It attaches to a smartphone or tablet via its audio jack, features a mini-headphone jack for monitoring, and offers a low-profile solution for capturing better sounding audio from a smartphone or tablet.
Demos went a bit long, audio was a bit haphazard (especially with all the engineering talent in the room) but there the wine, food and victuals for the brain flowed.
The Windows Phone 8X by HTC featuring Beats Audio also offers a unique audio amplifier powering the 3.5mm audio jack and the speaker, boosting the audio signal for even better sound no matter if you're listening to music, playing a game or watching a video.
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On the right edge, you'll notice a volume jog dial for incoming chat audio and a backlit button for switching between speaker and headset mode.
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Say hello to the TRANSGEAR HMP-100, a portable audio player from a Japanese company called Nagase Industrial Corporation.
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MP3.com in the past six months has gained notoriety as a proponent of MP3 (Motion Picture Experts Group, Audio Layer 3), a format for compressing audio data so that it can be downloaded easily over a network.
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The three innovative speakers provide room-filling high-fidelity audio in a stunning, sleek design that delivers unprecedented battery life.
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Enhancing the realistic look is the audio, a consistent strength among EA's titles.
Like the iTrip, it broadcasts audio over a short range on FM frequencies.
Another, similar service is X10's MP3 Anywhere, which lets you route audio from a single PC to your stereo, through a transmitter.
Finally, the presentation includes audio with a valuable narrative to explain the material presented both online and in the attached PDF files.
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The distinct UE sound signature provides pure, undiluted audio with a wide-open soundstage and a remarkable level of detail in all your music.
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The problem -- but also part of the cool factor, don't get us wrong -- is that the Jambox's audio is a very localized, directional phenomenon.
"We were on board as one of the first publishers that got involved with Audible, when digital distribution of audio was a relatively new concept, " says McGuinn.
The T7Q also comes with high-definition stereo audio and a 5.0 megapixel camera with GeoTagging support for those times, especially in the field, when a detailed, quality image is needed.
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Last in the Caliber series is the Vanguard, which has been designed to include 7.1 channel audio, a retractable microphone, and an optional bass vibration feature for fully immersive gaming.
Spectators watch the proceedings behind soundproof glass, and receive audio on a 40-second delay so that a court security officer can switch on a white noise machine while classified information is being discussed.
He chooses which expert he would like to get in touch with, pays a fee (which differs by the artist, but generally seems to me very reasonable) and sends that expert his pitch: a video, an audio clip, a resume, etc.
"We've designed the Toshiba SBX4250 Sound Bar to provide incredible audio performance, while maintaining ease of use even when wirelessly streaming audio from a mobile device, " said Scott Ramirez, vice president of product marketing and development, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.
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Up until this week, this particular piece of circuitry was the title holder for "world's thinnest smartphone, " measuring in at 6.55mm thick. (The Alcatel Idol Ultra now claims this title at 6.45mm, although it's technically not on sale yet.) Despite the small package, it also professes to pack a hefty audio punch, boasting a pair of Beyerdynamic MMX 71 iE earphones and Cirrus Logic CS4398 DAC.
Routing MIDI and audio to and from Maschine is close to seamless: one magical-feeling enhancement in this version is the ability to render the audio or MIDI tracks produced in Maschine immediately: if you hammer out a bar or two and want to drop it instantly as either an audio track or a set of MIDI note commands, you're just a drag and drop away.
It says its SoundVU technology distributes frequencies evenly across a room, producing what audio buffs call a universal "sweet spot".
Somewhat annoying was a message embedded in each audio track and a pop-up urging us to go to sign up for a "free lifetime account" to a much more content-rich Internet course.
To start exploring the wide range of audio now on Flipboard, a new "Audio" category has been added to the Content Guide, which opens when a user taps on the red ribbon or magnifying glass in the top right corner of their Flipboard.
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The all-in-one stereo speaker system includes six internal drivers and four amplifiers that provide a total of 100 W of audio power and a maximum SPL of 105 dB.
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This was a clever, attention-getting tactic by Polk Audio: have a gymnast do flips on a trampoline while wearing its no-fall-out sports earbuds.
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Our experiments with the technology were marginally successful, but we don't see this being a big part of our communications game until the audio recognition gets a little more robust.
Kindle Fire HD solves this by combining dual stereo speakers with the exclusive Dolby Digital Plus audio engine-the standard in high performance audio-to offer a world-class audio experience.
It is a guess based on the size of the storage that has been purchased, the fact that video consumes far more data than audio, and the introduction of a simple audio locker or cloud-based version of iTunes is unlikely to require this much storage and capability out of the gate.
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