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10:30AM Nick Broughall | It’s the 9th of September, 2009. 09/09/09. Beatles Day. Not only does The Beatles: Rock Band hit shelves today, but so do the remastered back-catalogue of Beatles albums in both Stereo and Mono. More »
QOTD: Did You Pick Up The Beatles Box Sets Today?
10:30AM Nick Broughall | It’s the 9th of September, 2009. 09/09/09. Beatles Day. Not only does The Beatles: Rock Band hit shelves today, but so do the remastered back-catalogue of Beatles albums in both Stereo and Mono. More » 
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Beatles Remastered: A Reminder Of Why It Will Probably Rock
9:20AM Jesus Diaz | So tomorrow there won’t be Beatles in the iTunes, but you will be able to get them carefully remastered in CD form. If you are a music fan, this is why you should care—especially about the mono version. More »
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Sony WEGA Concept 51K All In One Stereo 1979
1:08PM Brian Lam | This table top stereo by famed Frog founder, Hartmut Esslinger, has a turntable, tape player and tuner. It was huge—speakers were separate—but gorgeous. From 1976. More »
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Audiophile Test: Speaker Wire, AC Power Cable, Record Demagnetiser
3:20AM John Mahoney | As promised, here are more details on the unscientific audiophile gear comparisons I did in Michael Fremer’s audiocave. They range from the mildly crazy to the borderline batshit—and they were all fun as hell. More »
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All 12 Beatles Albums Newly Remastered, MP3 Distribution Coming Soon?
2:59AM Adrian Covert | Beatles fans and audiophiles alike should be excited that the Liverpool quartet’s entire 12-album catalogue will be live and remastered in stere-eree-o on September 9—yes, 9.9.09—the same day that “The Beatles: Rock Band” comes out.
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Sanyo R227 Internet Radio, Perfect Use for the Neighbour’s Wi-Fi
10:00AM Mark Wilson | The Sanyo R227 isn’t an entirely new product, but it’s new to us in the US. A Wi-Fi-based radio, the R227 allows users to scan for internet music just like they would FM. More »
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EOps i24R3 Wireless Gesture-Control iPhone Speaker is Quite Beautiful, Actually
12:00AM Kit Eaton | Just unveiled at Tokyo Designer’s Week, EOps i24R3 is probably the best-looking speaker system for the iPod/iPhone I think I’ve seen. Plus it’s jammed-full of wirelessness, so the iPod-dock, woofer-equipped base station is paired with two or more (up to eight) remote stereo speakers. And in the true spirit of iPhoneness it’s gesture controlled— touch-free gestures too: you just wiggle your hand in front of the base station and control volume and equalizer functions. galleryPost('i24R3', 3, ''); More »
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iPod Nano Switches Left and Right Channels With Headphone Insert
8:40AM Wilson Rothman | If you have a new 4th-gen nano and a decent ear, you may have noticed something funny: After putting it to sleep, if you wake it up by inserting headphones, the left and right channels switch. I tried this with the most obvious stereo mix of all time, David Bowie’s “Space Oddity,” and it’s really easy to duplicate yourself. While it’s easy to correct, it’s still definitely a weird, weird bug. Thanks to reader Matt for bringing it to our attention, and posting a thread at iLounge. Have you noticed it or any other weird glitches, like Genius’ pathological avoidance of the lovely Norah Jones? (I’m serious, try it!) More »
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Fusion CA-1P500 Is the First Head Unit That Hides, Docks Your iPod
9:20AM Jason Chen | We can’t believe it, but Fusion CA-1P500 is apparently the first head unit that allows you to dock and hide your iPod directly inside the face. The thing costs £149.99 (US$278), which isn’t too bad for a head unit that has an OLED menu, a knob that corresponds to the iPod’s scroll wheel, and SRS Wow. It fits the classic, touch and nano, but supposedly not the iPhone. Weird, aren’t the touch and iPhone about the same? In any case, what we’d love is for it to take in the iPhone and give us full handsfree calling capabilities through a mic in the head and output through the speakers. [Fusion via T3] More »
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