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The Germans from Ultrasone have had little rest until now and this can be proven by their latest announcement: it looks like October will be the month the new PRO 900 high-end headphones will be released for the public, at a $600 MSRP. Now, there are things and things about these headphones, especially as the audioph... |
29 August 2008
06:00 GMT |
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As some of you might know, the Megalodon was one of the biggest sharks to have ever swum within Earth's oceans, being pretty much the ultimate aquatic predator starting around 18 million years ago and down to around 1.5 million years ago. So, by choosing this particular name, the people from Razer have made thei... |
21 August 2008
13:16 GMT |
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Following the great success and unanimous appreciation of the exquisite K701 high-end headphones, AKG have taken things further and created another piece of audio excellence in the body of the K702 headset. Introduced at the InfoComm '08, the AKG K 702 headphones are a proud and praiseworthy successor of the acc... |
27 June 2008
10:10 GMT |
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The results of an Australian governmental study show that people listening to music at high volumes, especially those who use earphones and headphones, are subjected to a higher risk of developing permanent hearing problems. The study shows that about two thirds of the population of Australia is affected to some exte... |
10 June 2008
10:15 GMT |
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In case you were looking for some truly exquisite headphones, you should definitely check out the new JB-200 from JayBird. Built on the acclaimed JB-100, these new headphones boast even better characteristics, in terms of design and comfort, while at the same time increasing the quality of your on-the-go listening ex... |
22 April 2008
06:42 GMT |
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Creative have just unveiled in Singapore their latest headphones model, codenamed the EP-830. This new piece of high-class audio technology comes as a nifty upgrade for the acclaimed EP-630 version and it builds on the same heritage, delivering pristine and lifelike acoustics for music lovers on the go.The new headp... |
18 March 2008
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Most people simply love taking everything to the extreme, from the sports they're interested in to their basic, daily activities, like listening to music. And this is exactly the market segment especially targeted by Skullcandy, a headphone manufacturer whose products can only be described as "extreme". Like mos... |
4 March 2008
11:03 GMT |
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No, it's not an add-on for your MacBook Air, but one for your iPhone or iPod. Airdrives, the "Stereo Earphones for iPhone and iPods," feature this integrated discrete microphone that enables hands-free dual use from MP3 earphones to iPhone headset and, check this out, allow their user to hear life's surroun... |
21 February 2008
09:48 GMT |
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Klipsch is a legendary name in the audio industry not only because of the longevity of this brand, but because of the high-quality of their every product, no matter whether we're talking the entry-level or the high-end ranges. Spearheading the audio industry for so many years and constantly setting new standard... |
22 January 2008
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At CES 2008, Sennheiser have presented their latest series of in-ear headphones oriented for both music listening as well as for monitoring purposes, a truly generous offer aimed at more than one single category of listeners and thus with a very serious potential for success.The Sennheiser IE series comprises three n... |
8 January 2008
04:00 GMT |
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CES 2008 brought a really neat announcement: legendary rapper and music producer Dr. Dre is about to release his personal headset, codenamed "Beats". Dr. Dre has teamed up with another legendary name in the audio industry, Monster, a renowned manufacturer of high-end cables and professional-use gear, and together the... |
7 January 2008
05:23 GMT |
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At CES 2008, Sleek Audio has presented detailed specs on a revolutionary headset technology, the VQ. An industry first, the Sleek Audio VQ system allows listeners to customize their audio experience the way they want, especially when it comes to listening dramatically different styles of music, from symphonic to hip... |
7 January 2008
04:35 GMT |
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Set to hit the shelves in March 2008, the new headset from Mustek is one good-looking piece of audio tech. We're talking a combination between two gadgets, resulting in a new and cool one, even if there's no groundbreaking innovation involved.The Freestyle! headset is indeed one cool piece of audio techno... |
3 January 2008
03:49 GMT |
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Well, in case your wife is an audiophile and she also loves diamonds and she finds out about these headphone set... you're fried! Sorry, but these headphones are a real budget-killer, unless you're very, very serious with your earnings: at $6,400 VAT, the iDiamond Ear earbud headphones aren't by far yo... |
17 December 2007
03:24 GMT |
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Well, happy news for those who are seriously preoccupied about the way their headphones look like: V-Moda, the guys offering to the world one of the most stylish headsets around, have introduces new colors that will match better with your style and players or mobile phones. Three from V-Moda's series, the Vibe,... |
5 December 2007
09:49 GMT |
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The Japanese name for these headphones simply rocks, even though you might already reach your destination before you have learned it (kidding). Well, it looks like the guys at Radius have been quite busy the last months and have come up with some of the neatest headsets around, especially created for Nano iPod-owners... |
3 December 2007
