Category: Home audio
Aurabox launches Bluetooth speaker with LED light and smart light bulb, Aurabulb
Two new products from Divoom (no I've never heard of them either, but these products looks interesting). First off is the AuraBox, a Bluetooth speaker with added light functionalities (pictured above). It's available from Amazon priced at £69.99. Featuring an integrated LED light board, the AuraBox can be used to create fun light themes alongside listening…
Design of the day: KEF MUO wireless speakers
New from KEF are these colourful wireless Bluetooth speakers. Called MUO, they combine a nice industrial design with, the manufacturer claims, precision engineering and class-leading sound performance. The MUO, which cost £299, have been created by KEF in collaboration with award-winning designer Ross Lovegrove, who previously designed the Muon loudspeakers – a high-end luxury product costing £140,000…
#IFA15 Iron Maiden and Onkyo reveal Ed-Ph0n3s
Proving it's not just rappers who have their names associated with headphones, metal legends Iron Maiden have banged their 'eds together with the guys at Japanese company Onkyo to bring you their latest collab with the password friendly name of Ed-Ph0n3s. Earlier this year a visual mock-up of the headphones was displayed on Maiden’s iconic…
Design of the day: KEF Egg speakers
These look quite cool. They are the latest KEF Bluetooth design and they are called - appropriately enough - EGG speakers. Designed as a complete plug and play speaker package - with built-in amplification and DAC (Digital-to-Analogue Converter) - the speakers are compatible with high resolution music thanks to a 96kHz/24-bit USB input. With their compact,…
Design of the day: Roy Harpaz toc ‘vertical record player’
Yesterday we looked at a beautiful state of the art computer keyboard on Kickstarter made out of Maple. Today's design comes courtesy of Design Boom and is a vertical record player called toc. Created by industrial designer Roy Harpaz, this walnut-based design features a linear tracking system to capture the good old analogue sound and…
Smart light bulb LightFreq updated. Available on Indiegogo June 23
LightFreq Square2’s wake up mode can wake you up to light, sound or both As long as you have your phone in your pocket, LightFreq Square2 will turn on and off automatically when you enter or leave a room. Starts playing music in the room you are in, and as soon as you enter a…
Denon’s HEOS HomeCinema sound bar helps to boost TV sound
* Amplifies TV sound and works as a HEOS speaker * Wireless subwoofer included * Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and DTS * USB input for mass storage Want to boost your flat screen TV's sound? Then investing in a soundbar is a pretty good idea. New from Denon is a wireless soundbar and subwoofer system called…
Monster introduces floating speaker – perfect for swimming pool parties
At first I thought they must be pulling my leg. But it seems that a floating speaker is actually a thing. Well it is now. Called the SuperStar BackFloat, this high-performance floatable – and portable – speaker is of course waterproof and is available with a black finish embellished with a choice of neon blue or…
Deezer adds news and entertainment podcasts to digital music library following Stitcher acquisition
Above: Deezer CEO Hans-Holger Albrecht 20,000 news, entertainment, comedy and sports shows available on demand Podcasts will include popular favorites from Slate, Financial Times, Monocle 24, Radio Nova, Télérama and Sveriges Radio Search, add and listen to shows mobile and desktop Available immediately in UK, France and Sweden and rolling out internationally in the coming months…
Liven up your garden with these Crestron outdoor speakers
From Crestron come these distinctive AIR Landscape Speakers (LS4T and LS6T) and In-ground Subwoofer. Designed for outdoor use, such as by the pool (what do you mean you don't have your own pool?), they are available with selectable 8 Ohm, 70 Volt, or 100 Volt operation. The new speakers can be attached to a post or…
