Entertainment

AV Receiver Battlemodo: $US600 Or Bust

You want a serious home theatre. One that will rattle the windows, and ensure movie night is always at your house. But you don’t want to spend more than $US600 on the thing that ties it together. Cuz you’re smart.


February 16, 2010
Cars

The Wheel Rider Offers Death Via Shiny Doughnut

This unofficial Yamaha concept hopes to save room on the roads by fitting you inside a wheel. While the tail fin offers a touch of classic style, we have no clue how one sees the road ahead. [Tuvie via DVICE]


December 30, 2009
Cars

Sidecar Made From WWII Fighter Plane, Yamaha Motorbike

Made from a WWII German fighter plane and Yamaha Wild Star motorbike, this sidecar bike looks like a less-colourful Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. [Henrik Toth via LikeCool]


December 23, 2009

Yamaha YHT-S400 Shoves A Subwoofer Into A Receiver

The Yamaha YHT-S400 features a sound bar that’s 31 inches long by two inches high and – for the first time – a subwoofer that’s actually integrated into the receiver. It sounds perfect if you live in, say, a cramped city apartment. Like me!


December 4, 2009

Yamaha YSP-5100 Is Like A Skinny Fat Guy

Yamaha’s latest sound bar, the YSP-5100, may be apartment-friendly, but that doesn’t mean it’s small.


November 7, 2009

Tenori-On Goes Orange And Gets A Little Cheaper, Sort Of

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.


October 11, 2009

Yamaha Quietly Shows Off 1mm-Thick Cloth Speaker

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!


October 9, 2009
Gadgets

Too Cute: Yamaha TSX-W80 Wireless iPod Alarm Clock

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.


October 8, 2009

Girlbot Sings, Looks Better Than Britney Spears

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]


September 19, 2009
Entertainment

Yamaha NeoHD Review: Receiver Redefined? Almost.

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.