Cube have announced details of their foray into earphones, the F1s or to give them their full title, the ‘CUBE F1 bio-ear headphones monitor diaphragm’.
They’ve not released much technical information about these but they sure do look quite odd. Maybe they’ve cracked the secret to perfect sound by using weird design. Maybe not.
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French tech-heads Generation MP3 have done a video review of the new Soundmagic PL50s.
It’s thumbs up all round and they concur these earphones are an improvement in packaging, accessories and most importantly, sound.
See the unpacking and review video on their site here.
Soundmagic PL-50s are available from $52.50 at the MP4Nation store.
Discuss on the MP4Nation forum.

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If you got your Apple-loving girlfriend an iPhone last Christmas and a snazzy case for her birthday, this Christmas all you’ve got left is a pair of these oh too far iPhone home button earrings.
As it happens, they are actual home buttons from iPhones, not replicas. Not sure if that makes them better or worse [...]

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Scandinavian company Urbanears have come out with 3 new types of headphones, all with a pretty organic look.
The Plattan (pictured), the Tanto and the Medis all have differing features and come in 14 colours.
The Plattan’s are all about folding up and offering a ‘zound plug’ for sharing music with another set of earphones.
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In the land of cute you’re never sure what to expect next and these pig earphones are no exception.
They are from the Buta range and come in 5 colours.
Their frequency is 20Hz-20KHz, the max input’s 10mW and the impedance is 16? ± 20%.
They have gold-plated terminals and come with 3 sizes of tips.
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Home theatre folk Bowers & Wilkins have got their eyes trained on the Apple market with their first ever set of headphones which they say are “Made for iPod”.
The P5 Mobile Hi-Fi Headphones take the home sounds B&W offer to the street with their closed-back design and sealed leather ear pads.
They also promise “unfatiguing performance” [...]

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In Japan Kame are gearing up to release the latest in a quarter of a decade of popular manga Dragon Ball spin-offs, 2 sets of headphones.
Not overtly Dragon Ball looking, you’d have to be a fan to spot it which could well be part of their charm.
There’s no tech specs so you’d have to be [...]

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If you look in the bottom right of the picture you might just about spot an iPod.
The rest of it is the huge 125 Watt Wall of Sound iPod speaker from Brothers who say that “it looks frightening, and it IS frightening.”
The scariest thing about this speaker block is the huge price at a whopping [...]

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The headphones you get free with players generally aren’t the greatest in the world, so what will these headphones you get free with cologne be like?
The exclusive to Macy’s, limited edition Hugo Element Set comes with a 3.3oz Eau de Toilette Spray and the bins for $72.00. No technical details have been given so it’s [...]

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The long-running Beatles vs iTunes saga take a turn this December with the release of all the remastered albums on a limited edition USB stick.
30,000 of the $279.99 (!) shaped USBs will be sold, just in time for the Christmas cash in.
The albums will come on the 16GB capacity drives in FLAC 44.1 Khz 24 [...]

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