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February 27, 2005
Loudspeaker manufacturer Mission, has partnered with product designer Seymourpowell to create the very stylish M-Cube, a 5.1 home theatre system. The M-Cube consists of five individual cubed 'satellites' and one discrete subwoofer. Two satellites can be mounted on a one metre high tapering stand, while three further satellites come with adjustable brackets for wall mounting.
The M-Cube is available in white ('ivory') and black ('midnight'), with further color provided by a wide central fabric strip, which wraps completely round the speaker.
The M-Cube is out now and retails at 1,199 pounds.
via WallPaper
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February 26, 2005
Samsung, Korea has announced a new 42 inch PDP Flat Screen TV with a 10000:1 contrast ratio.
See AkihabaraNews for more.
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February 23, 2005
Denon Corporation, Japan, has announced the 2ch "DCD-SA11 CD/SACD player set for release in March - Expected price 367,500 Yen. As for color ring premium silver (SP).The DCD-SA11 is an update to the DCD-SA1 announced August 2004, features the original DENON technology for high-quality audio - Advanced AL24 Processing (192kHz/24bit). Measures 434x415x138mm and weighs 19kg.
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February 22, 2005
'James' writes in to share his experience with the Luxman L-505f Integrated Amplifier
" I understand your love of
Luxman products!" - We do James, our pockets do not however
"In Dec I bought a Luxman L-505f Integrated Amp that I'm using just as a preamp and it sounds fantastic!! I'm using it with a 35 watt tube amp and some Klipsch La Scalas speakers and this set up sounds incredible!!"
"If you have not had the chance to hear Klipsch speakers I suggest you do. My suggestion is find someone in your area with Klipsch Klipschhorns speakers and go over and take a listen. These speakers have a sound that is the next best thing to being there live. They are horn loaded speakers so they have a very forward and in your face sound that live concerts have. I own the Klipsch La Scalas which are the smaller version of the Klipschorns. Klipsch, and Luxman go together very, very well!!! Try and demo some Klipsch KlipschHorns or La Scalas or even the RF-7s with any Luxman products you have and you won't be disapointed. "
"Do you own the Luxman CU-80? I plan to get it and the DU-80 in a couple of years."
We are shooting for the couple of years thing as well, that money thing is holding us back.
Buy Luxman L-505f Integrated Amplifier
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Toshiba Corporation, Japan has announced he "RD-H1," the first hard drive-only unit in the "RD series" of recorders, set for release in early April - expected price 30-35,000 yen.
The RD-H1 is a video recorder with a 250GB hard drive, features include a single terrestrial analog tuner, "Net de Navi," allowing for operation from a PC by LAN, "Net de Monitor," allowing for playback of recorded programs on the PC by usage of Ethernet, mail setting functionality, 1.5x fast-forward/rewind, folder functions, "Net de Dubbing" functionality allows the RD-H1 to be connected with other RD series recorders on the same network that support Net de Dubbing , Input jacks include S-Video, composite, and two analog audio jacks, while available output ports include D2 video, optical digital audio, S-video, composite, and analog audio. It also has a LAN port.
Measures 430 x 336 x 58mm (W x D x H), and weighs about 3.9kg.
Seen at TechJapan
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February 18, 2005
Sony, Japan has announced the "NET JUKE NAS-A10," an audio system with a 40GB hard drive compatible with "E Music," set for release March 15th. 63,000 yen.
The NAS-A10 consists of a main unit with a CD player, hard drive, AM/FM tuner, and stereo speakers -- it can also download music to the 40GB hard drive from the "E Music" service.
Other features include support for Hi-Speed USB, "Memory Stick Duo" cards can be used in the Memory Stick slot without the use of an adapter (2GB max), a composite video output, from the CD to the hard drive, the maximum dubbing speed is about 8x (audio monitor OFF), or 6x (audio monitor on), supported audio formats for CDs include Audio CD, and MP3, Memory Stick formats are ATRAC3 and MP3, 100BASE-TX port, USB port (Hi-Speed USB), analog audio input port, analog audio output port and headphone port.
via TechJapan
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February 17, 2005
Sharp Corporation has announced the "DV-HRD300," the "DV-HRD30" and the "DV-HRD3" hybrid recorder (AQUOS High Vision Recorder) set for release in Japan, March 10th. The "DV-HRD300," with a 400GB hard drive expected to cost around 200,000 yen, the "DV-HRD30" with a 250GB capacity around 160,000 yen, and the "DV-HRD3" with a 160GB capacity around 130,000 yen. Models feature terrestrial, BS, 110 CS Digital tuners, and can record the MPEG-2 TS video of digital transmissions directly to the hard drive, "High Vision Quality High Speed Processing Engine" - unit can record, playback, and edit HD video streams simultaneously, supports direct digital recording of MPEG-2 TS streams from digital broadcasts, and recording to HD or DVD-RW (CPRM support, VR format) after down conversion to XP, SP, LP, or EP recording modes and DVD-R and DVD-RW record support, supports the playback of DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW (Video mode), and DVD-RAM discs.
The "DV-HRD300" and "HRD30," feature HDMI video output ports - can be connected to the "LC-45GD1" AQUOS LCD TV which supports HDMI, with a HDMI cable -- both video and audio in a single cable. Also, it supports output of DVD-Video and such upscaled to 1080i/720p. via Tech Japan
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February 16, 2005
Al-Tech has announced the MediaGate MG-35 and MG-350HD media players. Both models feature Ethernet, internal 3.5-inch hard drive, a USB 2.0 port, RCA-compostive, S-video, and component outs, optical/coax and analog stereo 5.1 audio out, and codec support for MP3, OGG, WMA, MPEG-1/2/4, DivX 3.11+, and XviD. The MG-350HD has a USB 2.0 host port, integrated 802.11a/g, and MPEG1/2/4 and WMV9 in hi-def (720p and 1080i)
via engadget
MG-35
MG350HD
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February 13, 2005
Japan's electronics giant Sony recently showed off the "QUALIA 006" a 70-inch rear-projection TV set, featuring three full-HD spec (1920x 1080-pixel) reflection LCD panels "SXRD" on its optical unit which creates smooth and film-like images. Sony will put it on the market in March with a price tag of 1.68 million yen (USD 16,000).
- Seen at UberGizmo
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February 12, 2005
Denon Corporation, Japan gas announced the "PMA-SA1" High End Integrated Stereo Amplifier set for release in Japan late February. 693,000 Yen. The flagship PMA-SA1 is an update to Denon's 1993 S1 amplifier. SA stands for (Sensitive & Advanced). The PMA-SA1 adpots UHC(Ultra Hight Current)-MOS. ultra-high-current (UHC) MOS is praised for its ability to drive speakers while preserving the delicate details of high-quality music recordings.
Measures 434x508x181mm and weighs 30kg.
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