Sennheiser are usually my headphone manufacturer of choice when it comes to music, so I'm always interested in the latest news from the German team. To be honest, it's not massive news but when the headphones look as good as these, who cares? For CES, Sennheiser have updated their "minimalist urban" headphones, the Momentum On-Ear with three new colours; high-gloss black,
With a few notable exceptions, the speakers on most mobile devices aren't up to much, limiting any chance of an impromptu party rocking out to Spotify's top 100. An external speaker is needed for bigger sound and the Logitech z50 Multimedia Speaker might be the answer. Coming in hot pink, sky blue and, err, boring grey, the z50 is intended to
Sennheiser has been producing headphones for over 50 years and has created some classics along the way (HD414s anyone?). Each year, Sennheiser brings something new to the table and this year was no different. Todd chats to Ivan, Sennheiser's Head of Product Development to find out what's hot. On show is a new addition to the Momentum range: the Momentum
Jeffrey Powers goes all Pop Idol when he chats to Jackie from Griffin Technology about the newly announced MicConnect, which connects iOS devices to XLR mics with phantom power. The Griffin MicConnect is a small brick adaptor with an XLR socket (input) on one side for the microphone and a 3.5 mm jack on the other to connect into an iPhone,
Pringles are running a Pringles Tree competition in December and each day you can open a virtual Pringles can to reveal the prize within. The prizes are inexpensive but there seems to be a good chance of winning as I've picked up a Pringles Speaker and a voucher for 7digital already. Other prizes include on-line games and receipes. The Pringles Speaker
Concrete has always been a popular product, but it's not what you think of for display purposes - marble and solid wood come more readily to mind. Increasingly, designers are turning to this relatively cheap material with some very attractive polished concrete artifacts and recently I saw a lovely kitchen worktop in the material. In this mode there is Thorax
Custom-fit earbuds and headphones can be scarily expensive because the price often includes high quality sound drivers as well as the custom moulding. Advanced MP3 Players have come up with a product that solves this problem by adding a molding to already-owned earbuds - the Sharkfin Self-Molding Earbuds. Inside the somewhat Spock-esque package are two small pots of self-molding silicone that