Denon’s got a snazzy new pair of iPhone speaker docks to show the world — the Cocoon Home and Cocoon Portable. The Home features AirPlay streaming from iPhones, iPods, Mac and PCs through 100 watts of total power. Its 25-percent smaller sibling has 50 watts of power and battery life of up to five hours. Both docks will be hitting this summer for $599 and $499, respectively. We’re crossing our fingers for a Steve Guttenberg spokesman deal. Full press details after the break.
Looking for a compact do it all CD Micro Component for your dorm room? Well guess what, JVC Japan as actually something for you today with its latest NX-NT70! Schedule for the end of august and announced at around 40,000 Yen the NX-NT70 comes with a CD player, an iPod/iPhone Dock, DLNA 1.5, AirPlay, WiFi, USB Support, FM/AM Radio and is even compatible with both MP3 and WMA files, oh and I almost forget, you can have it either in Black or silver!
Klipsch has announced the availability of custom grilles for the Klipsch Gallery G-17 Air soundbar. These customized grilles are available for a limited time price of $24.99 each with free shipping in the United States. You can provide a 300 DPI JPEG or TIF image file for Klipsch to create a customized, magnetic grille for the soundbar. The Klipsch G-17 Air streams high-quality audio directly from any iPod, iPhone, or iPad. The Klipsch G-17 Air also provides a USB input for direct digital connection and charging of most 30-pin Apple devices. Additionally, there is a 3.5mm analog input for any MP3 player. The Klipsch Gallery G-17 Air is priced at $499.99 a pop. [Engadget]
Bang & Olufsen has been slowly but surely adapting to a wireless world. Its new Playmaker (shown at center) brings that evolution to audio: with the receiver linked up, any AirPlay- or DLNA-friendly audio device can beam its sound to a set of the Danish firm’s designer speakers. Wireless audio bridging isn’t anything new by itself — we know at least one rival that might say it’s old hat — but the company is promising clean and powerful sound through a built-in DAC that can drive even the beefiest of BeoLabs, like the 2,500-watt BeoLab 5. We can look forward to the Playmaker reaching stores before the end of the month, but we’ll pay a premium for all that theoretical power. The bridge by itself costs $425, while a special bundle with BeoLab 3 speakers will set listeners back an eyewatering (if ear-melting) $4,310.
What’s round and sits in the corner of your room spoon-feeding you Kanye West? If Sony has any say in the matter, it’ll be the latest members of the SA-NSx family of wireless speakers. The three new models — the 310, 410 and 510 — come on the coattails of the firm’s latest media players, and all come with built-in WiFi, AirPlay and that 360 degree design. As well as the wireless options above, there are apps for Android and PC, so non iOS users can keep the jams coming too. If you really want your music on the go, the 510 model also has a built-in battery for the extra portability. How much does all this fun and style cost? That’d be £150 (about $230) for the 310, £200 ($310) for the 410, rising to £300 ($470) for the 510. All of them available now.
So you’ve made it big time, you’ve got it all. The car, the toys and a big house with a whole-home audio system. The thing is, as great as your CasaTunes Music Server is with its in-wall and in-ceiling speakers, the ability to integrate with the latest and greatest AirPlay devices is still missing. Well it was anyways, as the new CasaTunes Air you can stream any content from your CasaTunes Music Server to all your speakers, AirPlay or any other. Even better, the music can be on your iOS device or stored on your server — but you can still control the whole thing from your phone or tablet. CasaTunes Air is a feature of the new CasaTunes version 4, which we can only assume is a free upgrades for existing CasaTunes Music Servers.
This week the folks at CasaTunes have revealed a new system in CasaTunes Air, a system with which you’ll be able to have multi-room wired and wireless music streaming all coming from your iPad, iPod touch, or iPhone. This system works with a CasaTunes Music Server and has your AirPlay devices as well as your wired devices (simple speakers, for example) working all throughout your home. Inside the iOS app you’ll be able to play tunes from any number of your own music collections and direct the sound to the rooms you’ve set up throughout your house or apartment.
You can also use this system with your Mac or PC, all of it using iTunes and AirPlay technology to make the whole show go. You can also use Android smartphones and tablet as well as any number of web browsers from whatever device you’ve got handy to control your CasaTunes Music Server. There’s also a wall mounted CasaTunes Keypad you can use to work with music you’ve got stored locally.
David Krinker, CEO of CasaTunes notes that this CasaTunes Air system is made specifically for users who have “maxed out their wired solution but are still looking to add music in more rooms.” CasaTunes Air also supports a growing system with add-ons galore. This system, in fact, is an add-on for already existing hardware that CasaTunes already distributes. CasaTunes version 4 with CasaTunes Air is ready to go for all CasaTunes line of music servers.
Check out CasaTunes Air for 6-room solutions ranging up to your highest dreams, and head to our recent review of an alternate solution in this same realm, the PLAY:3 from Sonos, as picked up in multiples by our own Chris Davies and check our multiple solutions using AirPlay as well in the timeline below!
Right on schedule, the AirPlay sporting, built-in WiFi and Bluetooth AV receiver we told you all about last month is officially available. The 7.2 channel, 145-watt per channel STR-DN1030 retails for $499 and is the first AV receiver to not require some sort of dongle or other accessory, to connect wirelessly to your other gadgets. That means it is all that much easier to stream music to it from your Apple AirPlay, DLNA, or Sony Entertainment Network source. All seven of the inputs on the back support HD and of course the usual assortment of audio codecs and video up conversion features you’d expect are included. Still not sure it’s right for your home theater? Maybe the additional details in the press release after the break will push you over the edge.
Ok, I definitively have to get one of these! Here you are Pioneer Japanese latest and coolest Speaker yet, with the XW-SMA3-K and XW-SMA1-K. Designed to be every Geek’s best friends these two portable speakers comes fully compatible with Apple AirPlay and DLNA, but also features. WiFi G/B, Ethernet, USB, Optical In and Audio In. Both models are technically identical with the exception of the XW-SMA3-K and its splashproof IPX2 casing and its internal battery capable to offer up to 4h of …
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