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Once connected to your computer via USB, the Focal XS immediately convert it into a sound close to a professional studio. Their exceptional quality made them a particularly good sound, and design relatively simple and well thought make it a perfect solution for music fans. Note also the integrated iPod dock with a satellite and the remote gives quick access to main functions. Price: $600.
The Edition 8 is the new high-end headset from Ultrasone, well known for fans. It’s now available for the price of $1500, here are its main specifications:
Sony Japan has announced the DR-BT100CXP, new Bluetooth 2.1 headphones with a remote control and a microphone. These can be used with a digital player or a mobile phone and will be available in early February.
The elegance of a product can also be associated with the quality of it, as evidenced by the new JVC Victor headset. Faithful brother of the model HP-DX100, the latest HP-DX700 provides an excellent return of the sound through its headphones and timber but also a unique look and very refined. Available in February. Price not known.
Because I am certain that you must still have some old audio tapes armored of rarities that you have not yet converted to MP3, there is the TapeLink of Alesis, allowing you to achieve precisely this task in just few steps. Simply insert your audio tape in the device, connect with USB to your PC or your Mac, and it will convert your audio tape to MP3. Simple, huh?
A passion should it have limits? It seems in any case that the most intractable people are ready to be unable to resist for the Focal Great Utopia EM. Composed of beryllium tweeters and electromagnetic woofers of 40 cm, these speakers of 2 meters for 260 kg (each unit) is parent of a beautiful shiny black dress and a special link enabling them to adapt better to their environment. Price: €130,000 ($165,000).
It’s in Japan that AKG has released its new intra-ear headphones, the K370, which offer an audio spectrum of 11Hz ~ 24kHz and a sensitivity of 106dB/mW. Price 20,000 yen or $210.
Sony offers four new systems of speakers for desktop PCs including the SRS-M50 (set of speakers to travel of 5W), the SRS-Z50 (2.0 system with a 38mm Neodymium and a “rich bass reproduction” ), the SRS-D25 (2.1 system with a 25W subwoofer “hatbox”) and the high-end SRS-Z100 of 25W with “improved bass” and “limpid shrills”. You can choose between black, pink and red versions when they will be available. Prices and availability are not known yet.
It’s in Japan that we discovered a new soundstation, the JBL MX100, which offers a successful design, a power of 2 × 30W, CD player, FM tuner, the inevitable iPod dock, MP3/WMA compatibility, a display to control the device, all in 585×252x194mm for a weight of 7kg. Price: 98,000 yen or $1,025…
Atomic Floyd released its own in-ear headphones, the AirJax Titanium2, fusing the form and the functionality in a single device. Innovative features of the Titanium2 include the AcousticSteel and SoundProof. Associated with ear clips which are like angel wings, and you’ll have a better idea of Titanium2. Designed by Stefan Andrén, the Titanium2 is perfect for most portable media players and MP3 players. The Atomic Floyd Titanium2 headphones will be launched this December in the United Kingdom.
