Served up in 2GB and 4GB flavours, the diminutive Walkman B170 devices from Sony weigh in at just 28 grams, but still have enough juice to keep you rocking through 18 hours of listening on a full charge.
DJs! Prepare for some lusting at the sight of Numark’s new Traktor-compatible, all-singing 4Trak DJ controller.
If you’re fed up with the puny sound coming from your phone’s built-in speaker, or the less than hi-fi noise coming out of your smartphone dock, it might be time to invest in a wireless music receiver like Nokia’s swishy offering.
Snazzy microphone maker Blue is launching a new range of microphones targeted at iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users.
Owners of Samsung Galaxy S devices and iOS smartphones have got a sonic treat in store, courtesy of Samsung’s sumptuous new DA-E750 speaker dock.
Although there’s no shortage of decent apps in the Android Market, it still lags a little behind the Apple App Store when it comes to high quality, music making tools.
Looking to even things up a bit is Audiotool Sketch, a superbly designed music app offering virtualised vintage synth and drum machine sounds.
Old school headphones seem to be enjoying something of a revival, with all sorts of hip names putting out heavily branded (and often comically oversized) headphones.
If in-ear ‘phones aren’t your thing. there’s a huge range of headphones available around the hundred quid mark, and we’ve selected what we believe to be the two very best ones you can buy.
There’s no shortage of highly capable speakers around the £150 – £200 mark, but you’re unlikely to find any better than the Q Acoustics 2020i bookshelf speakers.
The Samsung Galaxy S2 remains our favourite smartphone of the year, delivering handsomely in every department except one: the annoying camera noises which can not be turned off.
It drove us mad for weeks until we finally found a way of finally silencing the thing – without the need to fiddle about rooting the phone.
Proclaiming itself as the “the world’s first iPhone dock which has a horn-shaped speaker made of brass,” this ridiculous confection is the work of Japan-based company, Pleiades Designs.
It may not seem very rock’n'roll, but anyone regularly attending live gigs should think about some kind of ear protection, especially if their musical tipple leans towards the ‘eavy metal end of the scale.
There’s all manner of preposterous bolt ons available for iPhones, but we have to say that we’re rather taken with Tascam’s iM2 microphone for iOS devices.
Compared to the avalanche of audio products for the iOS platform, there’s been some pretty slim pickings for Android users, but now high-end earphone dons Klipsch have entered the market with a rather lovely looking in-ear set.
Looking to differentiate their product in the fast-growing fashion headphone market is the Stockholm-based design concept shop Urbanista, whose new Copenhagen foldable headphones come in a kerrrrazy square shape.
Small enough to fit in the palm of a (builder’s) hand and looking rather racy in its curvy lines and red’n'black trim is Logitech’s new Mini Boombox mini-speaker.
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