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Karaoke is a Japanese export that has proven itself to be extremely popular over the years, where it is the ideal tool to relieve stress especially after a rather difficult day at the office. You can spend your money at one of those karaoke lounges, or you could save up a whole lot more by owning a karaoke machine to be used in your home’s living room. Of course, there is the potential drawback of disturbing your neighbors with your loud singing, which is why the $100 Noiseless Karaoke Mute Mic 2 has been invented.

The Noiseless Karaoke Mute Mic 2 happens to be the ideal soundless singing microphone for the iPad, iPhone and compatible smartphones, where it works by muffling your warbling so that you would be able to go on a lung busting session without having to subject those living under the same roof, as well as in neighboring ones, to your rendition of the latest songs. All you need to do is to hook it up to your computer and sing along to YouTube videos all the way to your heart’s content. Want a duet? Just purchase a couple and use them together, and you’re good to go.
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For those who have a home karaoke device but hesitate to use it because you don’t want to annoy your neighbors with your singing voice, there is good news!

JTT’s “Urusakunai Kara OK! Mute Microphone USB” can resolve your concerns.

It’s a microphone with a soundproof cup. By covering your mouth with the soundproof cup while you sing, you can prevent the escape of your singing voice considerably. The microphone’s code has USB so that you can start enjoying karaoke without generating noise simply by connecting the microphone’s code to a USB terminal of your karaoke device, PS3, Wii etc.

To keep the soundproof cup clean, the material used inside the cup can be removed and hand-washed.

Price: ¥3,480 (including tax)

Sure, we’ve seen game consoles modified for use beyond their original purpose, but this apparatus turns things up a notch. Pictured above is the Joysound Festa, a mobile entertainment system powered by the Wii U‘s hardware and software. Built by Japanese karaoke machine maker Xing, this beastly console mod is controlled from the system’s Gamepad and includes the gracelessly named Nintendo x Joysound Wii Karaoke U. Pre-loaded with 90,000 songs, this party starter also ships with a set of dance, exercise, yoga and brain training videos. Already reaching for your wallet? You should know that this unique setup is Japan-only, and headed to hotels and nursing homes at a hefty price of 1,580,000 yen (around $15,884). At that price, it may take around 25 years until we see one of these bad boys up for grabs on eBay.

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Via: Kotaku

Source: Joysound Festa (translated)

New industrial-grade karaoke speaker “CS-X080″ from Pioneer will be out in the middle of May. A high-quality sound network circuit is built-in to produce a clear vocal sound.
To transmit sounds equally across the Karaoke box, tweeters are placed inside of the speaker symmetrically looking outward at a 30 degree angle.
Price: 63,000 yen (a pair of speakers)
Size (per speaker):  455 mm (W) × 268 mm (H) × 258 mm (D)
Weight (per speaker): 8.8kg
Speaker structure: 2 way 3 unit speaker …

Nintendo took to UStream again to announce even more details for its impending new console. The company’s CEO was on hand to detail exactly what comes in the box with a very official-looking opening (Yep, Iwata-san just unboxed his own console.) It’s some pretty familiar packaging, but we noted that the AC adapter appears to be a weighty block separate from the main console. Alongside the main unit and the GamePad, the process also gave us a glimpse at the rest of the premium package, including a charging stand for the Wii U GamePad, console stand, HDMI cable, more cable twists, packaging and a beta test for the new Dragon Quest title. White-gloved console handling aside, the CEO had plenty more to explain — and some of it involved karaoke.

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