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Love music? Sure you do — but can you really claim to be a true music lover if you’re not plunking down $1,300 for the latest MQS (Mastering Quality Sound) player from iRiver? The AK120 looks a fair bit like its predecessor, the AK100 (albeit slightly larger), and features a 2.4-inch IPS touchcreen. Inside, you’ll find two digital-to-analog converters, dual Wolfson WM8740 DAC chips and 64GB of memory, which is expandable up to 192GB via two microSD card slots. The AK120 can handle a slew of formats, including WAV, FLAC, WMA, MP3, OGG, APE, AAC, ALAC and AIFF, with DSD on the way. And just in case you were worried that the price tag was a bit steep, keep in in mind that it includes “the finest handmade Italian-designed leather case.”

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Pioneer’s new slim mini component CD player – X-SMC00BT – will be out in late March. Music saved in your smart phone can be played wirelessly with it. You can enjoy music or internet radio saved in a Bluetooth compatible device wirelessly. Also, iPhone 5 and iPad mini can be connected to the USB terminal, and another iPod and iPhone can be connected to the dock. Of course, you can play a CD, FM radio and use USB memory, etc.
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The folks over at iFixit have gotten their tool-sporting hands all over the new iPod touch, giving Apple’s latest music player the customary detailed teardown. The alien autopsy-esque dissection reveals the device’s A5 processor, flash memory from Toshiba and a lot of parts secured firmly in place. The latter, naturally, has led to a pretty dismal repairability score for the touchscreen player — a three out of 10 — nothing new, really, for Cupertino products, though the company seemed to be moving in the other direction with the new iPhone. Check the source link below for all the gory details — and yes, iFixit even goes so far as calling the device’s home button “weak.” Oh snap, guys.

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iFixit tears into the new iPod touch, bemoans lack of repairability originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you read Engadget frequently, you’re certainly no stranger to Google’s Nexus 7 tablet that has captured our attention — and our hearts. Poweramp, one of the highest-rated music players (and one of the most downloaded, from what we can tell) on the Android Play Store, is launching an update that offers Jelly Bean compatibility, and what better way to celebrate the occasion than to give away a trio of Jelly Bean-running Nexus tablets? Also, Poweramp offers a 15 day free trial, so it’s definitely worth taking a look-see. Enjoy, and good luck!

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Engadget Giveaway: win one of three Nexus 7 units, courtesy of Poweramp! originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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I’ve actually stopped using my 160GB iPod Classic, ever since I got my iPhone 4S, but that doesn’t mean that there’s no room for dedicated music players – if done right. While a lot of people use their smartphones to play their favorite tunes, others still prefer standalone media players.

Korea’s Cowon just released their X9 media player and it sports a large 4.3-inch touchscreen display. You can choose between 8 GB, 16 GB or 32 GB of internal memory, but you can augment this with a microSD card. The player includes a variety of sound processing modes including simulated 3D surround, virtual listening environments, and BBE enhancement among others.

The X9 is supposed to be able to deliver 110 hours of audio playback, or 13 hours of video playback on a single charge, and it takes 4.5 hours to juice this thing up. The X9 starts at $229.99(USD) for the basic model and goes up for more storage.

[via Ubergizmo]