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MP3 is a format that is using a lossy data compression method, but it is also very popular and has the advantage of being supported by almost any device. mp3TrueEdit is trying to provide the necessary tools to edit such files, without damaging the audio quality in the process. Working with MP3s is now a common task,... |
11 May 2012
12:01 GMT |
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We've seen our share of unusual products, even wrote about many of them, and Rosewill's new invention definitely fits in the “weird” category. At least we think so.
The company's new headset, called RHTS-8206, moves. That's right, depending on the music and game sounds being produced... |
10 May 2012
15:21 GMT |
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We've seen our share of overpriced hardware, and though Audio-Technica's new product doesn't stand above the rest, it doesn't lose that first position by much.
The ATH-ANC9 QuietPoint active noise-canceling over-ear headphones bear a price tag of $349.95, 268.44 Euro according to exchange rates.... |
8 May 2012
15:01 GMT |
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HP China has started selling what seems to be the first mass available Ivy Bridge notebook on its Chinese website. The mobile novelty is called HP Pavilion dm4-3110tx Beats Edition and its a music-centric Beats Audio-branded laptop. The mobile processor powering HP’s new baby is Intel’s Core i7-3612QM. ... |
23 April 2012
09:46 GMT |
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There is a new audio product for sale, one that Taiwanese company Genius created and named PC Headset HS-400A.
Unlike some other headphones that we have covered recently, this isn't one of those large and overpowered items that only gamers will buy.
Genius didn't really have gaming as a primary concern w... |
23 April 2012
04:33 GMT |
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If anyone was wondering what in the world Barnes & Noble was doing lately, the answer is upon us.
Essentially, they made a new Nook product, but not an e-reader.
For the confused, we mean that the bookstore chain is now using the Nook brand for things besides e-readers and tablets.
Sure, the Nook Audio OE250 is me... |
19 April 2012
10:33 GMT |
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YouTube is all about the video so perhaps it's understandable that most people forget about something equally important, the audio. Most viewers will put up with choppy and poor quality video as long as the audio track is good or at least not horrible.
Awkward silence, pops, loud noise and so on will make peopl... |
19 April 2012
05:30 GMT |
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Corsair released various sorts of gaming hardware on a regular basis, and now it is right in the middle of the audio segment, so to speak.
The product that just came out of the company's labs is something that gamers may not flock towards, regardless of what Corsair thinks.
Sure, wireless headsets are great i... |
6 April 2012
04:26 GMT |
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SoundManager is a JavaScript library for playing sounds on a web page, making it the perfect tool for gaming engines, audio players or just simple hover effects. Back in 2001, SoundManager was developed for playing sounds on web pages using JavaScript with a Flash core underneath it. Now in 2012, SoundManager has a... |
31 March 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Korean company WireDream has just started shipping their new, especially designed and manufactured, SATA cables. These are not your ordinary run-of-the-mill SATA cables but special, some might say “magical” ones that will make your audio output sound “better.” The cables are made of 97% ste... |
27 March 2012
07:30 GMT |
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The market for portable speakers has just gotten a little larger, although not by much, since a single audio product can hardly shake the world.
The new item that Genius made still has all it needs to send out a few ripples though, being the sort of invention that travelers will like.
It is actually somewhat surpr... |
26 March 2012
15:11 GMT |
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The Kickstarter crowd funding effort for Wasteland 2 has gone very well and the development team at inXile can begin actual work on Wasteland 2, with the development team seeking ways to make the title as complete as possible while using their still limited budget.
Speaking to RPG Codex, Brian Fargo, the leader of t... |
23 March 2012
22:21 GMT |
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Genius already has a bunch of audio products for sale, but no one said it couldn't make more, so it did just that. The newest of them is the GX Gaming Series SW-G2.1 3000 2.1 speaker system.
The satellite speakers have 3-inch metal cones, while the subwoofer produces bass in frequencies as low as 35 Hz.
That s... |
13 March 2012
12:10 GMT |
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Logitech has released many consumer audio products, but it hasn't actually neglected the business sector either, as its latest earbuds show.
The company has released the BH320 USB Stereo Earbuds, which rely on five-band parametric equalization for optimizing sound.
That goes for both the microphone and the sp... |
7 March 2012
14:51 GMT |
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Razer is a very well-known brand on the market of gaming peripherals, but it doesn't always live up to its promises. The Tiamat 7.1 headset will probably be the cause of disappointment and/or frustration for some, not because of specs but because of availability. After having already left customers waiting f... |
29 February 2012
10:56 GMT |
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A tool that Mac OS X sadly doesn’t offer out-of-the-box, SoundBunny allows you to set the volume high for a movie or game you're playing, and set the volume low for your alerts and notifications, and so on. Sometimes the simplest pieces of software leave such a good impression that one simply must do a wr... |
29 February 2012
07:40 GMT |
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Wireless products are known for costing more than what the majority of consumers can or are willing to pay, but this might not hold true for the Tenqa REMXD Bluetooth headphones.Though capable of relaying sound even at distances of 33 feet (10 meters) from a phone, tablet or computer, the set costs only $39.That sum ... |
25 February 2012
02:50 GMT |
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Dick MacInnis proudly announced earlier today, February 24th, the immediate availability for download of the Dream Studio 11.10 operating system. Being based on the Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system, the brand-new Dream Studio 11.10 distribution has lots of new features and a beautified Unity-based des... |
24 February 2012
10:20 GMT |
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It did not take long for the second release candidate for Audacity 2.0 to come out, since the launch of the first one took place less than a week ago. There aren’t any official notes about the modifications available, but stability issues as well as bugs should be eliminated.
