portable audio
Music
Homemade Portable 8-Track Player May Be The Format Pinnacle
2:50AM Adam Frucci | Sure, a portable 8-track walkman is a completely ludicrous idea, but you’ve gotta love that someone went through the effort to actually make one. It’s far from pocket-sized, but it’s probably the most portable 8-track player ever. [Instructables via Make]
Entertainment
Thief Cleans Out a Desk, But Leaves the Zune Behind
3:35PM Adam Frucci | How do you know your brand is in trouble? When people are embarrassed to even steal a Zune. Oh, Microsoft. I’m so sorry. [CollegeHumor] More »
Music
Portable MP7 Player Can Handle Audio Formats From the Future
1:40AM Adam Frucci | You think you’re cool because your PMP can handle MP4 files? Big deal. This is an MP7 player, and I can only assume it was sent here from the future. More »
Peripherals
JVC’s New Headphones Have Wooden Housings, Cost $US730
6:20AM Adam Frucci | Victor JVC just announced the new HP-DX700 headphones, and they look beautiful. Also, they look expensive, because they are really fucking expensive. More »
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How Sandisk’s slotRadio Turned a Good Idea Into a Horrible Product
8:16AM Adam Frucci | Sandisk’s slotRadio plays super cheap 1,000 song packs on microSD cards, something that should be awesome. But a serious of disastrous design choices have turned it into one of the worst products I’ve ever seen. More »
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The iXA-W404 is Alpine’s First Touchscreen iPhone Compatible Receiver
6:00PM Sean Fallon | Alpine is rolling out their new lineup of receivers, with the iXA-W404 leading the charge. It features a 4.3-inch QVGA touchscreen monitor that more or less mimics coverflow. More »
Music
Sony Walkman X-Series Is Surfable, Touchable and Shuts Up the World Around You
10:30PM Elaine Chow | Sony’s Walkman NWZ-X1000 features an OLED touchscreen, Wi-Fi and built-in noise cancellation and could re-seat the brand as the world’s music player of choice… if it doesn’t come with typical Sony prices. More »
Music
Sony W-Series Walkman Has Got No Strings, And No Display
10:30PM Elaine Chow | Sony has gone all Pinocchio on us with its sportsy W-series Walkman MP3 player, eschewing cords for an all-in-one music player/earbud ensemble. $US70 for 2GB of storage and 12 hours of playback time. More »
Music
Sansa slotRadio Comes With 1,000 Songs Preloaded
6:01PM Adam Frucci | Do you enjoy music but not enough to care what specific music you’re listening to? Then the Sansa slotRadio is designed for you, it comes with 1,000 “hand picked” songs. No taste required. More »
Peripherals
