Jean Michel Jarre’s iPod dock

I haven’t heard any news (music news) regarding Jean Michel Jarre for quite some time now, but it seems the man has a new hobby. He designed a very stylish iPod dock/speaker system named Aerosystems.

Because Jarre himself is using this dock in Read more

Beatles Collector’s Box or “how to rip Cd’s” special kit

Beatles fan, right? The new limited edition collector’s box is a dream come true for grandma or your older sister. Inside you’ll find 13 original Beatles’ CDs, an engraved guitar pick, two masters and the “Love” CD (you won’t find those in the iTunes Music Store). You must hurry, Read more

Guns n’ Roses: “Chinese Democracy” available for preorder

After long 17 years the Guns’n Roses long delayed “Chinese Democracy” album will be released this year.
A pre-order page for the album is up and running on American big-box retailer Best Buy’s website. Best Buy have a deal to get the album exclusively, Read more

Shure presents the SE102 earphones

Maybe some of you don’t like the default headphones packed with that Mp3 player you just bought. Some reasons could include crap audio quality or why not, the color.

The SE102s headphones might be the answer, if you’re looking for that little extra. With a  MicroSpeaker drives unit, plus a bunch of sound isolating sleeves, these earbuds are gonna reduce the  ambient noise by 90 per cent . A big plus are the four pairs of soft flex sleeves small, medium and large to accommodate different sized ears.

Another good thing is the design, that allows you to run the earphone cable around the top of your ear and down to your MP3 player.

Since the EU Scientific Committee on Emerging And Newly Identified Health Risks warned us that listening loud, sustained sound can damage the ear, SE102’s ability to cut 90 per cent of ambient noise should encourage the user not to turn the volume up.

Price: £52.99

Philips: GoGear Luxe looks damn good !

Philips just unveiled a new Mp3 player that lets you tune in to your music and pick up calls wirelessly at the same time. No news here, because you can already do that on your mobile phone.
So why the attraction? First GoGear LUXE has a nice price.  And i mean really nice: US$94.37 and you get a flash-based 2GB player Read more

Onkyo’s wireless MHP-UW2 headphones with iPod adapter

The new headphones from Onkyo, code name MHP-UW2, can transmit data wireless over the 2.4GHz frequency and if you want to wear em outside, an iPod adapter is also present. The battery will run for 8 hours and you can recharge via USB Read more

$60,000 diamond-encrusted iPod earbuds

Yes Yes, you have read this correctly, “DEOS Diamond retails from about US$60,000 for the ones fully covered with colored diamonds (yellow, pink or black) to about US$4,500 in white and in black diamonds,” (Goldstein).
There are three DEOS earphone collections Read more

Yamaha’s A-S700 amp and CD-S700 CD player

When you think that these days everyone is going for the smaller things like iPods  or computer integrated audio systems, Yamaha is not giving up and reveals the A-S700 amplifier and CD-S700 CD player both of them featuring an iPod dock. Read more

Yamaha: introducing new four mini audio systems (iPod docks inlcuded)

The latest sound system from Yamaha will not impress you with some “super design”  but I’m sure you’ll be quite amazed of what is packed inside.
Let’s take a closer look:

The MCS-1330 holds a 2 x 60W RMS power output, Read more

iTunes Store may be shutdown

The Copyright Royalty Board will meet today to apply the requested increase for sales of digital music. The prices will be lifted by 66%,  from 9 cents to 15 cents per track. The problem is that this rise needs to be paid either by the consumer, Apple or the record company.

Eddy Cue, vice president of iTunes stated:

“If iTS (iTunes Store) were forced to absorb any increase in the mechanical royalty rates, the result would be to significantly increase the likelihood of the store operating at a financial loss - which is no alternative at all. Read more

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