October 29, 2008
This music speaker system sounds like it would be worth having, and I must admit, it's very stylish looking.
Developed by Jean-Michel Jarre, the Aerosystem is designed to deliver high-quality sound for even the most picky audiophiles.
Contrary to other traditional enclosures, the system's electronic circuit signal processing restores low and treble frequencies perfectly for all your MP3 encoding. The system is also enclosed in ultra-resistant glass with an integrated amplifier at it's base. Total height of the system is around three and a half feet, so you can stand it up just about anywhere.
It comes in either black or silver, and is compatible with 4th and 5th generation iPods, the iPod mini, iPod nano, iPod touch, and the iPhone 3G. If you don't have some version of the iPod or an iPhone, you can still hook the system up to any music device via a built in USB port.
The Aerosystem is selling for 449 Euros, which translates to about $573 USD. The web site seilling it is all in French, and I'm not sure if they ship over seas or not, but you can hit the site HERE and maybe run the text through Babelfish to work your way through purchasing one.
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March 11, 2008
Sony has introduced their new Giga Juke music system, which comes in a NAS-SC55PKE and NAS-E35HD version. Both versions come with an 80 GB Hard drive with approximately 40,000 song storing capacity, the ability to rip songs from CD, an AM/FM tuner, a 4.3 inch color display, docks to connect and transfer music to and from your favorite portable audio player (like your iPod), and has the xDJ software which intelligently analyzes tracks to categorize your music library into 27 different channels to suit any occasion – like ‘good morning’ for waking up, ‘party time’ for socializing, and ‘slow life’ to chill out in the evening.
The difference between the two version is the NAS-E35HD comes with a 4x CD player for ripping music, and 60W speakers. The NAS-SC55PKE version can rip CDs at 16x, has a network connection allowing you to use it as a network storage box and listen to internet radio stations, and it can deliver music wirelessly to up to five client players (only one is included in the package). With the wireless system, you can access the main server from anywhere in your home, and even listen to different songs in each of the five zones.
No word yet on pricing, or when the players will hit the shelves, but you can read a little more in the Sony press release HERE.
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March 7, 2008
I'm not a big country music fan at all, but I'm sure it'd be a pretty good time.
Wrangler and Justin Boots is giving away a trip to Vegas to watch the Country Music Awards. The winner will receive a pretty interesting package that includes roundtrip coach air travel; 2-nights standard hotel accommodations; 2 tickets to the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards show; 2 tickets to the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards' All-Star Jam and New Artists shows; ground transportation between Las Vegas airport and hotel; 2 pairs of Justin® boots (non-exotic only); 3 pairs of Wrangler® jeans; 3 Wrangler® shirts; and, a selection of country music CD's.
The contest runs though March 23rd, 2008, and since you'll be out there for the show, you'll have to be in Vegas on May 18, 2008. You can hit the Wrangler site HERE to enter the contest.
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February 28, 2008
Alright, you have to enter this one pretty much right now, because the contest ends tonight, February 28th at midnight Eastern time.
If you get entered, and you're the winner, you'll receive roundtrip coach airfare for two, a two-night hotel accommodations for two at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, two tickets to the 2008 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and After-Party in New York City on March 10, 2008, dinner for two at the Palm Restaurant, VIP treatment at Snitch Rock & Roll Sports Bar, and a Rhapsody portable mp3 player and a 1-year membership to Rhapsody Music.
The 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees are Leonard Cohen, the Dave Clark Five, Madonna, John Mellencamp, the Ventures, Little Walter and Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. Not sure that Madonna has ever really been in the Rock category, but whatever, it's a pretty good weekend trip.
You can hit the VH1 site HERE to enter.
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February 21, 2008
This is pretty impressive.
Paul Mawhinney, the owner or Record Rama Sound Archives is selling his record collection that he started more than 40 years ago. Legally blind and fighting diabetes, he's selling the collection because he wants to spend more time with his five grandchildren.
The collection is made up of over 3 million records and 300,000 CDs containing more than 6 million song title. The collection is currently housed in a 16,000 sq.ft. climate controlled warehouse. Mawhinney's personal estimate is that it's at least worth $50 million.
Mawhinney would like the collection to go to a major library or museum, or someplace that will keep it intact, and a recent bid of $28.5 million fell through. Mawhinney then put the collection up on eBay, and it currently only has about an hour left with the high bidder at only $3.3 million.
You can read more about the collection at a site set up for the sale HERE, or the eBay auction HERE.
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October 27, 2007
The site Audio Junkies has an article on what they think are the World's 15 Sexiest Speakers Of All Time.
They chose the speakers not only on their amazing sound quality, but also on their great looks. The combination makes them closer to works of art, than just something to hook up to your sounds system. Like any good work of art, you're also going to have to come up with some serious cash to buy any of these, as prices range from a respectable $1,295 per pair for the Urban Fidelity Duevel Planets, all the way up to $380,700 per pair for the Acapella Audio Arts Spharon Excalibur loudspeakers.
You can read the whole list over at the Audio Junkies site HERE.
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October 5, 2007
Microsoft has announced three new models of the Zune coming in November. There's a 4GB and 8GB versions that will cost about $149 and $199 respectively, and an 80GB player equipped with a hard drive for $249.
The biggest changes to the new Zunes are a complete overhaul of the device's software, a redesign of the Zune's music store, wireless syncing and the new Zune Pad, and a touch-sensitive main navigation button.
The Zune's wireless syncing over a home wireless network is about the only real unique feature over the iPods it's competing with. It's designed to make sure that owners always leave home with the latest content, such as podcasts.
You can read more about the Zune launch over at CNet HERE.
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September 26, 2007
Blaupunkt USA's GM Lutz Marschall said "For more and more people, compact discs have become obsolete." For that reason, they've created the Melbourne SD27. The new car stereo gets rid of the CD player, replacing it with an SD card slot and a number of options for hooking up other digital musical players.
The SD27 comes with an AM/FM tuner with 25 presets, a 3.5-mm AUX input and hooks up to optional USB, Bluetooth, and iPod adapters. The display can handle 127 music directories and displays 30 characters of an ID3 tag. If that wasn't enough, it also comes with a TEL/NAVI input for cell phone and navigation systems. The current price for the system is $160.
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August 23, 2007
MTV is giving away a trip to see the Video Music Awards in Las Vegas.
The winner will receive roundtrip airfare to Las Vegas for you and a friend, ground transportation between airport and hotel, three nights hotel accommodations, access for two to exclusive VMA events & parties, a shopping spree with Celebrity Stylist Angelique O’Neil valued at up to $1000, $100 spending cash.
It's a little light on the cash, but the VMA party would be well worth the trip even if it wasn't in Vegas. You can sign up for the contest HERE, and the contest runs until August 31, 2007.
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March 28, 2007
Xerox, for whatever reason, is having a contest where the winner gets an 80Gig iPod. It looks like they're looking for some business contacts, but there's a "Prize Only" section you can check to get you out of all that.
You can enter the contest HERE.
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