Archive for the ‘Home Audio’ Category

Branex Design’s iTam Tam M1: an iPod dock you can sit on

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

iTamtam -colors

Here’s something that we’ve never seen before. It’s called the iTamtam M1, recently unveiled by French design company Branex Design (at least we’re guessing they’re French. Their website is in a language that sounds really French-y). It’s an iPod dock shaped like a stool. In other words, it’s an iPod dock-slash-stool that you can actually sit on.

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Yamaha outs compact home audio kit

Sunday, December 27th, 2009

Yamaha YHT-S400

Yamaha has just launched the YHT-S400, a compact home theater audio system designed for small spaces. It’s a simple two piece kit that includes a soundbar and the receiver that integrates the subwoofer, but features Yamaha’s Air Surround Xtreme technology that achieves 7.1-channel surround sound.

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JVC outs iPod dock with Dolby surround

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

JVC XS-SR3 -a

JVC has released a new personal speaker kit along their Made for iPod line called the XS-SR3. The new kit distinguishes itself among thousands of other iPod dock-speakers with a tubular design, Dolby Virtual Surround quality audio, and a cradle that rotates—for a nice, widescreen view of videos playing on an iPod touch or iPhone.

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Belkin intros Bluetooth Music Receiver

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Belkin BT Music ReceiverBelkin has just released a handy new add-on that allows users to wirelessly stream music from a Bluetooth-enabled device—such as a mobile phone or portable media player—to home entertainment systems and speaker kits. Simply called the Bluetooth Music Receiver, the $50 accessory plugs in via a 3.5mm audio jack or RCA connection, and pairs with mobile devices through Bluetooth v2.0. The receiver can pick up a BT signal up to 33 feet away, and can remember up to 6 paired devices.

JVC intros wireless 5.1-channel soundbar speakers

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

JVC TH-BA3

JVC has introduced a pair of Soundbar home theater speaker systems, the 5.1-channel TH-BA3 and the 4.1-channel TH-BS7. The TH-BA3 bears the distinction of being the world’s first dual wireless soundbar system, with both the satellites and subwoofer connecting wirelessly.

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Olive intros 4HD Hi-Fi music server

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Olive 4 HD

Olive has just released the Olive 4HD, a music server that features an internal 2TB drive that can hold up to 20,000 HD audio tracks or 6,000 CD-quality songs. Olive puts a lot of premium into sound quality though, and the 4HD is specced for audiophiles, with a high resolution digital to analog converter (Texas Instruments’ 192khz, 24-bit Burr-Brown PCM1792A DAC) for clear highs and lows.

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Sanyo intros compact audio kits with iPod docks

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Sanyo DMP-P1 and 692 Dual-Dock system

Sanyo has just launched the DMP-P1 and DMP-692, a pair of compact audio systems that feature basic clock and alarm functions as well as iPod docks for charging and playing.

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Panasonic announces SC-BTX70 Blu-ray home theater system

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Panasonic  SC-BTX70

Panasonic has announced that they’ll be releasing their first-2.1 channel Blu-ray home theater kit soon. Labeled as the SC-BTX70, the system is able to simulate 8-channel surround sound in Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD quality through a pair of top-mounted speakers and a woofer box that’s rated for 375W of power.

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iLive intros new bar speakers with iPod docks

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

iLive soundbar

iLive has just introduced two new bar-type speakers with integrated iPod/ iPhone docks, the iT319B and iT209B. Both are 37-inch 3.1-channel SRS TruSurround XT-quality speaker kits with digital clocks and adjustable sleep timers, as well as enough connectivity options for integrating it into a home theater system—or at the very least, to a TV.

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Logitech unveils Squeezebox Radio, Touch net radios

Friday, September 4th, 2009

Logitech Squeezebox Radio_Touch

Logitech has just unveiled two new internet radio kits under their Squeezebox line of network music players: the Squeezebox Radio, and the Squeezebox Touch. Both kits feature Wi-fi connections for streaming music from a network-connected device as well as access to free internet radio and net-based music subscription services.

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