Last.fm has decided to tweak its offering upon a app front, where it is now introducing the brand new subscription requirement for many mobile and home entertainment inclination. From here upon out, you’ll have to compensate for the privilege of streaming song through the company’s software on inclination similar to the iPhone and Squeezebox, though the blow is easily cushioned by a news that there won’t be any ads to dilute your aural pleasure. Windows Phone 7 won’t be subject to a brand new fee for the residue of 2011 in a US and UK, whilst Sonos devices will goon to tide openly until this summer, though in the future it seems like all these apps will cost the small bit of money to make use of. And “small” is a operative word here, as Last.fm is asking for only $3 / €3 / £3 per month. If you really can’t stomach the outlay, however, just tide around a web or desktop application… you piker.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
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Look, we get it. You sunk $87,342.12 into the Sonos whole-home streaming solution, as well as your buds won’t stop pestering you about the inability to tide XM Radio. Thankfully, the stars have aligned just in time for your imminent Super Bowl whack, as well as it’s only about time for you to begin fantasizing about what their faces will look like when they’re ushered into your adobe by Heart-Shaped Box . Thanks to the eagle-eyed Dave Zatz, it looks as if some arrange of last blending has left down in between Sirius and XM, with a merging of accounts (presumably) making it possible for Sonos to now stream XM Radio; if you’ll stop, the scheme has had the ability to tide dedicated Sirius channels for a good whilst right away, but particular XM stations have been left out of a brew before to this weekend. Hit a source couple to find out what cue changes are indispensable to get things in sync, as well as be sure to try it all out prior to showing off to pronounced buds — wouldn’t want to eat crow after receiving all of that flack, right away would you?
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Are you looking for the not as big, reduction celebrated means to listen to your jams as well as a way to jot down your freestyle battles? JVC has you covered with the brand new RD-R1 as well as RD-R2 compact boomboxes that weigh a meagre 450 grams (one pound, for those using Americanized measurements). The inclination come equipped with dual omni-directional mics as well as a microSD slot (with an enclosed 2GB card) to record your rhymes at bitrates up to 192Kbps. Both models also have five-second countdown and clapper-style begin functionality — so you have time to get your ‘Vogue’ on and strike a poise before a song starts. Additionally, a RD-R2 adds the metronome underline as well as a 6.3mm mono jack for those who wish to add an electric guitar to a brew. JVC hasn’t expelled a cost for a RD-R1, but with the higher-end R2 model retailing for ¥37,800 ($460) when it goes upon sale in February, it ain’t cheap. However, it seems a insignificant sum to pay for beautiful leisure. Say word, son!
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Remember which SFQ-01 Bluetooth audio scheme you were swooning over late final year? If you twiddled your thumbs upon shopping one, here’s the shot at emancipation: Soundfreaq has just pushed out a limited edition red as well as black version only in time for Valentine’s Day, as well as outside of a color shift, everything else stays a same. It’s up for pre-order now during Amazon for a penny under $200, and trust us, your poignant other will love it. Even if said SO is… you.
Show full PR textSoundfreaq’s Limited Edition Red & Black Sound Platform Only on Amazon.com
Just in Time for Valentine’s Day
WHAT: Soundfreaq is adding the little tone to the popular hi-fi audio dock with its brand new and limited version Red & Black Sound Platform.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, a Red & Black version offers a same Bluetooth capabilities and impressive functionality as the original wharf, in the stylish red and black pattern, making it a undiluted present for any song partner in your life.
The Sound Platform is concordant with any Bluetooth-enabled device, permitting you to keep your iPad, iPhone, Blackberry, Android or any smart device in your hands rather than than stuck in a dock.
Soundfreaq’s Red & Black Sound Platform will usually be sole for the singular time for $199.99 on Amazon.com.
WHERE: Available for pre-order now only during Amazon.com.