The plan for version 2.0 of t... |
20 February 2012
07:29 GMT |
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Sonomax has formally introduced the eers PCS-150 and PCS-250, which it calls “the world's first self-fit custom earbuds.”
Priced at $199.99 / 151.97 Euro and $299.99 / 227.97 Euro, they are low-profile, ergonomically-shaped earphones that rely on ear loops for comfortable use.
In addition to listen... |
18 February 2012
06:41 GMT |
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Creative used to be very protective of the “Sound Blaster” brand, but it eventually began to allow certain third parties to use it, provided they had what it took to attain a certain quality.
ASRock has turned out to be one of the IT companies allowed to adopt the name.
The PC component maker has launch... |
18 February 2012
04:08 GMT |
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If you're in the market for a new headset, you might want to risk a glance in the direction of the Cavimanus that Genius has put together.
Long story short, this thing is a headset that produces 7.1 channel audio from a pair of 40mm drivers.
For those who want the specs, the frequency response is of 20 Hz to 2... |
15 February 2012
08:55 GMT |
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The market for headsets and headphones is among the most successful right now, in terms of sales volumes, and Turtle Beach appears to have benefited greatly from this.
Turtle Beach specializes in audio products for the gaming industry, meaning that it deals in high-end headphones and headsets, some of which come in... |
10 February 2012
15:51 GMT |
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The latest (and quite possibly the coolest) Kickstarter project, the Devium Dash promises to turn your iPhone into your very own car stereo. You just slide in your phone and tap away.
Dash is a patent pending technology. Its inventors describe it as “the convergence of the car stereo and your smartphone.&rdquo... |
7 February 2012
10:56 GMT |
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Monster, being a supplier of high-end but also expensive audio products, has launched a pair of earphones that will not go easy on your wallet at all.
Called Gratitude, they are in-ear models with a golden color theme and which are bundled with 12 different eartips of different type and size.
Monster also implement... |
6 February 2012
16:41 GMT |
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foobar2000 1.1.11 did not spend too much time in beta stage of development. After five betas, the stable version is released sporting a few fixes and, as expected, no new features.The new build of the popular audio player has done away with several bugs. But the most important modification touches on the deadlock det... |
6 February 2012
11:29 GMT |
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If you have some cash to spare and don't care what other headphones might show up over the next couple of months, Mad Cats is taking pre-orders for the Cyborg F.R.E.Q. 5 Gaming Headset.
Armed with a pair of large earcups and 50 mm drivers, this headset intends to cover all of your gaming and multimedia sound pr... |
31 January 2012
10:04 GMT |
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It looks like Koss Corporation may be trying to make history again, or at least remind people of the good old days when it was at the top of its game.
For those who don't know about Koss, the company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, it was the first to release a SP/3 Stereophone, way back in 1958.
Its most impo... |
30 January 2012
08:17 GMT |
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Ultrasone is certain that there are at least a few people in the world who want German, handcrafted headphones, so it made the Signature Pro set.
The Signature Pro headpones that Ultrasone has just introduced are described in precisely the sort of way one would expect from a high-end product.
High sound quality, c... |
27 January 2012
11:31 GMT |
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Headphones come in many shapes, sizes and audio capabilities, but few of them can truly claim to be suitable for children, so Kidz Gear decided it may as well make its mark in this area. The product that Kidz Gear put together is quite specific in its targeted customer base, both due to product compatibility and fe... |
27 January 2012
02:58 GMT |
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Laptop owners usually have to get a pair of headphones if they actually want to enjoy good sound, assuming they don't just settle for the built-in speaker.
For those who own notebooks, especially large ones like those with 17.3-inch screens, JLab invented the B-Flex X-Bass USB speaker.
Since the screen is more... |
25 January 2012
10:59 GMT |
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Sony Japan is getting ready to start selling a new batch of so-called Walkmans, the NW-E060 series to be precise.
