By Mark Knowles on Thursday, January 17, 2008Filed Under: Gadgets
The CES in Las Vegas is producing all sorts of new stuff. Altec Lansing just announced their new T612 speaker system, designed to work with an iPhone, or any of the new iPod family of products.
The press release speaks of, “rich sound, beautiful design and the ability to share music with others,” which is perhaps […]
By Mark Knowles on Saturday, December 29, 2007Filed Under: Gadgets
French company, Waterfall Audio has just announced two examples of its spectacular glass loudspeaker enclosures – and they are coming to the U.S. The speakers are named after two famous waterfalls in Africa and South America, the Victoria EVO and Iguasçu EVO. They consist of slender, hand-crafted glass towers designed to convey the impression of […]
By Mark Knowles on Tuesday, December 25, 2007Filed Under: Gadgets
According to several source, most people don’t buy a home theater speaker system because of the difficulty of running wires around the room. What exactly is so difficult about this is beyond me and if you are incapable of doing this simple task I suggest calling an electrician next time you buy any electrical […]
By Mark Knowles on Thursday, December 20, 2007Filed Under: Gadgets
Klipsch describe their iGroove SXT iPod Speaker system as their, ”most compact and affordable iPod speaker,” ever. Not far wrong – it’s small and cheap.
Around $150 for what could almost be considered HiFi is quite a deal. Full specifications include:
Frequency response 60 Hz - 20 kHz
Crossover frequency 6 kHz
Maximum […]
By Mark Knowles on Saturday, November 17, 2007Filed Under: Apple, Gadgets
Sharp’s DK-AP2 speaker system for the iPod range looks like something that would live on a cylon’s bedside table. Assuming cylon’s have beds that is. One look at it convinced me it was going to sound awful, but a few minutes later I was pleasantly surprised to discover it doesn’t sound half bad.
I hesitate to […]