ABOUT SOUNDFREAQ (www.Soundfreaq.com)
Soundfreaq is a large-scale co-op of craftsmen – designers as well as engineers with deep imagination in consumer electronics as well as a passion for great tune. By operative outward the stipulations of the normal corporate structure, we have been able to rise products from the belligerent up which deliver reward tune for the wireless world.
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Just when we suspicion Grace Digital Audio had turned over a brand new, touch-friendly leaf, a company’s back with an additional WiFi internet airwave which uses a frustrating Reciva interface. We can’t contend we’re pleased, but a firm’s brand new $250 Wireless Stereo Micro System does have a single brand new feature which competence be value checking out — it comes with a span of large bookshelf speakers that bond over the ether as good. This time, you can not only bond to your home wireless network (or auxiliary media player) as well as lift down loads of tunes from the standard form of services — together with Pandora, Live365 and Sirius XM — but attend in stereo as well, while hopefully stealing that ugly four-line LCD as well as its grievous nests of menus from ever disturbing your perspective. Show full PR textGrace Digital Audio Announces the Wi-Fi Bookshelf Music System, the First Ever Internet Radio Bookshelf System with 802.11n Connectivity
Unique micro-system features two high peculiarity bookshelf speakers on condition that radio content from all over a universe.
San Diego, Calif. – (January 20, 2011) – Grace Digital Audio, the heading brand of Wi-Fi internet radios as well as home audio solutions, is gratified to make known a immediate availability of the Wi-Fi Bookshelf Music System. Grace’s micro-system is a world’s initial internet airwave system to soak up dual bookshelf speakers as well as 802.11n connectivity. Grace’s micro-system is available right away at www.GraceDigitalAudio.com for $249.99.
Ideal for your unit, basement, or office, Grace Digital’s Wi-Fi Bookshelf Music System is a perfect resolution for someone looking for the absolute concert feel without a con, set up, and price of the full home audio scheme. Grace’s micro-system includes dual large bookshelf speakers featuring 3.5″ full operation drivers, 1″ tweeters, and a 16 watt RMS Class D digital amplifier. The compact micro-system delivers a higher audio quality unmatched by not as big tabletop units, on condition that an cheap approach to bring the home stereo experience to your internet airwave.
The Wi-Fi Bookshelf Music System provides entrance to over 17,000 airwave stations, 20,000 plus on-demand programs, as well as over 35,000 podcasts. Compatible with Pandora, Sirius XM Internet Radio, CBS Radio, iheartradio, Live365.com, MP3Tunes, NPR, National Weather Service, and new for 2011, WeatherBug as well as Rhapsody a number-one premium on-demand song assistance that provides entrance to 11 million songs for less which a cost of an normal CD. With RCA inputs and the USB connection, users can bond their iPod, CD player, PC or any additional audio source giving you entrance to all your song files.
Wi-Fi Bookshelf Music System features embody:
• Two speakers equipped with 3.5″ woofers as well as 1″ tweeters
• Class D digital amplifier as well as back ported full operation speaker provides higher audio extravagant
• 10 station presets, up to 100 saved favorites, displays song/artist info, warning clock airwave, and remote carry out with Pandora controls
• Wirelessly tide music and stored audio files from your PERSONAL COMPUTER or Mac
• Built-in Wi-Fi 802.11n label connects directly to any 802.11 b/g/n wireless router
• RCA input/output, headphone connection, and USB port
Now shipping, a Wi-Fi Bookshelf Music System is available for $249.99 during GraceDigitalAudio.com, Amazon.com, and assorted retailers via a U.S.
“We’ve had many ask from the clientele which don’t have space for the home stereo, but wish the little some-more tune than the tabletop,” says Grace Digital Audio’s Chief Marketing Officer, Greg Fadul. “We have been gratified to offer them the brand new Wi-Fi Bookshelf Music System. The micro-system provides a home stereo experience during a fragment of a size as well as price!”
