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There’s all sorts of snazzy docks available for iPod/iPhones, but music-mad users looking to squeeze the last drops of sonic goodness out of their MP3 collections should perhaps take a …
Arcam irDock high-end audiophile dock for iPod/iPhone Read MoreIf you’re fed up straining to hear the weedy ‘bssch bssch’ of your laptop’s feeble built in speakers, then Logitech’s new Laptop Speaker Z205 could add some much needed oomph.
Logitech Laptop Speaker Z205 adds some oomph to weedy laptop speakers Read MoreIf you’re looking to upgrade the deeply average earphones that came bundled with your iPod, iPhone or MP3 player, Sennheiser’s natty CX550 MkII noise-isolating earphones could represent a tempting investment.
Sennheiser CX550 MkII in ear headphones – full review Read MoreFor some unlucky users (including us), there’s been recurring problems with the sound vanishing from Windows and Windows 7 machines when they’re woken up from hibernation. All our computers run …
Fixing sound issues with Microsoft Vista/Windows 7 – and slow YouTube vids Read MoreFabulously daft- yet somehow compellingly clever – are these bizarre eye-controlled earphones which have been shown off at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. We cant say we’ve ever felt …
Control your mobile music with eyeball-activated earphones! Read MoreThere’s no end of weird and wonderful looking powered speakers available for hooking up to iPods, MP3 players and computers, but we were only interested in one thing for Chez …
Audioengine 5 active speaker system for iPod & MP3 player: review Read MoreSome of the head honchos behind the the development of the original trusty MP3 new music file have unveiled details of an upgraded music format, called MusicDNA. Created by Norwegian …
New MusicDNA music format offers turbo-charged MP3 content Read MoreKorean media player whizzes iriver have released details of their Smart HD touchscreen PMP, which looks rather a dandy affair to our eyes. The Smart HD – previously seen lurking …
iriver Smart HD touchscreen PMP looks rather natty Read MoreBoy, do audiophiles have to suffer for their obsession. Buying a half decent hi-fi, cracking open a beer and blasting out a bit of ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ – …
TEAC and Avantgarde Acoustics team up to produce truly daft hi-fi speakers Read MoreGuitarists who find tuning their instrument a bigger challenge than scaling the Eiger in a suit made of fish may find salvation in TC Electronic’s revolutionary new Polytune – claimed …
PolyTune tunes all guitar strings at once: audience cries with joy Read MoreMusicians on the move have long been partial to lobbing portable recording equipment into the Transit van, ready to lay down any ideas when inspiration strikes. Back in the day, …
Korg Sound On Sound portable recorder offers unlimited overdubs Read MoreSanDisk scored a huge hit with their Clip range of budget MP3 players, and their updated Clip+ wisely doesn’t fiddle with the winning formula and continues to offer a compelling …
Sandisk Sansa Clip+ MP3 player wins our ‘best of’ award: full review Read MoreWe’ve lost count of the weird and wonderful iPod docks we’ve seen released, and the new Luna 5 Encore iPod dock is certainly curiouser than most.
Luna 5 Encore – alien shaped iPod dock by Edifier Read MoreBlue Microphones have updated their ‘Mikey’ bolt on microphone for iPods and iPhones, and it should prove a handy tool for sound recordists, interviewers, musicians and shifty bootleggers. The first …
Blue Microphones update Mikey hi-fi stereo microphone for iPhone/iPod Read MoreCreated by a family business in Brooklyn, USA, Grado’s philosophy is to simply create the best sounding headphones they can, with sound quality being placed far ahead of streetwise looks …
Grado SR60i hi-fi headphones reviewed Read More