Tuesday, July 31st, 2007 at
1:24 am
31 July 2007 – The iMultiMix 9R is a rack mixer with built-in iPod dock. It features a pretty standard seven-channel rack mixer: five mic preamps with phantom power, two line inputs (one switchable from the iPod dock to the external input), three band EQ with bandpass controls, and an effects loop. The mixer also offers a composite video output, which will allow videos to be played right from connected video iPods. The Alesis iMultiMix 9R will be available in late 2007 for $399.
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Tuesday, July 31st, 2007 at
12:10 am
While JVC has established a name for itself at the very highest, professional end of the projection market, it has never really broken the domestic scene. One or two projectors using the company’s proprietary D-ILA technology have come our way over the years, but none have made convincing enough arguments with their home cinema performances or prices to really get our attention.
Which is just one of the many factors that makes JVC’s new DLA-HD1 so startling. For as well as being built from the ground up with home users in mind, at considerably under £4k it’s also priced pretty aggressively considering the sort of specification it offers.
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Monday, July 30th, 2007 at
12:29 am
30 July 2007 – Marantz once again takes the lead and isn’t scared to go all the way with its new flagship hi-fi system : the SA-7S1 SACD Player, the SC-7S2 pre-amp and MA-9S2 × 2 mono block amplifiers.
It’s all gold, solid copper and sturdy aluminium for this breathtaking piece of engineering! No wonder it weighs a back-breaking 19 stone. So you can imagine Marantz didn’t skimp on components (customized and proprietary) or circuit construction. Immense power allied to incredibly pure sound is what we have here with a beast capable of generating almost 5,000W as it allows the faintest input signals from its Super Audio CD player to be conveyed with unerring accuracy and speed. It can reproduce a frequency range of 3Hz to 150Hz.
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Monday, July 30th, 2007 at
12:18 am
30 July 2007 – If you’re looking for quality sound and an easy storage solution check out this little baby by Arcam : the MS250.
The MS250 is a highly versatile music replay device featuring an audiophile quality stereo CD player and internet access for listening to internet radio. But with its massive 400GB hard drive you can store up to 4800 Cds in compressed audio format and the perk here is you can actually burn your favorite tunes on to CD-R! This extremely powerful home music server supports four audio zones, via analogue.
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Monday, July 30th, 2007 at
12:02 am
30 July 2007 – The Italian brand Sim2 has just introduced a new anamorphic lens for its high-end projectors.
Ever felt constrained by a sandwiched picture? The Sim2 Flex anamorphic lens for sure reduces pixels wastage, ridding you these frustrating black bands, by electronically stretching the picture vertically. The anamorphic lens means no image distortion with a perfect 2.35:1 ratio.
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Sunday, July 29th, 2007 at
11:54 pm
30 July 2007 – The British name Arcam introduces Muso & Logo, speaker and subwoofer to match Solo Music and Movie systems.
Offered in fully flexible combinations, the Muso two-way speaker offers a bass performance far beyond that of a typical ’satellite’ design and when placed close to a wall offers superb music performance on its own. For use in larger rooms, the addition of the Logo subwoofer allows full range playback with substantial bass depth and drive.
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Sunday, July 29th, 2007 at
3:41 pm
30 July 2007 – Another development in the omnipresent Blu-ray versus HD-DVD scrap as Samsung unveils its freethinking, non-conformist BD-UP5000 dual format playing disc doctor.
Announced a few months ago now, it promises 1080p playback in both next-gen formats, as well as with your bog standard DVD courtesy of the HQV upconversion paraphernalia as seen in Samsung’s BD-P2400. In line with Pioneer’s latest spinners, it will sport 24p mode meaning films are reproduced at the correct cinematic speed ensuring no motion jitter and perfect audio. Next-gen audio formats like Dolby Digital Plus and DTS HD are compatible via the 7.1-channel support.
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Saturday, July 28th, 2007 at
3:30 am
27 July 2007 – LG Electronics has launched a new new portable DVD player, the DP271.
The new portable DVD player is designed for comfort and easy viewing with a swivel style body and built-in 7-inch, LCD wide-screen.
The player has includes stereo speakers and two headphone sockets to share the sound when headphones are needed.
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Saturday, July 28th, 2007 at
3:23 am
27 July 2007 – ThinkSecret has expanded on those new iPod coming soon rumours with some additional details.
Still suggesting that early August launch date, contrary to reports from other sources (including the company apparently manufacturing the parts) the new iPod is not going to have a touchscreen and will retain the click-wheel design.
In fact, ThinkSecret’s previous shorter, fatter rumour is reiterated. Apple engineers deep in the Cupertino labs (we like to think of them as oompa-loompa-like but maybe all-white) have shaved an inch off the height of the player and give it proportions that resemble – ta da – a BlackBerry!
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