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Altec Lansing launches Expressionist BASS PC speakers
If you need a powerful quality desktop speaker system for your PC that takes up a minimum footprint this could be just what you’re looking for. The Expressionist BASS integrates subwoofers withi...
Pea speaker concept by Lu Le
Lu Le was inspired by the “Peas in a Pod” concept to design a speaker system consisting of a transparent tube containing seven sound-emitting speaker-balls. The balls can be removed from t...
Phiaton MS-400 — now even headphones are carbon fibre
For maximum performance from anything these days it’s got to be made from carbon fibre whether its a supercar or a pair of studio grade headphones! These are Phiaton’s latest model weighin...
Harman Kardon will make only 3000 GLA-55 loudspeakers
If you’re thinking of decorating your abode to resemble the interior of a Bond Baddy’s lair these could be just the speakers you’re looking for. These Harman Kardon loudspeakers are ...
Jamo R907 claims live playback in your living room
The makers of this radical-looking speaker claim that it is able to emulate the playing of live music in your living room. The R907 is an development of the R909 design to enable it to function in sma...
Fostex launches new range of premium speakers
Fostex, the Japanese audio company will soon be launching their G2000 Magnesium speakers in their home market. Come July the high end speakers will be gracing living rooms for only $6000! The speake...
LG Releases LHT888, LHT874, LHT854, LFD850 & LFA840 home theatre systems
LG Electronics has today launched a range of home theatre systems featuring such capabilities as wireless speakes, 1080 up-scaling and USB Media Plus capability. Allan Jason, LG’s VP of sales and ...
Memup K-SLIM, K-TOUCH, V-TOUCH, M430TR and M430DTV to be launched in Monaco
Memup seems to have made a departure from its usual design approach of ‘copying someone-else’s design’ and come up with a few new mp3/mp4 players of its very own. K-SLIM The KSLIM ...
Mythos launches new Olon speakers
Mythos Audio has revealed its latest speaker, the Olon (”the whole” in ancient Greek). The new speakers occupy a position in the Mythos range just below the Aennaon. Prices are expected to...
Sony launches shiny DAV-F200 Bravia Home Theatre system
Sony has launched the minimalist DAV-F200 2.1 Home Theatre system boasting of its virtual surround sound system which adds 3D depth to the sound rendition without filling your living room with speaker...
Samsung releases P2 and P3 player photos
Samsung is soon to launch its S2 and S3 MP3 players and has been hyping them up since March but no photos or specs were forthcoming. Well now the wait is over and style as well as substance seems to b...
AKG K 701 revolutionary headphones
AKG accoustics claims to be the first manufacturer in the World to use flat-wire technology in headphones in its K 701 model. The result is said to place each musician in its correct stereo location w...
Samsung’s extended Home Cinema range and new TVs
Samsung is about to launch a series of boxed home cinema systems with emphasis on how cool they look in your living room. We are told that the 4 and 5 series LCD TVs are also imminent having first be...
Mordaunt-Short launches Performance 6 Limited Edition
Mordaunt-Short is enhancing its universally-praised performance 6 loudspeaker system. In celebration of its 41st anniversary the company is launching a limited edition of its superlative Performance 6...
Pagani builds Zonda-inspired stereo system
Italian supercar builders are experts in the use of carbon fiber and have decided that the best showcase for this technology is in a stereo system! The system is allegedly inspired by the Pagani desi...
Logitech launches ClearChat wireless headset system for VoIP telephonists
So far the market for wireless headsets (with dual earpieces) has been left unexplored by the major manufacturers and it has been left to Logitech to be the first to dip their toe in the water with th...
Denon AH-C751 earphones replace AH-C700 but can you spot the difference?
Denon’s top-of-the-range in-ear-phones, the AH-C700 has been usurped! The new premium Denon ear piece is the newly available AH-C751 boasting an all metal construction (’metal bullet’...
Bowers and Wilkins launch first wireless 8-channel Audio system
Bowers and Wilkins believe that their latest 5.1 liberty speaker controller product is the world’s first wireless 8 channel audio system. It uses this abundance of channels to send audio data th...
Samsung SGH-i450 is a dual slider with a surprise!
Samsung has today launched a very striking dual sliding phone based on the Nokia s60 3rd Edition Feature Pack. Sliding up you get a numeric keypad like so many of Samsung’s latest offerings, but...
Philips releases new SA5285 Multi Media Player
Philips is the latest brand to bring a media player to market with some interesting TV integration features including the ability to record directly from your TV to the player and vice versa. ...
Wooden earphones from JVC - the HP-FX500
We’ve written on the subject of wooden headphones, well JVC has gone one better in producing a pair of wooden ear phones! The material is well known to deliver a warm tonal quality and these ea...
Waterfall Audio Speakers have floating drivers
These spectacular-looking speakers are made of special glass which allows the drivers to look as if they are floating about a meter above the floor. The models shown are the Victoria EVO design and w...
Bang and Olufsen EarSet 3, earphones with microphone
The Bang & Olufsen EarSet 3 is designed to accompany the expensive and outlandish Serenade product. The materials used are in keeping with the B&O design signature: polished aluminium is the m...
Sennheiser PXC 350 NoiseGard noise-cancelling headphones
Sennheiser is the manufacturer of the award-winning PXC 450 noise-cancelling headphones but if you don’t want to spend that much there’s good news! Sennheiser have launched a very slightly...
Is the Bang & Olufsen BeoSound the most overpriced MP3 Player ever?
The BeoSound 6 is the latest MP3 player from Bang & Olufsen which comes with a “premium” leather case and enough memory to store”1000 songs” though they don’t tell yo...
Audio-Technica launches latest Sovereign Wooden Headphones: the ATH-ESW9
The ATH-ESW9 is Audio-Technica’s latest flagship portable headphone lineup. Distinguished by its solid wood chassis made from Japanese Hokkaido cherry tree, the ESW9 renders superior sound quali...