02:57 GMT |
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For quite a lot of people, a portable digital player means much more than an audio accessory destined to let them enjoy their fav music or radio shows while on the go, jogging or riding a bike in the park, on a train or plane, headed for a remote location. For these people, PMPs and their own accessories are a way of... |
19 November 2007
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Well, the announcement from M-Audio should make some people happy as the new headset, codenamed Studiophile Q40, is ready and shipping. The Q40 is one professional-grade entry on the headphone market that aims for both very serious studio as well as home studio use, even though the $180 price would rather recommend t... |
13 November 2007
10:07 GMT |
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Avnera is a very new name on the wireless chip market but it looks like their collaboration with Acoustic Research was a more than inspired move. The same thing could actually be said about AR as they have decided to get in close relations with Avnera and work together to produce better sounding wireless gear...prett... |
7 November 2007
07:16 GMT |
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For comfortably watching your fav movies late at night without disturbing your roommates or your family, as well as for those cold days when you feel like the iPod's earbuds aren't enough, the new head gear from Pioneer seems like one of the neatest high-end solutions. The SE-A1000 are headphones that look,... |
30 October 2007
11:30 GMT |
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Indeed, the newly announced headset from Panasonic is an idea for life, as the company slogan says: the RP-WF5500 is a headset that seems to pack in everything needed by the demanding listener and even more. In an age of wireless connectivity and extreme mobility, such a piece of tech was somehow expected... and it f... |
22 October 2007
10:42 GMT |
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Now, that's dumb indeed. Why Lobie is, of course. 'WTF is this Lobie?', you - music fans - might ask. Well, Lobie is one stupid contraption designed especially for those people who - brace yourselves really good - want to listen to music using earbud headphones but without having the earbuds inserted i... |
3 October 2007
05:46 GMT |
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If you're a wireless headphone enthusiast or have a friend who is and his/her birthday is approaching this late autumn... or even if you've already started looking for the best Christmas gifts, the new wireless headphones from AKG are by all means one thing that will do the job. The K 930 from AKG is a pair... |
31 August 2007
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It's been almost 75 years since Hamilton Electronics entered the audio industry and began manufacturing educational equipment for all sorts of schools; well, it seems like Hamilton Electronics is not at all running in the same race like many other producers, the race for smaller and louder gear... the Guardian h... |
27 August 2007
10:40 GMT |
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Even if the generic trend for the headphone industry seems to follow the ANR standard, which stands for Active Noise Reduction, there are manufacturers that still rely on the passive methods to eliminate the ambient or parasite noise that impedes a clean and clear audition. The noise-reduction headphones become highl... |
2 August 2007
04:28 GMT |
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I was wondering when Nokia would start copying other successful brand designs and… here it is, in the form of a new clamshell - Nokia N76. This is probably the first Nokia handset which strongly resembles a unique design specific to another well-known brand, Motorola. Maybe you'll think that these days everyone ... |
31 July 2007
09:30 GMT |
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Morito Co Ltd, a multi-directional Japanese company, announced at the Wireless Japan Exhibition the approaching release of Audio Bone Aqua, a new and appealing type of headphones that can be connected to your mobile device or your music player. Why is Audio Bone Aqua appealing? First of all, it is waterproof, meeting... |
22 July 2007
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Well, it could sound like I'm just out from a motorbike accident (God forbid) and I am very, very confused when writing. As a matter of fact nothing is wrong, I'm well and my mind is very clear; nevertheless, the concept behind the new Arriva prototype iPod headphones could be a little weirder, but things a... |
20 July 2007
11:17 GMT |
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This piece of news is nothing more than another proof (is anyone counting?) that our world gets noisier and noisier; I am less willing myself to believe that all of a sudden in these last years people have raised consciousness regarding their listening habits in all sorts of environments and this was the trigger for ... |
13 July 2007
10:19 GMT |
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It simply seems like people are becoming more and more aware of how sonically polluted sometimes the environment we're living in is. I'm saying that not because consciousness has awaken at a planetary scale but it's one idea I get from seeing more and more manufacturers going for the noise-reducing hea... |
6 July 2007
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The fact that Altec Lansing is one of the names with the fastest growth in the audio industry and in the customers' choices is no longer a piece of news. Neither is the fact that they have brought a completely new breath of innovation in an industry that was somehow becoming rather boring...today it is (fortunat... |
29 June 2007
12:56 GMT |
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Here goes one piece of news I really enjoy writing. I must admit, I am a Nokia fan and I have been using Nokia phones for a very very long time (few days ago I actually bought one more smartphone, ha-ha!) and now I can't help enjoying the press release sent out by the Finnish manufacturer: it relates to somethin... |
19 June 2007
10:07 GMT |