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Korg’s original nanoSeries USB controllers might have garnered a little churned reviews when they were expelled back in 2008, though the company’s right away behind with a little brand new as well as softened models that seem to address during slightest a little of those complaints. As prior to, a lineup includes three different models: the nanoKEY2, nanoPAD2 as well as nanoKONTROL2, which can either be used on their own or paired up together. In further to the slimmer pattern for each, all three have been accessible in your choice of black or white, as well as it sounds similar to Korg has moved divided from a plasticky, QWERTY keyboard feel that plagued the previous models, with the nanoKEY2 in particular described as having the same “great-feeling ‘touch’ which Korg has developed for its professional MIDI keyboards.” Still no word on pricing or availability, but you can find all the rest of the key details at the couple next.
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In an epoch of synth-toy overload, the OP-1 is definitely doing the thing to set itself detached from the container. It wouldn’t have astounded us if it never came out, simply declining into the sky like many too-good-to-be-true hardware tends to do. But a fine Swedes of Teenage Engineering are in Anaheim for NAMM with the production representation upon a floor, and right away it’s unequivocally, truly up for pre-order (please allow 8 weeks for production as well as estimate for $799 during their site. There have been boatloads of updates from the OP-1′s we’ve seen in a past: the little white slab with the colorful LCD right away sports the raft of dissimilar sequencing modes, new stunningly visualized goods (like a fighter up above for punch…get it?), an accelerometer, as well as an FM radio, of all things. Video tour of all a glossy new features after the break.
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Cyberstep’s KDJ-One, a moveable digital audio workstation currently in prototype mode, is the loud small fold in time. While we’re sincerely certain it will never see a light of day in your internal Guitar Center, we really do wish to instruct it the best. It combines a aesthetics of a few of the very favorite things: the D-pad, button layout, and chunkiness now reminded us of a strange DMG Game Boy. The keypad on bottom looks the lot like the tweaked chronicle of the Roland TB-303. And a program inside — pristine MeeGo — reminds us of a Tungsten-era Palm device crossed with a laptop from 1999. (But in a unequivocally great approach
A five-inch resistive touchscreen — finish with stylus — sits on tip of an Atom E640 CPU, 512MB of IMPEL, a 4GB SSD drive, and the pair of 2000mAh batteries. Oh, as well as it’s got a rumble container on the backside: Cyberstep assures us a QW Vibration System adds “the whole new component of force feedback to your song production knowledge.” The sampler / looper / sequencer manufacture program itself seems super-basic and flattering fun, although we could substantially squeeze a lot more production coherence out of the $300 netbook. But only look during that city slicker as well as discuss it us you don’t want to fist its little white cheeks. Yeah, exactly. Video after the jump.Cyberstep KDJ-One Mobile Audio Workstation Prototype
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The NAMM trade show — also well known as the musician’s candy store — is kicking off currently out in Anaheim, which equates to which audio-focused press releases are starting to pour in. Headset and mic manufacturer Shure is beefing up its line with a key of three new models — a set of buds and dual cans. On the blossom side, a SE 215 slots in predictably beneath a SE315, offering the budget-friendly singular driver in your preference of black or whim unclouded casing; it comes in at the sell price of $99, some $100 less than a SE315. Moving to cans, a SRH550DJ (pictured center) is — as the name implies — targeted at DJs with the “super-aural design” for full isolation as well as a 90-degree swiveling wipe for stretchable wearing positions; this one will set you behind $99 upon the store shelf. On the upscale side, the SRH940 is billed as a anxiety set with the reward padded wipe, and you’ll compensate for it: it’s $299 at sell. All 3 models will be accessible this open; follow a break for a press releases. Show full PR textSHURE DEBUTS SE215 SOUND ISOLATING™ EARPHONE DURING NAMM 2011
NILES, IL and ANAHEIM, CA, January 13, 2011- Today, Shure Incorporated unveiled a SE215 Sound Isolating Earphone, featuring the newly grown Dynamic MicroDriver as well as a detachable wire, at a 2011 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. This professional quality earphone joins a ranks of the Company’s SE315, SE425, as well as SE535 Sound Isolating Earphone models.
