A relative newcomer to the high-end headphone market, German manufacturer Ultrasone is making waves in the industry with their competitively-priced offerings that deliver excellent sound quality and value. We take their HFI-700 headphones for a spin, and find plenty to get excited about.

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Posted on 2008-07-19 under Accessories, DJ Equipment, Reviews |
ASUS finally antes up to the bang-for-the-buck table with a value-priced product in their Xonar family of performance audio cards. It’s got a solid feature set, and debuts with ASUS’ new DS3D GX 2.0 environmental DSP, but does it break new ground in the price/performance department?

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If you are looking for a lightweight MP3 player, Samsung’s K3 2GB or 4GB player is worth your consideration. It weighs just 200g, includes a bright OLED screen and proves simple to use.

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Rover Computers has announced new portable media player called “RoverMedia Aria S7 Viewer”. This device has a lot of cool features, which will be appreciated by music and video lovers. It has unique feature for playing all kinds of video, audio files without need of additional converting. It has 2,9″ 16:9 LCD display. By releasing this device Rover Computers brought some news into mp3 players market with it’s ability to play ape and flac audio files.

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Posted on 2008-04-19 under Other, Prices, Reviews |
One of my favorite gadgets was the Mvix 5000U- it was one of Mvix’s first media boxes released a few years ago. The only time it was disconnected was so it could be filled with more media. The interface was crude but it really handled playback well especially the DVD ISO I kept ripping to the internal hard drive. The pain of it was I had to keep running it back and from my living room to my office to keep it hard drive filled with my latest videos.

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Posted on 2008-04-19 under Firmware, Portable Audio, Reviews, Sansa |
The Sansa e200 is one of the best selling budget players ever and that shows on the number of loyal users it has. The original firmware is buggy and somewhat limited, so when Rockbox was released on the player many people praised it. Now a new player has joined the game, SansaLinux.

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Posted on 2008-04-19 under Other, Portable Audio, Prices, Reviews |
MobiBLU Cubes were popular back in the days and introduced us to tiny mp3 players long before the Zen Stone or Sansa Clip even hit the drawing board. The series has been dead for a while now, so it’s surprising to see that it’s now back in the shape of the Cube3.

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Posted on 2008-04-19 under Accessories, Reviews |
Last year Sony introduced the NSC-GC1 Net-Sharing CAM, a pocket-sized camcorder that captures video at up to 640×480-pixels and 30 frames per second. Now, they’ve introduced a high-end version called the Handycam HDR-TG1 that can capture full 1920×1080-pixel high-definition video in AVCHD format, which it records onto MemoryStick Pro Duo flash memory cards. Its $900 price tag left my jaw on the floor, but there are some nifty features included for a camcorder this size and it does include a 4GB Pro Duo Mark2 memory card in that price.

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Posted on 2008-04-18 under Other, Reviews |
Transcend recently introduced a new addition to its successful line of T.sonic MP3 players – the T.sonic 615. Based on the popular design of Transcend’s best-selling T.sonic 610, the new T.sonic 615 boasts familiar good looks and an extremely lightweight compact design. The T.sonic 615 has a lustrous pearl-white casing and a brilliant dual-color OLED display that is easy to read from any angle, even in broad daylight. As a high capacity (up to 4GB) portable music player, the T.sonic 615 allows for storage of up to 1000 songs, and on a full charge provides 15 hours of seamless music entertainment.

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Posted on 2008-04-15 under Accessories, Headphones, Reviews |
The Sony MDR-AS50G Active Headphones feature an innovative design that spirals down for easy, compact storage, and it helps to ensure a secure fit. The modular cable is ideal for fitness and portable applications. The sound quality is good, and the price is fair.

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