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I really don't know if this is simple anime/game-madness or a real medical issue, but anyway I will say that the Japanese have just done it again with these new headphones. Among the huge variety of headphones from the audiophile to the professional DJ ones that cost thousands of dollars and down to the dumbest ... |
16 June 2007
03:52 GMT |
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Yes, it's now official: the mystery headphones which the "modder extraordinaire" Ben Heckendorn has been teasing the gaming planet with are real and will hit the stores in early July as declared by Ben himself.Actually, the mystery headphones are a gaming set, with ear cans and microphone and even some extra pre... |
7 June 2007
11:11 GMT |
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The Ear Force AK-R8 is the newest True Surround piece of gear in the realm of headphones. Turtle Beach claims that this headgear will indeed be the real thing as they've loaded no less than 8 speakers inside the cans. Now, no one says they didn't but the results are the only thing that matters in the end...... |
5 June 2007
03:34 GMT |
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If you're a sucker for solar powered items, then Soltronix solar powered AM/FM headphone may be the thing you were looking for: the Soltronix Headphone Radio. It comes with solar panels that are "sewed" on top of the headphones giving you th Dumbo-look that could scare all those irritating morining joggers eage... |
7 May 2007
16:56 GMT |
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It looks like the bone-conducting headphones have finally caught; more and more manufacturers are becoming seriously interested in this new trend and this is a really neat thing because of multiple factors. The most important thing is that the user of bone-conducting headphones will no longer suffer from hearing dama... |
27 April 2007
03:30 GMT |
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If you're the kind of party people with a nudge onto tech stuff then it's quite possible that the name Xone is not a strange thing for you. Xone is the line of pro DJ gear issued by one of UK's finest manufacturers, Allen & Heath which is slowly growing "in the charts" of tertiary-gear manufacturers�... |
25 April 2007
09:47 GMT |
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If you've been playing FPS games for a long time you probably hate sneaky players. I'm talking about the guys who always sound invisible. Being able to hear your enemy's footsteps and gunfire is probably one of the most important aspects in preparing an attack or in preparing to die with virtual digni... |
24 April 2007
09:21 GMT |
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There's the iRak rack, the iRan shoes and now, there's also the iWalk headset for day walkers. The headset, which was revealed at CES 2007, comes in 2 versions, one compatible with the first generation iPod nano (LP-IP001), and the other suitable for the second generation (LP-IP002). Ever felt like not know... |
10 April 2007
03:09 GMT |
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Who do you blame if you go to a disco and get bored to death? Mickey Mouse or the DJ? You're right, you shouldn't blame a DJ. After all, he's just a hi-tech music composer who plays with some buttons. Maybe his turntable isn't professional or maybe he still wears the headphones that his grandmothe... |
4 April 2007
10:39 GMT |
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Terratec touts that its Headset Master 5.1 USB offers true surround sound thanks to its built-in 5.1 speaker set-up. That's something that is difficult to achieve considering that all the speakers are located close to each other. This might suit your desires if you happen to be an avid FPS gamer. The USB powered... |
30 March 2007
03:13 GMT |
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This theory isn't new at all, as a matter of fact, people have discovered that sound can travel by means of human skeleton a long time ago. Now, the problem remaining to be solved was how to make sound audible as it was transmitted through bones? Of course, the solution was vibrations but all the previously imag... |
23 March 2007
08:44 GMT |
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When it comes to electronic gadgets, the Japanese are a weird bunch of people. They've come up with some of the greatest developments ever achieved in this field, but also with some of the strangest and most useless ones. And the VONIA BCT SportsHeadband developed by the USB-crazy people over at Thanko really fi... |
15 March 2007
04:24 GMT |
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Now, „hi-end" can be achieved by following many roads and, obviously, having different types of hi-end customers in mind. One can simply make a diamond-studded headphone set and call it „hi-end" because it simply costs $799,000 and some Paris-Hilton-kind-of-person might buy it. Now there is the other end of the high-... |
12 March 2007
06:05 GMT |
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Last time we spoke about Bose, they weren't in a very convenient situation as their newly-released headphones were releasing themselves from the ears of their owners dues to the earbuds not fitting that snug inside the people's ears.Back then, Bose announced that after making brief investigations upon this ... |
9 March 2007
03:45 GMT |
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So, here we go writing about some pictures depicting a piece of technology and try to figure what's on. Now, this is truly weird: seeing some headphones looking that unusual and nobody actually knowing what they're really about (maybe except for the producers and those who know Japanese) is quite something.... |
8 March 2007
06:24 GMT |
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Among so many producers going wireless it was time for Sony to cut off the wires from some top-shelf equipment as well. Not that this could bring Sony in row with the absolute leaders in this field (Etymotic, Bose, Sennheiser, just to name few of them) but it was an altogether nice move.Things are even more interesti... |
6 March 2007
10:13 GMT |
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