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A2DP Bluetooth rarely comes as standard in cars except on prestige marques, but most new vehicles at least come with a 3.5 mm audio socket on the audio system for plugging-in mp3 players. If you want a quick and cheap way to upgrade the car's audio to Bluetooth, take a look at he BTR006 Bluetooth Stereo Receiver. The BTR006 is
The FiiO E6 is small headphone amplifier designed to improve the listening experience from personal music players and smartphones. With a couple of equalisation settings, the E6 can enhance the bass range to counteract the high-frequency tendencies of digital compression. In the box, there's the E6 itself, two clips for attaching the E6 to clothing, a USB charging cable and
Amazon Cloud Player has been available for Android devices since it launched, but today Amazon announced that the music app is now available for iPad and iPhone. That's great news for iOS owners, especially given that the other big player in this field, Google Music, is also not available for Apple's mobile platform. Amazon Cloud Player offers 5 GB of free storage
Announced earlier in the year, but launched tonight, the Zik Parrot by Starck headphones are seriously aspirational, coming with touch control, motion activation, active noise cancellation, NFC and Bluetooth connectivity. And of course, being designed by Philippe Starck, they look pretty cool too. Aimed squarely at smartphones users and designed for listening on the move, the outside of the cans
To be honest, I'd never heard of JayBird headphones until I came across them on the DAD Audio stand at Gadget Show Live. However, having listened to their pitch, I'd consider a pair for use at the gym or during sport. Why? Because JayBird specialise in headphones and earbuds that are sweat-proof and difficult to dislodge. On show were two Bluetooth
Portable speakers were much in evidence at Gadget Show Live, though frankly some had the acoustics of a tin can rather than than anything close to hi-fi. Fortunately the WOWee ONE range of portable speakers tend towards the latter and while I doubt that musical purists will be impressed, those of us who simply want our tunes out-and-about will be satisfied.
If you're a DJ, you probably know the name Stanton, purveyors of DJ hardware. If you're not a DJ, you probably still know the parent company, Gibson, of the guitar fame. Either way, we're in good company here. Todd and Steve mix it up with Darrin "B-Side" Young from Stanton. On show is Stanton's SCS.4DJ Digital DJ Mixstation, a self-contained