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Music
Tenori-On Goes Orange And Gets A Little Cheaper, Sort Of
3:40AM Danny Allen | The Tenori-On remains one of the most eye-catching, hypnotising ways to make music, and Yamaha has a cheaper model coming in January. Unlike the original, it can’t use batteries, has plastic casing and the LED lights only show on one side. More »
Music
Yamaha Quietly Shows Off 1mm-Thick Cloth Speaker
3:30AM Dan Nosowitz | Yamaha’s booth at CEATEC featured a few cloth posters with mundane advertisements on them that seem to lack any attention-grabbing oomph — until you step directly in front of them and realise that they’re incredibly thin directional speakers. Whoa! More »
Gadgets
9:20AM Sean Fallon | Even though the Yamaha TSX-W80 wakes you up at all hours of the morning, you just can’t stay mad at that pretty face. It even features a wireless iPod cradle that streams tunes using Yamaha’s proprietary AirWired technology. More »
Too Cute: Yamaha TSX-W80 Wireless iPod Alarm Clock
9:20AM Sean Fallon | Even though the Yamaha TSX-W80 wakes you up at all hours of the morning, you just can’t stay mad at that pretty face. It even features a wireless iPod cradle that streams tunes using Yamaha’s proprietary AirWired technology. More »
Robots
Girlbot Sings, Looks Better Than Britney Spears
12:12AM Jesus Diaz | Yes, that’s right: The HRP-4C girlbot with Yamaha’s Vocaloid voice synth software is way better than Britney Spears. But then again, that’s not saying a lot, except that I will never do the Zoltan with Britney. [Network World]
Entertainment
3:20AM Mark Wilson | For decades, receiver innovation has been stuck in tar, an anonymous group of large black boxes with way too many buttons. Now, the neoHD hopes to re-imagine what the receiver can be. More »
Yamaha NeoHD Review: Receiver Redefined? Almost.
3:20AM Mark Wilson | For decades, receiver innovation has been stuck in tar, an anonymous group of large black boxes with way too many buttons. Now, the neoHD hopes to re-imagine what the receiver can be. More »
Music
Yamaha’s MCR-140 Wireless iPod Dock Sounds As Good As It Looks
7:30AM Matt Buchanan | Yamaha’s latest iPod docks look fantastic—it’s made with metal, not plastic—and sounds damn near as good. Our quick impression is that the sound’s rich—highs aren’t tinny like most—and there’s some nice bass response. More »
Entertainment
Yamaha Rethinks The AV Receiver, Creates NeoHD
7:20AM Wilson Rothman | Reading up on this totally fresh neoHD receiver tells me that Yamaha—unlike its competition—is trying hard to keep up with the rapidly changing home theatre situation, particularly where HD video is concerned. More »
Music
2:01PM Andi Wang | Yamaha’s MusicCAST2 Network Music System is a Wi-Fi-based tunes centre that allows you to wirelessly transmit and listen to music in up to 32 rooms throughout your home. Do you even have 32 rooms in your home? More »
Yamaha’s MusicCAST2 Wireless Audio Streamer, For Those Who Missed MusicCAST1
2:01PM Andi Wang | Yamaha’s MusicCAST2 Network Music System is a Wi-Fi-based tunes centre that allows you to wirelessly transmit and listen to music in up to 32 rooms throughout your home. Do you even have 32 rooms in your home? More »
Music
2:00PM Nick Broughall | Nothing about the upcoming launch of digital radio in Australia has really excited me beyond the ‘meh’ level so far, although Yamaha’s new iPod docks with DAB+ tuners might just do it. Maybe. More »
New Yamaha iPod Docks Feature DAB+ Digital Radio Tuner
2:00PM Nick Broughall | Nothing about the upcoming launch of digital radio in Australia has really excited me beyond the ‘meh’ level so far, although Yamaha’s new iPod docks with DAB+ tuners might just do it. Maybe. More »
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