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Behringer made a bit of a splash as CES last year with its oversized iPhone dock, this year it’s keeping things a little more front-room friendly. Launching its new OMNI system, the audio maker hopes to bring a little AirPlay magic to your house, without excluding some of your legacy hardware. The system consists of modular elements that let you add your passive speakers into the mix, as well as work together as a whole. More specifically, the OMNI SP3 and SP5i units are all-in-one 2.1 systems, and there’s a dedicated subwoofer too. But, if you don’t have or want their own breed, you can bring in your own. The OMNI Amp is a 2 x 40W stereo amplifier and AirPlay receiver that lets you play your music with your existing passive bookshelf or floor-mounted gear, and active speakers can be looped into the AirPlay party with the OMNI link box. The speakers are provisionally set to cost $249 (for the SP3i) and $349 (for the SP5i and sub), while the amp and link boxes will likely set you back $199 and $129 respectively. No word on the official launch date, but head on over to the press release for more info.

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Are you an audiophile who cannot live without your speakers or pair of headphones? If you have answered in the affirmative, here is something that might just pique your interest – especially if you are on the lookout for a pair of active loudspeakers. Now, I am quite sure that you would have heard of the name Behringer before, and this time around, the audio company has announced that they have begun to ship their Eurolive B115D and B115MP3 active 2-way loudspeakers.

Specially designed to deliver instantly a superb sound quality for all kinds of musicians and artists in just about any live sound situation, both of these spanking new systems will boast of an integrated dual-channel mixer with 2-band EQ, a built-in sound processor and 1,000 Watts of Class-D bi-amplification. Sounds like a whole lot to handle, right? Well, it tips the scales at a mere 38.9lbs, which roughly translates to 17.7kg each.

Setting up this puppy is a snap, and it will not take too much of your time to do so. The special enclosure design allows both of them to be pole-mounted, stacked, or placed horizontally for floor monitor wedge applications. In addition, Behringer has ensured that a dedicated USB-style 3.0 input delivers seamless integration with Behringer’s new upcoming ULTRALINK Series wireless microphones, paving the way for two channels of supremely stable, natural-sounding wireless performance.

Both the B115D and B115MP3 boasts of custom-engineered 15” long-excursion LF driver which is said to deliver deep powerful bass. In addition, there is the state-of-the-art 1.35” aluminum-diaphragm compression driver which is touted to provide exceptional high-frequency reproduction. The B115MP3 does somewhat give the game away, where it boasts of an extra feature, coming in the form of a fully addressable embedded MP3 player. Sporting an 8-button user interface and high-contrast, multi-function LCD panel, you as the user can browse through the tracks in a jiffy, or just pick shuffle, repeat or single-play modes to suit your musical mood at that point in time. Regardless of which model you pick up, they are covered by Behringer’s 3-year limited warranty.

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You might recall late last year when we talked about the gigantically massive Behringer iNuke BOOM that packs 10,000 watts of power and was the biggest speaker dock we’ve ever seen for the iPhone. If you thought that speaker dock was pretty cool, but wanted one small enough to actually fit in your room the company is back with a junior version. The new speaker dock is called the iNuke BOOM Junior.

The Junior is significantly smaller than the original from last year, measuring just 8.7 ” H x 16.5 ” W x 9.8″ D, and weighing about 10.6 pounds. That makes it a 1:23 scale version of its big brother. The little box should still provide impressive sound with a pair of one-inch tweeters, two three-inch midranges, and a single 5.25-inch woofer, though it doesn’t have anywhere near 10,000 watts of amplification.

The device has an iPod dock on top as well as a line in and an auxiliary input with stereo RCA connectors. It also has a video out and supports the iPhone, iPod, and iPad – though not the iPhone 5. The iNuke Boom Junior sells for $179.99(USD) over at Costco.

Behringer’s iNuke Boom car-sized iPhone dock is one of the most ridiculous speakers ever created. But as our own Sam Biddle discovered at CES, it’s so massive your inhibitions about dancing in public are instantly sucked away into its black hole of decibels. So why did Behringer completely neuter it with this tiny Junior version? More »