As the last couple of years have progressed, Spotify’s once alluring image on on U.S. market has waned somewhat due to constant delays in launching as well as several similar services springing up. That’s not to fault Spotify though. The blame lays solely on the music industry and their unlimited greed. But that’s a conversation for another day. What is important to share with you today is that European Spotify users now have access to a a couple new...
Fans of streaming music have no doubt heard a thing or two about how awesome European-born Spotify is, and the sad state of affairs that have prevented it from launching State side thus far. While Spotify’s U.S. debut is still an on again/off again news item, Last.fm has some big changes that will make you question why you ever waited for Spotify. In an interview between ElectricPig and Last.fm’s Matthew Hawn, VP of Product, it has been revealed that the music...
It’s been a long time coming (hey, mere weeks in the tech realm seems like forever), but the Marshal Minor headphones are finally out. These miniature buds of audio bliss feature 20Hz-20KHz frequency response, an impedance of 32 ? ± 15% AT 1kHz, SN ratio of 115 ± 3dB AT 1kHz 1mW, and a maximum input power of 5mW. I didn’t get to actually hear these at CES last week, but we’re on the list for review units. So check back in a couple of weeks as to our...
If you’re into the high-end portable audio scene, you’ve probably heard of Go-DAP before. They already have one successful battery + amp design on the market for the iPhone 3G/S. This week at CES, the company took the wraps off of their next generation of portable headphone amp and battery for the iPhone 4… The newly redesigned iPhone 4 specific Go-DAP features a 1,450mAh battery, OPA2338UA (Texas Instruments) pre-amp, TPA6130A (Texas Instruments)...
Now we don’t want to discount AudioVox — they make the occasional interesting audio-related product for consumers at a bare bottom price. But they are far from quality in regards to audio performance. With that said, it fills us with great sadness to reveal that AudioVox is in the process of dotting i’s and crossing t’s to purchase every last Klipsch share and subsidiary. The faint glimmer of good news to come out of this is of course a scenario in...
If you’re into headphones and audio, you know that headphones which require custom ear molds aren’t cheap. But as the saying goes: “You get what you pay for”. Not only that, the process of getting the actual molds done takes many days to weeks. But a new product from Sonomax cuts the price and time dramatically. At CES, I was fortunate enough to get a pair of the company’s PCS 100 single-drive units made for my ears. The process is quite...
