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High-end CD player “CD-S3000″ and premain amp “A-S3000″ will be out from Yamaha in early September.

“CD-S3000″ features the newly developed “Optimized High-precision Rigid CD Mechanism” for superior damping performance, and has ESS’s 32bit D/A converter “SABRE32 REFERENCE DAC” built-in.

Price: ¥451,500
Playable media: SA-CD, CD, CD-R/RW, MP3, WMA
Size: 435W×142H×440Dmm
Weight: 19.2kg

“A-S3000″ is a floating and balanced power amplifier featuring “Rigid Streamlined Construction” that separates pre amp part and power amp part and enables shortest cabling routes.

Price: ¥493,500
Size: 435W×180H×464Dmm
Weight: 24.6kg

Onkyo is going to release 2 new models of their CD receiver systems on August 3 – Bluetooth compliant “X-U3″ and Lightning dock built-in “X-U3LT”.

“X-U3″ allows you to play music in Bluetooth compliant devices such as iPod/iPhone/iPad, smartphone, tablet etc wirelessly via Bluetooth. “X-U3LT” has a lightning connecter compliant dock so that you can connect a device with a lightning connecter such as iPhone5 directly to “X-U3LT” and enjoy music.

X-U3

Price: ¥34,800
Color: white, black
Audio output/input terminals: Analog terminal, headphone, sub-woorder pre-out
Size: main unit 215x100x270mm, speaker unit 130x203x173mm
Weight: main unit 2.4kg, speaker unit 1.9kg

X-U3LT

Price: ¥34,800
Color: white, brown
Audio output/input terminals: Analog terminal, headphone
Size: main unit 215x100x270mm, speaker unit 130x210x172mm
Weight: main unit 2.5kg, speaker unit 1.6kg

Bluetooth compliant compact Hi-Fi audio system “M-EA3″ will be out from JVC Kenwood in early July.

It’s a compact-sized audio system with excellent 3 colors. You can pick up your favorite color out of the models in beautiful red, white and brown to match your room.

Since it’s compatible with bluetooth, you can enjoy music saved in your bluetooth compliant device. If it’s an Android device, by installing the dedicated remote control application, you can control playing music, sound volume, radio channels etc with your Android device.

With the USB terminal placed on the front of the main unit, you can play MP3/WMA files and record radio show or music in CD on an USB flash drive.

Price: Open price
Maximum output: 15W+15W
Playable discs: CD, CD-R/RW (CD-DA, MP3, WMA)
Main unit: 256×75×196mm, 1kg
Speaker unit: 85×175×171mm, 1kg/ speaker

Pioneer is releasing 2 new CD audio systems: “X-HM51-S” and “X-HM21-S” in late June.

They are compatible with USB connection, and can play music from iPhone/iPad/iPod, CD, USB memory, and AM/FM radio.

The “X-HM51-S” model is also Bluetooth compliant so you can play music saved in Bluetooth devices wirelessly.

Both models have 2 way speakers with a large aperture woofer (X-HM51-S: 12cm / X-HM21-S: 10cm) and a tweeter. Also, they have a high-power amp (X-HM51-S: 50W+50W / X-HM21-S: 15W+15 W) built-in for high-quality sound.

Price is open price.

X-HM51-S
Size: 215 x 100.5 x 325 mm
Weight: 2.3 kg

X-HM21-S
Size: 215 x 95 x 315 mm
Weight: 2 kg

Taipei, Taiwan – May 2, 2013 – World famous “COMPUTEX d&i award 2013” recently announced the recipients this year, ever since “COMPUTEX d&i awards” established, Thermaltake receives this honor every year since the d&i award started in 6 years ago! Standing out among 254 works from 7 countries this year, the jury comprising some of the world’s leading design experts crowned the one-off Thermaltake Urban S41 mid-tower Chassis and Tt eSPORTS CRONOS Gaming Headset as winners! Both products reached the high specifications of the iF design award, including the Degree of innovation, Design quality, Finish, Ergonomics, Environmental impact, Brand value & branding, total of 11 criteria. With the ultimate productivity to fulfill users’ different needs, Thermaltake managed to show its leadership in the entertainment and technology industry.

Thermaltake Urban S41 mid-tower Chassis－Simple yet Elegant

Urban S41, one of the latest chassis Thermaltake recently launched, has a minimalistic appearance design concept by using a large aluminum metal brushed door front panel, unified top panel and heighten footstands to keep the appearance simple and elegant. With the aid of internal silent foams will guarantee the system has a near silent operation. Further, it has equipped with four USB ports including two USB 3.0 ports, HDD docking station, innovative tool-less drive bays, excessive fans and retained with grommet holes ready to support liquid cooling system and advanced cable management. It has definitely prepared Urban S41 to take on various powerful hardware components with ease and style.

Tt eSPORTS CRONOS Gaming Headset

CRONOS presents strong gaming style with its vivid red and black color, the Battle Dragon LED lighting on the earmuff adds more gaming element. The LYCRA® head-pad design reduces the pressure on head with Hi-performance frequency response. Bendable and pivotable microphone boom to increase the sound quality and Microphone mute switch for controlling on the fly with 3.5mm gold-plated plug for smooth the signal and data transmission. An optimal gaming experience via USB plug and Black and Red cross braid cable for durable use and stylish which is focus on target group of Casual and competitive gaming enthusiasts.