Archive for July, 2008
Apparently looking to give Bose a run for its money when it comes to long overdue product upgrades, Revo has now finally seen fit to gift its Blik RadioStation with an iPod dock, a move that follows its similarly risky forays into the rarely explored fields of WiFi and DAB radio. Apart from that welcome addition, however, this newly-dubbed iBlik RadioStation looks to be identical to its most recent predecessor, with it packing the same WiFi and DAB as before and, of course, the same love-it-or-hate-it styling. If that’s a bit too much for you to handle, Revo has also kindly introduced the DAB-less iBlik WiFi, which will set you back £130 (or about $260), as opposed to the £180 (or $360) the full blown iBlik RadioStation will run you. Look for both of ‘em to hit Europe next month.
Whilst most earphone manufacturers are obsessed with cancelling noise, this lot are super-keen to make sure you hear as much as possible of it. Sound ridiculous? Not if you’re a jogger or cyclist with an affection for your life.
They sit outside the ear, allowing you to hear traffic, announcements and people around you. The sound however, is transmitted through the ear "to conduct and radiate sound through bone and tissue". Sounds a bit gross, but it means the ear canal is left open to pick up shouts of "Get out the way, punk". It also means you can share them without fear of ear wax swapping.
They’re available in adult verions, kids (for sensitive ears) and iPhone versions (with a mic and music controls on the wire), and they’re £49.99, £39.99 and £59.99 respectively.
There may be a few hardcore Journey fans ready to pounce on this deal, but this likely will draw glazed over looks by most or Only The Young. Journey has Faithfully teamed up with ZVUE for 1GB themed MP3 player. The player features 11 of Journeys’ new songs as well as 11 re-recorded classics.
Now you can have Journey, Any Way You Want It from vinyl to digital hardware. So if you are a old school fan, welcome this new format with Open Arms, Be Good To Yourself and pick up one of these players today from Walmart.
SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — <Visual News> Cowon(www.cowon.com) announced the launch of its new PMP ‘P5′ featuring Bluetooth 2.0 support in Korea market.
Equipped with RMI Alchemy Au1250 700MHz processor and a 5-inch LCD color screen with 800*480 resolution, the Cowon P5 provides DMB, FM radio, voice recording, and UCI(User Created Interface) functions.
Supporting up to 9 hours of video playing and 14 hours of music playing time, the P5 also enhanced its electronic dictionary functionality.
Coming in three different colors including black, platinum and red, it is expected to be available on July 29th.
Victor-JVC Japan will release new Neodymium headphones (HP-SX505) at the beginning of August. Some of you should certainly know the HA-SX500 unveiled some months ago. These headphones are similar, but provide different specs according to our JVC Japan contact…
Our HP-SX505 are in-ear canal headphones that provide a frequency response of 8Hz-22,000Hz, a pressure sound sensitivity of 104dB/mW, 16mm driver units, and accept a maximum power input of 200mW.
Most interesting is its large 16mm neodymium driver unit that achieves high-quality sound. It employs a hybrid-structure which adds a brass ring that provides high-specific-gravity to the drive unit. According Victor-JVC it eliminates vibration and energy loss.
Interesting….but, we can’t see much of a difference between the HA-SX500.