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Spotify is getting into the hardware game. The company is teaming up with a slew of great audio companies to bake Spotify right into Wi-Fi connected speakers. And it’s not just speakers—the new system makes juggling your tunes between your phone, tablet, and computer a piece of cake, too. Here’s the facile music experience you’ve been waiting for at a price you can actually afford.

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If you have plans of becoming a DJ but don’t have money to afford professional equipment, or if you simply need some DJ tools to do some mixes at home, Pioneer has announced the DDJ-WeGO2 DJ console that will be the successor of the DDJ-WeGO. Given Pioneer’s success in the DJ industry, especially with its higher-end offerings, we expect that the WeGO2 will have some standards as well. The WeGO2 is not the biggest DJ console around, but it will come with the necessary equipment and functions.

This includes a pair of jog-wheels, effects, a mixing console, and for DJs that are just starting out, it will also come with visual prompts via LEDs that will flash to the beat of the song. It will come with the Virtual DJ LE software and will connect to your PC or Mac via USB. It will also sport a little stand at the back that will allow you to prop up your iPhone or iPad and will also come with a Lightning cable that will allow it to connect to the console. Priced at $429, it is expect to be made available this October and if you’re wondering what you can expect, check it out in the video above.

Pioneer DDJ-WeGO2 Is For The DJ On A Budget original content from Ubergizmo.

Pioneer’s original DDJ-WeGO was an effort to secure some of the entry-level DJ-dollars (it does pretty well at the other end already). This time around, there’s more of a focus on iOS, with a grip along the back that doubles as a stand for your iPhone or iPad (a lightning cable is included, too). This also means that as well as support for PC and Mac DJ software (Virtual DJ LE is bundled,) you can ride the fader with the fancy new Djay too. The rest of the hardware is pretty familiar ground, with two jog-wheels, effects and a tiny mixing console crammed-in to the small footprint. Learner DJs can improve their skills thanks to visual prompts provided by the LEDs (that flash with the beat etc.,) and USB power means one less cable to worry about. Importantly there’s onboard audio, so you get the full DJ / headphone monitoring experience, and a decent audio line out. Prospective spinners will have to wait until October to get one, at a cost of $429. A shade more than the predecessor, but you do get three spiffy full-body colors (red, white and black) to choose from.

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Source: Pioneer

Introduced for the first time in Europe, Pioneer’s latest Network player the N-50-K will finally hit Japanese store this august at around 80,000 Yen! By default the N-50-K comes with the Support of both Android and iOS devices as well as MP3, Linear PCM, WAV, WMA, AAC and FLAC.

DLNA 1.5
AirPlay compatible
USB DAC for a direct USB connection with your PC
high-resolution audio playback up to 192 kHz/24-bit
hi-bit 32 audio processing
Auto Sound Retriever to restore compressed audio files
Auto Level Control equalises volume differences between tracks
front USB terminal for your iPod/iPhone/iPad
ready for Pioneer ControlApp: remote app for iPod touch, iPhone and Android
Bluetooth ready
Wireless LAN ready
High-Accuracy Master Clock
Rigid under base
Isolated D/A Power supply

In addition to showcasing its new speaker bar, Pioneer is talking up three audio-video receivers here at CE Week, including one that offers a pretty nifty industry first feature. Though the trio of home theater components are fairly similar, the SC-79 is the most notable, as it’s the first such device to feature embedded HDBaseT support. That means it can deliver uncompressed HD video — even 4K — at distances of up to 300 feet using an Ethernet cable rather than HDMI. It’s not yet a widely adopted spec, but it’s especially useful for a multi-room setup, since it requires only one wired connection. That leads us to the other standout feature: the SC-79 can output audio and video to four zones simultaneously, and you can control media across multiple rooms via an Android or iOS app. All that functionality will cost you a pretty penny when the receiver launches in July: the MSRP is $3,000. See it in action right after the break.

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