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Bose today introduced the SIE2 and SIE2i sport headphones. These sweat- and water-resistance headphones adopt the Bose TriPort acoustic technology that allows the drivers to create deep lows while keeping the headphones small and lightweight. Both headphones also feature durable cable construction for strength, flexibility and the rigors of daily use. The Bose SIE2i sport headphones are designed exclusively for listening to music and taking calls from iPhone and iPod. The Bose SIE2 sport headphones are available in green for $119.95, while the Bose SIE2i sport headphones are available in green or orange for $149.95 each. [techPowerUp]

Turtle Beach, the company that builds high-end audio gear for gamers immaterial of their bank balance is pushing out a pair of headsets for Nintendo’s latest baby. The Ear Force NLa is an entry-level headset that’s been customized to work with the Wii U GamePad, while the EarForce N11 is a little more serious — with angled 50mm speakers with extended bass. Both units are also compatible with the company’s DS and 3DS handhelds and will arrive in Q4 of this year, with the NLa setting you back $35 and the N11 a marginally heftier $50.

Update: We’ve also heard that the NLa will be available in the UK in November, costing £40, while the N11 arrives in early 2013.

Continue reading Turtle Beach releasing entry-level Ear Force NLa, N11 stereo headsets for the Wii U faithful

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Turtle Beach releasing entry-level Ear Force NLa, N11 stereo headsets for the Wii U faithful originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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One charge you could never level at Skullcandy is that its headphones are drab. But, if you were still thinking that the designs just aren’t, well, jazzy enough, perhaps the new Edit service is for you. Taking a page out of Fanny Wang’s book, the headphone maker has handed the painter’s palette over to you. An online tool presents you with a stock pair of Aviators, letting you choose the color of the headband, frame, cord and ear caps — all for $199. If you’re even more fussy specific, an extra $20 will open up extra cap options. The creatively challenged among you needn’t worry either, as there is a randomize button, and once you’ve conjured up something to your taste, naturally you can share it with your social world. Already set on your team’s colors? Wave a brush over the source link to get started.

Continue reading Skullcandy launches Edit headphone customization service, personalized cans from $199 (video)

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Skullcandy launches Edit headphone customization service, personalized cans from $199 (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jony Ive and Tim Cook made a big hubbub about all the design that went into improving Apple’s famously terrible earbuds such that they might actually be usable. We might disagree about how much better they really are, but take a look inside the tiny EarPods, and you can help but squeeeeeee at their adorable guts. Here’ you’re looking at three generations of Apple earbuds in a single photo—the new EarPods are on the bottom. According to our friends at iFixit, the EarPods are so tightly assembled they had no choice but to resort to an X—Acto blade to rip them apart. [iFixit] More »

Guitarists and Bassists have many tools at their disposal for practicing fresh news licks without disturbing others around them. One of our favorites is Vox’s AmPlug — a guitar amp-modeling dongle that plugs into your instrument’s 1/4-inch jack, allowing you to connect headphones and an MP3 player to practice privately. Building on the idea, Vox worked with Audio-Technica to simply embed the AmPlug in a new line of headphones, dubbing them Amphones. The company quietly put the cans up on its site recently, and it’s now officially ready to shout out loud about them.

Guitarists can choose from AC-30 (British crunch), Lead (hi-gain) and Twin (clean) variants, and bassists can snag the Bass version, which is based on Vox’s AC100. Just like the AmPlug, each Amphone features volume dials — sadly, these don’t go to 11 — for setting gain, volume and tone, along with a fourth for a built-in effect (compression for the Bass and reverb with the AC30, for example). A duo of triple AAs power the cans and, as you’d expect, the ‘phones have a 3.5mm jack for hooking in external sources as well as a 1/4 adapter to plug into your axe. These Vox-styled units will be available in the US sometime in October for $100 a pop (double the cost of an AmPlug). Hungering for more already? We were able to give a pre-production version of the AC30 model a brief run, and you’ll find our initial impressions after the break.

Continue reading Vox jams guitar amps into Audio-Technica headphones, dubs them Amphones (ears-on)

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Vox jams guitar amps into Audio-Technica headphones, dubs them Amphones (ears-on) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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