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Microsoft Talks NoDo Update for Surround, Omnia 7, Other Devices

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft has just unveiled some more details on the status of software updates being distributed to devices running under its Windows Phone 7 operating system. Among them, the company mentioned the HTC Surround smartphone on the airwaves of AT&T in the United States, which is alread...

4 May 2011
01:46 GMT

VIA and DTS Collaboration Brings Higher-Quality Audio to Headphones

Aside from working on its second generation of Nano processors, for energy-efficient x86 platforms, the Taipei, Taiwan-based VIA Technologies continues to develop its Vinyl VT Audio Codec solution. On that note, the chip maker has recently announced that the new DTS Surround Sensation Ultra PC plus Head Tracker headp...

21 August 2009
10:18 GMT

iPhone/iPod Headphones that Let You Hear Everything

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

Abit Officially Supports Phenom: The First Phenom Ready Motherboard

Each new release in technology quickly becomes a battlefield for profit. That was the case with the mobile ringtones shortly after the cellular era and this is the case with the Phenom-Ready hysteria following the release of the newer Spider platform.Abit announced the release of the world's first motherboard th...

22 November 2007
02:55 GMT

11.2 Surround? The Yamaha RX-Z11 Receiver - Welcome to the High-Def Era!

Now, it looks like integration of multimedia protocols, standards, devices and pretty much anything you could think of when speaking about the contemporary AV is pedaling fast towards values considered impossible or most unfeasible some years ago. The perfect expression for this is the freshly-announced flagship rece...

8 August 2007
03:15 GMT

Dolby Technology to Empower the Next-generation Acer Aspire Notebooks

It clearly looks like Dolby will finally take over the world, so to speak. During a press conference in San Francisco, Dolby laboratories have announced the new deal they've made with Acer for the next line of Aspire notebooks. These new computers will all sport a most alluring array of Dolby technologies, all i...

6 June 2007
14:36 GMT

8-speaker Surround Headphones? Yes, It's the Turtle Beach Ear Force AK-R8

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

TDK Goes All Cubic

I simply love the world of design! I mean, how could anyone not love it, especially as it comes each day with either new things in new shapes or old things in new shapes? It's a constant turmoil for drawing the public attention towards the emergent things.Some loudspeaker manufacturers (like Cabasse) prefer thin...

10 April 2007
02:40 GMT

Elan's TheaterPoint Speaker Family Has New Members

Elan Home Systems are best known for the wide array of sound solutions they're offering on the niche field of home and whole-house audio. Their line of products has recently grown bigger with the addition of some new gear intended for surround and home theater systems.The first two new pieces are the THP 801C an...

6 April 2007
10:05 GMT

Vertical Surround

Not so many years ago, surround and 3D sound were an issue which was rather relating to some future that seriously lacked any trace of certain existence and such technology was barely present in the intuition of sound technicians. Today having one or even more surround sound systems in your home is something so commo...

27 March 2007
09:50 GMT

Single-source Surround

Each time we speak or at least think about surround sound the image which pops in front of our eyes comprises a large number of speakers spread throughout the room and most of the time, the inhabitant of that room having problems finding either the perfect listening spot or the way to properly arrange the sum of spea...

24 March 2007
08:23 GMT

$30,000 Home Audio

Now, things are somehow clear when it comes to serious audio: you're either into it or not, the middle road is very thin and few manage to walk on it. "In" and "out" do not relate to the money you spend with audio gear but are more closely bound to how you spend it and on what kind of gear.Some people prefer few...

20 March 2007
12:07 GMT

3D Sound: The New Generation

When it comes to 3D sound, all engineers become a bit nervous... and not because 3D is something to be nervous about, but because the proper manipulation of the 3D/surround field is a task which requires both a large amount of work and a lot of careful precision, much like surgery (in case you are after some serious ...

16 March 2007
05:05 GMT

Wireless 5.1

They're coming at higher rates each passing month. The wireless sound systems that is. From my point of view, I guess they will keep on appearing until something new comes in as the wireless technology looks like one of the most popular and at the same time promising things at hand.AudioVox, through its Acoustic...

12 March 2007
12:14 GMT

Hints for Better Audio

There was a time when having great audio in the intimacy of your own room was a goal rather impossible to attain because of at least two reasons: first of all, there was the price for good-sounding gear and secondly, the gear itself which was rather rare. Now times have changed a lot and you don't have to search...

6 March 2007
09:18 GMT


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