PURE’s Élan II DAB/FM Portable Radio packs pause and rewind
PURE – who proudly bill themselves as the world’s leading radio maker – have whisked out the Élan II portable DAB radio in time for the Christmas rush. Priced at …
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Sky Songs takes on Spotify and iTunes
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has thrown down his expensive leather gauntlet and announced his intention to do battle with the digital music industry, launching the new Sky Songs service next …
Read MoreCreative ZEN X-Fi2 starts shipping
Currently bubbling up under the floorboards and about to make a bid for your wallet is Creative’s first touchscreen media player, the ZEN X-Fi2. The pocket-sized PMP certainly has the …
Read MoreNumark HF-125 DJ Headphones: long term review
For DJs on a budget tighter than a crab’s-bottom, and home users looking for a cheap and cheerful set of headphones (or ‘cans’ as us aficionados like to call them), …
Read MoreSpotify offers offline playback to desktop users
Users of the mobile iPhone and Android Spotify apps have already been enjoying the ability to keep on grooving to Spotify playlists after their web connection has gone kaput, and …
Read MoreSpotify adds PayPal payment option. Do you care?
From today, subscribers to the Spotify Premium service will be able to shell oot for their monthly fix of unlimited music using a Paypal account. The Paypal option is only …
Read MoreNumark CD Mix 1 DJ Player: long term review
Aimed at aspiring superstar DJs, bedroom mixers and club jockeys, Numark’s entry level CD Mix 1 combo is a convenient package offering dual CD transports and a basic mixer. The …
Read MoreSony Ericsson MH907 “Motion Activated” Headphones
We thought the notion of ‘motion activated’ headphones was a classic piece of pointless technology for pointless technology’s sake, but we’re beginning to warm to the idea. The idea is …
Read MoreMackie DFX 6 live sound mixer: long term review
If you’re an aspiring musician, sound recordist, broadcaster, podcaster or even an, err, karaoke fan, then the Mackie DFX-6 mixer might be worth a look if you fancy moving up …
Read MoreReview: Pure Siesta DAB/FM Clock Radio
Frustrated with trying to navigate the screechy old-school tuning dial on our antique bedroom analogue clock radio, we thought we’d splash out and move into the DAB age with the …
Read MoreReview: Sennheiser CX 300 In-Ear Headphones
Seeing as most MP3 players and smartphones come with headphones so terribly frightful that they make Noel Coward* sound like a drunken ruffian playing the spoons at closing time, we’ve …
Read MorePure Sensia Wi-Fi radio: “radio for the Facebook generation”
Seemingly created from a design brief that went along the lines of, “make a radio and shove every new technology you can find at it… and then make it look …
Read MoreZune HD gets US release. Brits have to ‘make do’ with iPod
It seems like an age since it was announced, but Microsoft’s shiny new Zune HD player has finally been released in the US. Coming in 16GB and 32GB flavours, the …
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