Sony Walkman E540 Video MP3 player
September 7, 2010 by
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Sony’s latest Walkman video MP3 player promises to entertain you musically for an incredible 50 hours. Ten hours of video can also be enjoyed on a single charge. Support for album art lets you take a visual stroll through your music collection, while you can also bookmark points in a video and even use the [...]
GENIUS GHP-04NC NOISE-CANCELLING HEADPHONES
September 6, 2010 by
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Enjoying music or watching a movie when traveling is infinitely more enjoyable when using a pair of noise-canceling phones, especially when they haven’t cost a fortune. Powered by AAA batteries, the GHP-04NC offer approx 50hrs of use. while its swivel ear pads will fit any shaped face. The phones can reduce noise levels by 15dB [...]
PIONEER KODO XW-NAV1
September 6, 2010 by
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Many Blu-ray decks come with iPod docks, but we’ve yet to see an ‘Pod dock with a Blu-ray player. Pioneer’s bedroom and kitchen-friendly XW-NAV1 comes close, featuring a DVD drive and an HDMI output capable of piping 1080p upscaled pictures to your secondary TV. Audio-wise it boasts Dolby Digital decoding with Virtual Surround and two [...]
Pioneer’s Home-Theater Speakers
September 3, 2010 by
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A High Quality – Budget Friendly Solution… To help you take your home-theater experience to another level, Pioneer’s latest speaker components were masterfully designed to deliver optimal sound. Enlisting the expertise of renowned speaker engineer Andrew Jones, a high-quality, high-value speaker series was born. What’s more, this exceptional audio solution doesn’t come with a premium [...]
Roth Audio Charlie 2.0 & 2.1: Desktop Music Systems
September 2, 2010 by
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Roth’s new CHARLiE desktop speaker systems take tunes held on all things – Macs, PCs,laptops, TVs, iPhones and iPods – and make them sound (very) big. Available in two flavours – a 2.0 set-up and a 2.1 system with subwoofer – these elegant packages bring power and polish to your tunes. Both systems come complete [...]
The New Yamaha MCR-040
August 25, 2010 by
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Perfect for listening to the blues or the reds, or the greens… Whatever music you love, it will sound better on a Yamaha MCR-040. That’s because Yamaha, the world’s leading musical instrument maker, has over a century of experience in sound. And with ten exciting finishes to choose from there’s one to fit perfectly into [...]
Pioneer Audition Series XW-NAS3-K iPod/iPhone Dock
August 17, 2010 by
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SITTING ON! We’re not sure what took Pioneer so long, but its finally introduced a lineup of four iPod/iPhone docks. Of particular interest is the stalwart company’s Audition Series XW NAS3-K, a dock with a double-isolated frame that’s said to decrease cabinet resonance and improve bass response. Also on-board are a digital amplifier, full-range speakers. [...]
GRACE DIGITAL AUDIO: ALLEGRO Wi-Fi RADIO AND STREAMER
August 17, 2010 by
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HOW SWEET Your local AM/FM radio bands carry a few dozen stations. Satellite radio provides 200. Last time I counted, Internet radio has about a zillion stations worldwide. Unless you’re the kind of person who freezes when confronted by too many choices, Internet radio could be something that you’d find interesting. Grace Digital Audio’s new [...]
iPod Nano 16GB 5th Generation
August 10, 2010 by
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Performance The don of the mini MP3 players now also includes a VGA video camera and FM radio. Good stuff (+) Plenty of storage. Stylish. Very easy to use. Now has a video cam (-) Most phones do all of this perfectly adequately. Good rather than great audio Specifications Storage 16GB (8GB,£118) Screen 2.2-inch Size [...]
Portable Radio – The Best Sound of Summer
July 15, 2010 by
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Summer is the time to kick back in the garden and listen to music or the latest Test match news, but is hauling you hi-fi speakers outside really practical? What you need is a portable radio and mp3 player as you while away the balmy hours. Pure Evoke MIO – Best Sound and Design Ideal [...]
