High-End Audio Equipment Holiday Wish List
‘Tis the season for gift guides and while our gift guide is the best, there’s nothing wrong with getting second opinions. CrunchGear recently looked at high-end consumer audio equipment for several different categories, doing a fine job in its own right. The “winners,” so-to-speak are: •Wireless Audio: The Sonos ZonePlayer ZP80 and the Olive Opus.…
Logitech Buys Slim Devices, Promises Autonomy
Late last night saw one of our favorite companies spring quite the surprise when Slim Devices announced that it had been bought by peripherals monster Logitech. https://gizmodo.com/slim-devices-transporter-exclusive-first-look-at-the-u-189484 The company responsible for such streaming-audio goodness as the Transporter and Squeezebox is set to suckle from the Logitech marketing teat in a bid to bring its high-end…
Identity-Crisis MP3 Player Thinks It’s a Cellphone
The onboard memory in Cowon’s new iAUDIO F2 audio player may max out at a piddly 2GB, but wow – don’t it look just like a cellphone? Gimmick-hungry gadget fans in Japan may be in for a shock, however, as the F2 has more than just its looks going for it. Aside from the usual…
8PRE: Plug Eight Mics into a Computer, $550
For those of you who don’t define recording as taping a ghetto-fabulous podcast in your bedroom, this box could be for you. The new 8PRE, from well-liked audio interface maker MOTU, cheaply bridges the gap between your computer and a mess of mics. There are plenty of inexpensive FireWire audio interfaces on the market, but…