Available in clear or unclouded black, a brand new SE215 offers detailed sound with enhanced drum, as well as its pattern delivers outstanding siege with unmatched joy. The SE215 Earphones are preferred for live opening, vicious listening, as well as serve as the perfect ascent for portable digital devices.
“Rounding out Shure’s Sound Isolating Earphone line, a SE215 comes in during the lowest cost point, but similar to the alternative models, maintains a higher sound quality, durability, as well as character for that Shure is known,” pronounced Matt Engstrom, Category Director for Monitoring Products at Shure. “With the SE215, we right away have the finish line of earphones with the detachable wire for audio and music enthusiasts at all levels.”
Shure Sound Isolating Earphones provide an forlorn multiple of tune signatures, sound siege, and quality, in a tiny as well as gentle pattern. All 4 models underline the detachable wire with wireform fit. The durable, Kevlar-reinforced wire additionally allows for easy deputy or customization. It additionally significantly extends a life of a product as well as offers a more comfortable, secure fit. Additional sum about the 4 models have been included below:
• SE215 Sound Isolating™ Earphones – The SE215 uses a Single Dynamic MicroDriver to broach minute audio with extended bass as well as considerable tune siege. Available in clear or translucent black, both versions come versed with a detachable wire for easy deputy or customization and comes with an accessories package which includes three pairs of disposable black foam sleeves (S, M, L); three pairs of soothing bend sleeves (S, M. L); as well as the carrying box.
• SE315 Sound Isolating™ Earphones – The SE315 uses a Single High-Definition MicroDriver for full range tune with optimized low finish. It is accessible in black as well as transparent, as well as comes with an accessories package which includes 3 pairs of disposable black froth sleeves (S, M, L); three pairs of soothing flex sleeves (S, M, L); one span of yellow foam sleeves; one span of triple prong sleeves; and a carrying box.
• SE425 Sound Isolating™ Earphones – The SE425 uses Dual High-Definition MicroDrivers for accurate and balanced tune. It is accessible in transparent and lead silver, and comes with an accessories package that includes three pairs of disposable black foam sleeves (S, M, L); three pairs of soothing bend sleeves (S, M, L); a single span of yellow froth sleeves; one pair of three times prong sleeves; the reward carrying case; and a quarter in. (6.5mm) adapter.
• SE535 Sound Isolating™ Earphones – The SE535 uses Triple High-Definition MicroDrivers that deliver an incredibly spacious tune with abounding drum. It is accessible in clear and lead bronze, as well as comes with an accessories package which includes 3 pairs of disposable black froth sleeves (S, M, L); 3 pairs of soft bend sleeves (S, M, L); one span of yellow foam sleeves; one span of three times flange sleeves; the premium carrying box; entertain in. (6.5mm) adapter; airline adapter, as well as a volume control.
Pricing and Availability
• SE215: $99 retail [$119 MSRP]
• SE315: $199.99 sell [$249 MSRP]
• SE425: $299.99 retail [$349 MSRP]
• SE535: $499.99 sell [$549 MSRP]
The SE215 earphones lift the two-year singular warranty and will be accessible for purchase from select retailers in open 2011. For a finish list of where Shure products are sole, gratefully visit www.shure.com.
For more report, visit www.shure.com as well as for press quality images, gratefully hit the Shure Public Relations group during [email protected].
About Shure Incorporated
Founded in 1925, Shure Incorporated (www.shure.com) is at large acknowledged as the world’s heading manufacturer of microphones as well as audio wiring. Over a years, a Company has designed as well as constructed most high-quality veteran as well as consumer audio products that have turn mythological for performance, trustworthiness, as well as worth. Shure’s different product line includes world-class connected microphones, wireless microphones and in-ear personal monitor systems, headphones for performers, presenters as well as recordists, award-winning earphones and headsets for use with MP3 players and smart phones, and top-rated phonograph cartridges for veteran DJs. Today, Shure products are a initial preference at your convenience audio opening is the top priority.
