago the drive gave out when someone dropped the little baby, and we had to have it replaced. Apple don't do that for anything less than the price of a whole new unit, go figure. We were ready to give up on expensive, delicate consumer electronics, when we found a third party repair service that stuck in a new 20 gig drive instead of the smoked 10 gig, for $100.

Computer:
A laptop is a must with a system of our size. It is readily compatible with 12V and uses half the power of a full sized pc. Plus in a cabin this small it seems to fit in a little better. During those long winter inversions with fog and dread, you can charge it in your car on the way to wherever we always seem to be going. Yes, that's what it's like to live with a micro PV system.

12V compact fluorescent bulbs:
CF bulbs have hit mainstream, for reasons of longevity and efficiency. A small company in Montana manufacture them in 12V for oddballs like us. On a winter evening we can burn one total in all of the house without too much drain.

LED light strings:
Finding them in 12V is a little more difficult, but these guys sell them. We have the amber colored ones and leave them on 24/7 year round. At night when just talking or absorbed in other intimate activities, they provide a cozy glow that allow basic tasks without turning on any big lights. One of the unique aspects of living in this cabin are these little lights, always there...

LED lamps:
So far you can't get a bright enough LED that actually has a liveable, pleasantly colored light. The yellow and amber ones are far too dim for most chores, and the white ones, albeit powerful, cast a cold moon glow, that makes makes your dinner table look like an operating room. One exception we've found is a little gooseneck lamp that's mixing 6 bright white LEDs with 4 red ones. It is enough light for reading and typing and has a very pleasant color.
That said, we do use a lot of a certain type of screw-in LED bulbs.They are fitted with three 1 watt diodes and are unbelievably bright for an LED, but still cold light. Cost at Backwoods is about $45.00.