Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Sony RDP-X50iP - Ipod/Iphone dock speaker

Sony announced a new speaker dock for Ipod and Iphone. It's called RDP-X50iP and It has nothing special. No display, no back light, no equalizer, no radio, no direct access buttons, no presets, no USB, no memory slot. Well, some of them can be used using Ipod/Iphone features. But, what have you got when using the Sony PDP-X50iP? You have a remote control, volume controller and...the dock station. The design has nothing special.

At a price of $66, I think this is way too expensive for what is brings.

Via CultofMac, Sony Official.

Friday, March 12, 2010

JBL unveils new cinema sound package called CS500 Cinepack

JBL just announced its new Cinema Sound CS500 Cinepack. It is designed to be an incredible sollution for the audiophiles, it is the "must-have solution for listeners who want to enjoy all the thrilling sonic and emotional impact of the movie theater and live performance experience at home."

The CS500 includes four models

  • CST55 2-way floorstanding speaker

  • CSS55 2-way centre channel

  • CSB5 2-way surround speaker

  • CSS10 300-watt, 250mm powered subwoofer.


The advanced engineering is taken from the JBL's line industry standard professional loudspeakers and consists in titanium-laminate tweeters with EOS waveguide, neodymium magnet assembly and PolyPlas polymer-coated-cellulose-fibre cones.

All models feature rich metallic-silver enclosures and trim, with contrasting high-gloss-black front panels and removable black grilles. The sleek slim-tower of the CST55 floorstanding loudspeaker enable it to be easily positioned as front channel speakers in a home entertainment system, whilst the CSC55 centre channel speaker is perfectly sized for installation above or below flat-panel HD TV screens. Both the CSC55 and the CSB5 can also be wall mounted using the supplied wall brackets for ultimate flexibility.

JBL CS500 Cinepack is available from this month (March) and has a recommended retail price of $2,699.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Asus Cine5 Speaker unveiled

Everybody wants to enjoy the incredible sound during playing computer games or watching movies. Everybody tries to arrange the speakers correctly to have the best results. Everybody will make holes in the walls to hang the speakers and move the sofa to be in the center of them. And, for sure, everybody will be angry when will have to hide all the wires that are all around the room.

This is why they invented the sound surround bars. The sound surround bar basically consists in multiple speaker in a single box that simulates a surround home theater system.

Asus brings on a new sound surround bar called Cine5. The difference between the classic sound bars is that Asus Cine5 is smaller. It measures just 15 inches instead of 42-inches that has a classical sound bar. The Asus Cine5 is designed for your desk to be put under the display. This means that you'll have more free space on your desk. They say that during gaming sessions the player will be more skilled because of the precision of the sound and the game feeling will be much more realistic. Also, listening to the music will be improved. Cine5 has premium speaker drivers and a specially-designed bass reflex port. The output level is 28W max, 15W RMS. The bar has volume knob and mute button, 3.5mm jacks for multi-channel inputs and headphones output.

The design of the sound bar is... nice, but is not outrageous. It will add a little bit of elegance to your desk, but will not be the best part of it.