Shure Incorporated corporate domicile is located in Niles, Illinois, in the United States. The Company has additional production facilities as well as regional sales offices in China, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, as well as the United States.
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SHURE UNVEILS DUAL BRAND NEW VETERAN HEADPHONES AT NAMM
NILES, IL as well as ANAHEIM, CA, January 13, 2011 – Shure Incorporated currently announced a expansion of the headphone line as well as showcased the brand new SRH550DJ as well as SRH940 models currently during a 2011 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. Equipped with unique sound signatures, the SRH550DJ is preferred for both DJ as well as personal listening use, whilst a SRH940 is optimized for critical listening, college of music monitoring, as well as mastering.
“The Shure headphone line extends from the Company’s birthright as well as opening in a microphone and earphone marketplace, enabling college of music engineers, home recordists, performers, DJs, as well as audio enthusiasts to benefit from the veteran extravagant tune that Shure is known for,” said Matt Engstrom, Category Director for Monitoring Products at Shure. “Whether you’re interested in the SRH550DJ or a SRH940, our headphone offering has expanded to meet a needs of every user.”
Both of a new SRH headphone models suggest higher tune, comfort, and the mythological Shure peculiarity to withstand a rigors of bland use. Additional facilities of a models include:
SRH550DJ Professional DJ Headphones
• Full range frequency reply, comfort as well as continuance for DJ make use of as well as personal listening
• 50mm dynamic drivers broach extended bass
• Supra-aural pattern for full isolation
• Adjustable, collapsible wipe which swivels 90 degrees for flexible wearing positions
• Accessories package which includes the threaded, entertain inch (6.3 mm) bullion plated adapter as well as a carrying bag.
SRH940 Professional Reference Headphones
• Accurate frequency response for parsimonious drum as well as smooth, tall end extension with minimal exaggeration
• Collapsible, lightweight pattern with the premium padded headband that offers higher joy as well as portability
• Accessories package that includes the threaded, quarter inch (6.3 mm) gold plated adapter, two detachable cables (straight as well as coiled), the deputy set of velour ear pads, and the zippered, hard transport box.
Pricing as well as Availability
SRH550DJ: $99 retail ($149 MSRP)
SRH940: $299 retail ($349 MSRP)
The headphones lift the two-year limited warranty and will be available for purchase from name retailers in open 2011. For the finish list of where Shure products are sold, gratefully visit www.shure.com.
For some-more information, visit www.shure.com as well as for press quality images, gratefully hit a Shure Public Relations group at [email protected].
About Shure Incorporated
Founded in 1925, Shure Incorporated (www.shure.com) is widely acknowledged as a world’s heading manufacturer of microphones and audio electronics. Over the years, the Company has written as well as constructed most high-quality veteran as well as consumer audio products which have turn mythological for performance, trustworthiness, as well as value. Shure’s different product line includes world-class wired microphones, wireless microphones as well as in-ear personal monitor systems, headphones for performers, presenters and recordists, award-winning earphones as well as headsets for use with MP3 players as well as intelligent phones, as well as top-rated phonograph cartridges for professional DJs. Today, Shure products are a first preference whenever audio performance is the top priority.
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SHURE UNVEILS TWO BRAND NEW PROFESSIONAL HEADPHONES DURING NAMM
NILES, IL as well as ANAHEIM, CA, January 13, 2011 – Shure Incorporated today voiced a enlargement of its headphone line and showcased a new SRH550DJ and SRH940 models today during a 2011 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. Equipped with unique tune signatures, a SRH550DJ is ideal for both DJ and personal listening use, while the SRH940 is optimized for critical listening, college of music monitoring, as well as mastering.
