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JBL/Roxy Headphones Looks Cool And Sounds Good
6:00AM Joanna Stern | Taking a note from Vivienne Tam and HP’s love affair, Roxy partnered with JBL to put out a line of audio gear designed “for women, by women”. The neon headphones look sweet and pack solid sound. More »
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iPod Dock 8-Way Battlemodo
6:20AM Adrian Covert | It’s that time again, kids! What time, you ask? Time for the iPod Dock Battlemodo where contestants from Bose, Sony, Altec-Lansing, Logitech, Klipsch, iHome, JBL and iLuv battle it out to the death. More »
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The Deaf Barn: 6400 Watts of What Recession??
11:40AM Mark Wilson | There are those who appreciate a good stereo, and there are those who appreciate destroying their hearing one sweet watt at a time. Todd Whitworth falls into both categories, but mostly the latter. More »
Design
Iconic Ovalia Egg Chair Reissued With Tech Upgrades
6:40AM Mark Wilson | You may not know it by name, but the classic Ovalia Egg Chair probably streamed into your consciousness via the background of some MTV hipster video or the seating at a really, really cool grandma’s house. (Actually, we’re sure that you spotted an Ovalia chair in the shot after the jump, at minimum.) Now the Ovalia Egg Chair is getting reissued with the support of JBL. More »
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3:00PM Nick Broughall | JBL make some pretty awesome speakers. I was lucky enough to have a pair of their high-end speakers in my testing studio (or my loungeroom, as it were) back when I was editor of Australian T3 – giving up those speakers was one of the hardest decisions to make when I decided to come over to Giz…
Anyway, my point is that JBL speakers are pretty awesome, at least in my experience. And their new LS series of speakers look like they’re bringing the typical JBL audio quality to a pricepoint that’s (almost) attainable for the masses. Of course, not everyone wants a high-end surround sound setup in their loungeroom, but those people tend not to read Gizmodo and we don’t really care about them too much.
There’s a full rundown of pricing in the press release below, plus a bonus pic.
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JBL’s LS Speakers Look Fantastic
3:00PM Nick Broughall | JBL make some pretty awesome speakers. I was lucky enough to have a pair of their high-end speakers in my testing studio (or my loungeroom, as it were) back when I was editor of Australian T3 – giving up those speakers was one of the hardest decisions to make when I decided to come over to Giz…
Anyway, my point is that JBL speakers are pretty awesome, at least in my experience. And their new LS series of speakers look like they’re bringing the typical JBL audio quality to a pricepoint that’s (almost) attainable for the masses. Of course, not everyone wants a high-end surround sound setup in their loungeroom, but those people tend not to read Gizmodo and we don’t really care about them too much.
There’s a full rundown of pricing in the press release below, plus a bonus pic.
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Peripherals
3:15PM Nick Broughall | The Gadget: JBL’s On Stage IIIP, which plays nicely with your iPhone More »
Lightning Review: JBL OnStage IIIP iPhone Speaker
3:15PM Nick Broughall | The Gadget: JBL’s On Stage IIIP, which plays nicely with your iPhone More »
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12:50PM Nick Broughall | Design Guy 1: Hey dude, I was watching A New Hope last night, and I had the best freakin’ idea.
Design Guy 2: What? Build a Death Star?
DG1: No, man. You remember those little robot wheelie things that run around the Death Star, making funny noises?
DG2: Yeah, I think so.
DG1: Well, what if we made an iPod dock that looked just like one of those things, except without the wheels, and with a silver grill around it?
DG2: Are you high?
DG1: On life!
DG2: Let’s do it! More »
New JBL On Stage iPod Docks Look Like Those Little Wheeled Robots On The Death Star In Star Wars
12:50PM Nick Broughall | Design Guy 1: Hey dude, I was watching A New Hope last night, and I had the best freakin’ idea.
Design Guy 2: What? Build a Death Star?
DG1: No, man. You remember those little robot wheelie things that run around the Death Star, making funny noises?
DG2: Yeah, I think so.
DG1: Well, what if we made an iPod dock that looked just like one of those things, except without the wheels, and with a silver grill around it?
DG2: Are you high?
DG1: On life!
DG2: Let’s do it! More »
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2:22PM Nick Broughall | You know what I find most frustrating about the new iPhone? It’s not the battery life – Careful planning can help with that. It’s not the phone crashing, either – so far, I haven’t had a problem.
the biggest problem is that pretty much every accessory I own that docks an iPod doesn’t actually work with my new iPhone. My desktop iPod dock. My Harman Kardon iPod speaker. My Logitech portable iPod speaker. My Yamaha iPod dock connector for my Yamaha receiver. They all refuse to cooperate when I stick in the iPhone.
So for me, the announcement from Australian JBL distributor Conexus that they’re launching the On Stage IIIP for iPhone has me clamouring for one of my own. The original On Stage speaker was one of my favourite iPod speakers – it’s unique design and sound quality impressed me for such a compact unit. I expect no less from this model designed to work with iPhones as well as iPods.
The only downside is the price tag: $299 isn’t cheap for a small speaker this size. But considering it can run off the mains and battery power, has an IR remote and a USB 2.0 connection so it can connect directly to your PC or Mac for easy syncing, I may still drop the cash on this anyway.
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JBL Launches On Stage Speaker For iPhone
2:22PM Nick Broughall | You know what I find most frustrating about the new iPhone? It’s not the battery life – Careful planning can help with that. It’s not the phone crashing, either – so far, I haven’t had a problem.
the biggest problem is that pretty much every accessory I own that docks an iPod doesn’t actually work with my new iPhone. My desktop iPod dock. My Harman Kardon iPod speaker. My Logitech portable iPod speaker. My Yamaha iPod dock connector for my Yamaha receiver. They all refuse to cooperate when I stick in the iPhone.
So for me, the announcement from Australian JBL distributor Conexus that they’re launching the On Stage IIIP for iPhone has me clamouring for one of my own. The original On Stage speaker was one of my favourite iPod speakers – it’s unique design and sound quality impressed me for such a compact unit. I expect no less from this model designed to work with iPhones as well as iPods.
The only downside is the price tag: $299 isn’t cheap for a small speaker this size. But considering it can run off the mains and battery power, has an IR remote and a USB 2.0 connection so it can connect directly to your PC or Mac for easy syncing, I may still drop the cash on this anyway.
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JBL Control Now Loudspeakers Run Circles Around Competition
12:45AM Mark Wilson | JBL Control Now loudspeakers love donuts. Because since each speaker covers a 90-degree curve, four Control Nows can be assembled to make a donut. Or two can be combined to form a half-donut. (Of course, there’s nothing stopping you from fitting together 3, but nobody wants a donut that someone’s already taken a bite out of.) It may sound like a gimmick, but we can think of a few uses. More »
