Live Nation must have seen how well Monster Cable are doing with their rapper/pop star endorsements so have jumped on the bandwagon with a series of custom earbuds, the first of which come from acclaimed rapper Lil Wayne, or Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. to his mother.
By ChipChick's account they sound pretty good, feel good (with the cable mimicking the look and feel of a sneaker lace) and will retail for around $20.
That's massively below Monster's huge prices so these and their 10mm driver might be a little more disposable.
Other Live Nation artists such as Shakira are rumoured to follow suit as the music industry continues to decline and merch makes up for the CDs that once were.
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After Sony-Ericsson's much hyped talk of forever changing the way you listen to music, here is the result.
It's their buttonless "Motion Activated" MH907 earbuds that use "SensMe Control" tech.
In short this means that when you pop them in your ears your music will start and if you take one out it'll pause what you're listening to.
It's not quite the groundbreaking innovation to live up to the hype but if you're interested they work with any Fast Port equipped phone and cost around $60.
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From Japan comes the Marubeni (m-infotec) Crystal Beats headphones which aim straight for the handbag with the fashion conscious range of colours and Swarovski crystal inlay.
Spec-wise they have a 10mm driver unit, frequency response range of 18Hz – 22hHz, sound pressure sensitivity of 98dB ± 3dB/mw, 5mW rated input power, 32? impedance and a 1.35 meter OFC oxygen-free copper Y cable.
The Crystal Beats headphones will be coordinating with outfits from September at around ¥ 2980 ($31) a pop.
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