“The Shure headphone line extends from a Company’s heritage and opening in a microphone as well as earphone marketplace, enabling studio engineers, home recordists, performers, DJs, as well as audio enthusiasts to good from the veteran peculiarity sound which Shure is well known for,” pronounced Matt Engstrom, Category Director for Monitoring Products during Shure. “Whether you’re meddlesome in a SRH550DJ or a SRH940, our headphone charity has expanded to meet a needs of each user.”
Both of the brand new SRH headphone models suggest superior tune, comfort, as well as the mythological Shure quality to ward off the rigors of bland make use of. Additional features of the models embody:
SRH550DJ Professional DJ Headphones
• Full operation frequency response, comfort and continuance for DJ use as well as personal listening
• 50mm energetic drivers deliver lengthened bass
• Supra-aural pattern for full siege
• Adjustable, collapsible wipe which swivels 90 degrees for stretchable wearing positions
• Accessories package which includes a threaded, quarter in. (6.3 mm) bullion plated adapter and the carrying bag.
SRH940 Professional Reference Headphones
• Accurate frequency response for parsimonious drum and smooth, high end extension with minimal distortion
• Collapsible, lightweight design with a premium padded wipe which offers superior comfort and portability
• Accessories package which includes a threaded, quarter in. (6.3 mm) bullion plated adapter, two detachable cables (straight and coiled), the deputy set of velour ear pads, and a zippered, tough travel box.
Pricing as well as Availability
SRH550DJ: $99 sell ($149 MSRP)
SRH940: $299 retail ($349 MSRP)
The headphones carry the two-year singular warranty as well as will be accessible for purchase from select retailers in spring 2011. For a complete list of where Shure products have been sold, please revisit www.shure.com.
For more information, visit www.shure.com as well as for press peculiarity images, gratefully contact a Shure Public Relations team during [email protected].
About Shure Incorporated
Founded in 1925, Shure Incorporated (www.shure.com) is widely concurred as a world’s heading manufacturer of microphones as well as audio electronics. Over the years, a Company has designed and constructed most high-quality professional as well as consumer audio products that have become mythological for performance, trustworthiness, and value. Shure’s diverse product line includes world-class connected microphones, wireless microphones and in-ear personal display systems, headphones for performers, presenters and recordists, award-winning earphones and headsets for use with MP3 players as well as smart phones, as well as top-rated phonograph cartridges for professional DJs. Today, Shure products are the first choice at your convenience audio opening is the top priority.
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We competence have had full specs as well as a cost for the Marshall Minors for the great couple of months already, though in true stone star form, they’re only right away arriving in stock. As of today, your sequence for a span of these reward buds will be met with no delay, meaning that if you want to jump on the Marshall Headphones bandwagon, it’s only a matter of clicking a few boxes as well as dispensing with $59. Keeping up with stream trends, Marshall’s Minors come with the secure EarClick scheme which promises they won’t tumble out once inserted as good as an integrated mic as well as in-line remote for added functionality. All they need right away have been a good home as well as a amatory owner.
Show full PR textMarshall Minor Now Available
11 Jan 2011
The Minor by Marshall Headphones is an advanced and overworked in-ear design. As its comparison brother Major, a Minor incorporates classic facilities from that Marshall Amps. It also features a patented EarClick which independently secures the earphone into place for the custom fit. The Minor comes versed with microphone as well as remote for use with your mobile phone, the remote function allows you easy access start, stop and skip to your the one preferred music lane. Combined with glorious audio as well as the tangle resistant fabric wire the Minor is in it for a long transport. Available now during your local tradesman or during www.marshallheadphones.com.
*The manufacturer of this product creates no claims of harmony of a microphone and remote with any mobile device.
The complicated tune of Marshall has been carried over a universe for scarcely 50 years. Breathless roadies as well as resounding trucks have struggled to make it heard all opposite the creation. Now a time has come for you to carry this magnificent burden of rock ‘n’ hurl all by yourself.
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