30
Aug
2012
Engadget: Remember that fancy-looking DDJ-AERO we saw from Pioneer recently? Well if that was a bit too “buttony,” or perhaps just too expensive for your beginner DJ pockets, how about that which you see above? It’s the DDJ-WeGO, an (or is that another) all-in-one DJ controller — squarely aimed at the cheaper end of the market. (more…)
10
Aug
2012
Pocket-lint: Denon will introduce eight new model headphones before October as part of a new range of audio products from the manufacturer. However, judging by the first two to be revealed, you’ll want to get saving now. (more…)
06
Jul
2012
15
Jun
2012
Pocket-lint: Slender, stylish and sexy, but enough about the Pocket-lint team. These adjectives are also rather apt for Onkyo’s Mini Hi-Fi Receiver. (more…)
24
May
2012
Pocket-lint: With summer just around the corner, TDK has wasted no time in unveiling its range of portable audio products, great for annoying the neighbours with those outdoor BBQs you have. (more…)
29
Oct
2010
Engadget: So, what’s a company to do when turning the big one-oh? The same thing that it always has, of course! Tivoli Audio’s classic styling has somehow found its way back around again on the 10th anniversary Model 10 AM/FM clock radio, a highly compact music maker with a 7.8-inch cabinet, a pair of independent alarms (which can be set to music or a tone), inbuilt LCD and a menu screen with an adjustable backlight. As you’d expect, the pizazz is coming mostly in the form of exterior color options, with “furniture grade wood” being offered in walnut, cherry, blue, black and red. For the true historians, a Celebration Collection is available in light and dark aluminum wood finishes, with the Superior Collection adding a high gloss Frost White and Chesnut Brown (along with the ‘Lines’ pattern shown here). The auxiliary input allows pretty much any source to be connected, with all functions dictated by a single top-mounted rotary control or a bundled remote. As for pricing? They’re going for $199.99 to $379.99, or precisely 19.2 times more than you ever expected.
29
Oct
2010
Electronista: Concerned amidst reports that one in five children are suffering hearing loss in part due to unsafe earbud use, Future Sonics — a long-time maker of professional earbuds for on-stage, recording and personal use — has developed the Atrio Special Edition (ASE) earbud line, being introduced at Airport Wireless stores. The headphones use proprietary drivers to reproduce low frequencies (
18
Mar
2010
Akihabara News: Announced yesterday in Europe, the ICF-DS11iP and ICF-C05iP are the latest dock and alarm clock made for both the iPod and iPhone made by Sony.
The first model, ICF-DS11iP, include the Basic Dock and Charging features as well as the support of both Video & Audio playback, FFWD/REW and volume control via Remote, as well as the basic Alarm features ranging from the usual Buzzer Radio or any music stored on your iPod/iPhone while the second model the ICFC05iP, offers in the other hand only the support of Music on top of the Dock/Charge function and the advance Alarm features giving you access your iPod/iPhone music library. Read the press release
30
May
2008
vnunet: Woolworths has launched a digital download site for music, video, games and mobile, while announcing that it will no longer sell CD singles in its stores from August.
The high street retailer said that 55 million CD singles were bought in the UK in 2000 but that this had slumped to just eight million in 2007 and that the trend has moved to online sales.
Woolworths will axe sales of CD singles in its stores with the exception of one-off events like the X-Factor winner which still sell hundreds of thousands of copies.
“Digital downloading is now the true customer choice for listening and purchasing single music tracks,” said Jim Batchelor, commercial director at Woolworths.
“CDs are alive and well for album sales, but the physical singles market is in terminal decline. Our customers are now embracing the world of download which is why we feel the time is right to launch our new digital site.”
17
Mar
2008
Telegraph: Mobile phone operator O2 has unveiled a music download service that allows users to buy songs directly on their handset.
The service, which launches this weekend, is part of a deal between O2 and music provider Napster, which will give mobile customers access to around five million tracks from all of the major record labels, plus hundreds of independent artists.
Songs will cost 1,27 euro per track for the first three months, with subsequent pricing after this trial period has expired still to be decided. Customers can also buy a song bundle of five tracks for € 5,2.
They will not need to pay any data charges for downloading music, and can request a copy of the file to be sent to a designated email address so they have a version stored on their computer.
04
Feb
2008
Electronista: The Italian parliament may be on the verge of legalizing peer-to-peer music sharing, local paper La Repubblica reports. Already approved by both houses of the legislature, a new law allows open sharing of any images and music on the Internet, so long as the material is degraded and used solely in non-profit scientific or educational contexts. The problem, says Italian lawyer Andrea Monti, is that “degraded” has specific connotations which could include any form of MP3, given that the format is by definition affected by compression, even if listeners cannot tell.Under the wording of the law, no copyright licensing is needed, nor do people have to obtain any permissions, Monti claims. As a result peer-to-peer sharing could run unchecked in Italy, because there may be virtually no way to determine the circumstances under which a track was downloaded. For corporations eager to control intellectual property, the one relief may a forth coming ministerial decree, which is set to determine the exact limits of the law’s meaning.
04
Dec
2007
CNNMoney: Discover and listen to radio shows broadcasted over the internet with the Nokia Internet Radio service now available. The application can be downloaded for free from http://www.nokia.com/internetradio and will also be embedded in upcoming Nokia S60 3rd edition devices.”Most new music discovery occurs while you’re listening to the radio,” said Tommi Mustonen, head of the Nokia music business. “By offering the Nokia Internet Radio service on mobile devices, the radio experience becomes more accessible, giving people new ways to find music.”
With hundreds of internet radio stations to choose from worldwide, the station directory of Nokia Internet Radio makes music discovery effortless – browsing can be done based on station name, genre, country or language. To find out what hits are hot around the world, hourly updates of the top ten most popular internet radio stations are also available in the station directory. Plus, there is no need to search for your top stations time and again because adding them to the list of ‘Favorites’ makes them easily accessible.
Moreover, the audio quality is enhanced by selecting appropriate streaming servers that match the speed of the current network connection.