As reported here, they will have capacities of 4GB and 2GB and, 1.4-inch screens, FM radio and various audio features, like five-band equalizer, Clear Stereo, Clear Bass and Digital Sound Enhancement Eng... |
25 January 2012
09:02 GMT |
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You probably won't even guess what the Ball Beats does just by hearing its name.Fortunately, there is media coverage and even a video of the thing in action, so the mystery needn't plague anyone.Basically, Ball Beats (supposedly on sale and priced at $199 / 155 Euro) is a physical step sequencer spread over... |
23 January 2012
13:51 GMT |
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SoundCloud is celebrating a major milestone for the company, it now has 10 million registered users. The number of registered users is not the greatest way to measure success, but it's an important metric and most companies have grown accustomed to highlighting it rather than the more relevant active users metri... |
23 January 2012
11:51 GMT |
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Beta 3 and 4 for foobar2000 1.1.11 have been released a very short time apart. Repairs in these builds are based on telemetry data gathered from the second beta of the application, thanks to the freshly introduced deadlock detection feature.
In foobar2000 beta 3 the developer focused on fixing up user interface resp... |
23 January 2012
05:04 GMT |
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The second beta build for foobar2000 has been released and, apart from fixing various issues from the previous edition, it also introduces new stuff: deadlock detection feature. At the moment, it is in experimental stage of development. The purpose of this feature is to improve bug-collecting process from testing us... |
19 January 2012
11:41 GMT |
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With so many devices to play with nowadays, the number of file formats has increased as well. To make the most of our technologically-advanced devices, we obviously need to supply them with media files. Unfortunately, they can't be played across all devices or applications, but that's not really set in... |
19 January 2012
06:41 GMT |
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Beats and Monster may have announced the end of their partnership, but that does not mean that the products they have already launched can't be built upon. It has just been reported that Monster is getting ready to launch six new color options for the Beats by Dr. Dre Studio High-Definition Headphones. Since... |
17 January 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Craftsman used CES 2012 as an opportunity to release a fairly unusual product that may just bring wireless audio to car service stations and anyone's garage.
Right to the point, the company created a toolbox (more like a tool storage system) that has a built-in Bluetooth stereo system.
The unit, made of two ch... |
17 January 2012
11:02 GMT |
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The progress on foobar2000 continues, with the developer releasing the first beta for version 1.1.11. The modifications brought to the player are pretty important, as they refer to potential security issues and also improve the overall functionality. One of the most notable enhancements available in foobar2000 1.1.1... |
16 January 2012
05:15 GMT |
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Looks like even the closest partnerships can be broken up, as proven by Beats Electronics and Monster, whose collaboration will not be renewed. Beats Electronics and Monster have just finished a five-year-long collaboration, during which they jointly released audio products for the consumer market, and not only. A... |
13 January 2012
16:41 GMT |
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The new release for Tagscanner (multifunction application for organizing and managing your music collection) sports a set of changes designed to improve overall functionality of the program.
Tagscanner 5.1 Build 607 integrates updated Discogs and TrackType service support. Improvements available in the new version r... |
12 January 2012
08:31 GMT |
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SteelSeries is definitely one of the more active companies at CES this year, having brought along a sizable product portfolio for visitors to gush over.
One of the items found at its booth is the Siberia v2 Frost Blue headset, a product that puts quite a bit of stock on appearances.
In fact, it puts so much stock ... |
11 January 2012
07:39 GMT |
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Not about to be overshadowed by anyone at the upcoming trade show, Turtle Beach has prepared a number of audio products for nearly, if not all sorts of customers.
Like most every other company that will be present at CES, Turtle Beach is unveiling its devices early.
That way, the people who will visit the trade s... |
6 January 2012
11:11 GMT |
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In addition to the sound bar and the two multimedia players that Samsung has on track for this year's CES, the company has also created a pair of audio docks.
Audio docking stations are the sort of auxiliary devices that give voice to those consumer electronics devices that don't have one of their own.
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4 January 2012
16:11 GMT |
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Samsung has begun officially announcing the devices it will have on display during the 2012 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show.
Even though CES hasn't started and won't start for another week, companies are eagerly setting the stage.
Among other things, this means that Samsung saw no reason to refr... |
4 January 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Each celebrity has its fanbase but Ed Hardy, who specializes in tattoos, decided that the fans of its work with some special earpieces, so it came up with the Ed Hardy headphones.There are two types of Ed Hardy headphones: in-ear and over-ear.The former get a so-called Tiger theme, as well as a microphone for hands-f... |
30 December 2011
12:41 GMT |
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Sirius XM has just announced the introduction of a new satellite and Internet device dubbed the Lynx Portable Radio which is based on the Android operating system and is touted as the company’s most advanced radio built to date. Going for Google’s mobile OS has enabled Sirius XM to include a series of new... |
30 December 2011
05:35 GMT |
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ASUS decided this was a good time for a new audio product, so it developed a new speaker.
This isn't just any speaker, though, but one that adds the advantages of USB connectivity (USB 2.0 or 3.0).
There is no need for any software installation, provided users have the Windows 7 or Windows Vista operating syst... |
29 December 2011
11:31 GMT |
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Wicked Audio has just announced that during the 2012 edition of the Consumer Electronics Fair the company will introduce a new headphone model called the Solus that was developed in order to deliver impressive audio quality.The release of the Solus will mark an important moment for Wicked Audio as these will be the f... |
29 December 2011
08:45 GMT |
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