There is really no end to innovation. Specially when it comes to IPOD docks or speakers.What do you get when you cross a patio heater, a toy light saber and one of those machines that pops out numbered balls in a lottery draw? If you happen to be electronistical artist Jean-Michel Jarre, then you get [...]
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KLEER wireless attachment comes to Sleek Audio’s SA6 canalphones
Sleek Audio’s SA6 canalphones generated quite a bit of buzz due to those adjustable acoustics, and if you’ve been wishing on your lucky stars for a wireless interpretation of said headphones, something is clearly going right for you. The outfit has just revealed that a new partnership with KLEER (yes, KLEER) has led to a [...]
Yamaha intros four mini audio systems, all with iPod docks
Looks like everybody wants to make some accessory or the other for IPOD/IPHONE these days. After Bose, Logitech and other manufacturers, it’s now Yamaha’s turn to bring something spectacular to the consumer electronics market. The latest mini systems from Yamaha aren’t necessarily the most attractive (they look a little bit “squished” for my liking) but [...]
Rubik’s Cube Subwoofer from Elac
The MicroSub 2010 BT is just 21.8 cm tall, 15.0 cm wide and 17.8 cm deep, contains two bass drivers and four amplifiers (two for the two bass drivers (40W each) and two for adding stereo speakers). There are phono connections for notebooks (sound card), streaming servers, MP3 players or mobile phones with integrated MP3 [...]
Sony intros three new ipod dock models
Sony has introduced four new speaker systems for the iPod and iPhone. The ICF-CD3iPSIL CD Clock Radio for iPod and iPhone features a slide-out dock, a vertical CD player with a large LCD on its cover, a digital AM/FM tuner with 30 presets, dual alarms with 2/5/7 day settings and the option of waking to [...]
Logitech Pure-Fi Express Plus: First iPod/iPhone dock with omnidirectional speaker
There is a famous saying: when we’ve destroyed civilization in some calamitous war, only two things will still roam the Earth: roaches and iPod docks. Here’s another such dock, the Pure-Fi Express Plus from Logitech.
To be fair, it’s the first such dock to offer an omnidirectional speaker. That means the dock, theoretically, sends sound evenly [...]
Two new inMotion iPod speakers from Altec Lansing
In addition to changing it’s Logo, Altec lansing has released two new models for it’s ever popular series of IPOD speakers. Shown above in the picture is Moondance Glow. The Moondance Glow is the audio device to set the mood, with unique features to wake you up, entertain or help you relax, all at [...]
Paradigm Reference Signature SUB 25 Has Brains to match its Brawn
Paradigm Electronics Inc., an international leader in speaker design and manufacturing, introduces its most powerful and intelligent subwoofer ever: the Signature SUB 25. Recognizing that on-demand power is the essence of subwoofer performance, Paradigm has designed the SUB 25 to effectively harness and optimize AC line current for optimal performance.
All AC line voltages are not created [...]
PSB releases Imagine loudspeakers, beyond imagination
An all-new family of loudspeakers from Canada’s PSB Speakers, dubbed “Imagine,” is destined to become the standard of value among audio and home-theater fans for whom real-world sonic performance is the salient criterion of excellence. Yet at the same time, PSB expects the Imagine models to reset expectations of just how an “affordable-high-end” loudspeaker can [...]
Ultrasone’s ‘radiation reducing’ Pro 900 headphones
Purveyors of very expensive headphones, Ultrasone Inc, has released a brand new Pro series. The first model - the Pro 900 - features S-Logic Plus Technology, which basically provides a larger soundstage inside the earcup for an “improved acoustic feeling”. At a cost of $600 per pair, we’d expect nothing less.
The 900s have a closed-back, [...]
Sony Revolutionises Speaker Technology With Sountina
You’ve never seen a loudspeaker quite like Sony’s new NSA-PF1 — the Sountina. Nor will you ever have heard anything like it: this single, elegant column, combining glass, leather and room-enhancing illumination, delivers music over 360 degrees, providing a sonic and visual focal-point for any room.
Why Sountina? Sony’s designers explain the name is a fusion [...]
Sony launches Bravia Theater Blu-ray Solution - BDV-IT1000
Everyone has been wondering for a while when on earth Sony is going to release a Home Theater All in One system with Blu-ray. It seems like they keep introducing DVD all in one sets, however we all know Bu-ray won the HD format war and a lot of people are interested in a home [...]
Aperion Audio Announces The New 4T Tower Speaker
Aperion Audio, a manufacturer and direct seller of home theater loudspeakers and subwoofers, announces the launch of the Intimus 4T, new two-way tower speaker featuring dual 4” woven fiberglass composite mid-woofers and our audiophile grade 1” silk dome tweeter. The 4T is the newest model in the completely redesigned Intimus line. Created as a companion to incredibly [...]