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Trinity is now importing into Japan the JAMBOX from Jawbone, from the US.
I think it can find its place in the Japanese market.
It’s a small, cool box with 85 decibel sound output, able to be paired up with 8 Bluetooth devices, and has 1seg ability. It is compatible with a lot of music, video, game-related apps so sound can be greatly enhanced over smart devices and it is a hands free “Conference on the go” allowing great sound quality for calls, Skype, etc., and audibly lets …

Digital Treasures, an accessories manufacturer, has come up with the spanking new Lyrix Duo Bluetooth speaker which will feature a suction cup in order for it to attach itself to a fair number of surfaces, giving you wireless audio as and when you want to listen to your favorite tracks. The Lyrix Duo Bluetooth speaker will feature a wireless receiver that can be attached to it via a mini USB port, and with Bluetooth connectivity, it will allow you to enjoy up to 33-feet of wireless connectivity.

This Bluetooth speaker will not bring down the house though, as the 3W speaker will feature a frequency response of 20Hz through 20Khz only, and carries a battery which ought to last for up to 4 hours at a go. As for the receiver itself, it is a Bluetooth 2.1 device, and will feature support for A2DP and AVRCP. Of course, the inclusion of the provided cable would mean the Bluetooth receiver can be decoupled from the speaker, and use it with nearly any speaker set via RCA connectors or a 3.5mm plug. If you are interested in the Lyrix Duo, it will come in red and blue shades, retailing for $50 a pop.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: ChargeCard For Android Begins To Ship, The Vamp Adds Bluetooth Connectivity To Most Speakers,

The Jambox (or its many equivalents) is fine, but I much prefer the experience of visiting second-hand shops around the city in hopes of finding a tower speaker relic that smells musty but still has a richness of sound and vintage appeal. Now a new Kickstarter project wants to help make sure proper speakers (the kind with removable cloth covers built strictly for sound first and style second) can easily take advantage of Bluetooth.

The Vamp is a little cube that has old-school positive and negative speaker cable connectors, along with 3.5mm audio input in case your device doesn’t have Bluetooth, a micro USB port for power and an on-off switch. It offers an internal rechargeable battery good for over 10 hours of use, and can be plugged in for continuous power as well. One of its most impressive tricks is a built-in magnet that pairs with a supplied metallic disc to attach to any vertical surface for convenient placement.

The problems the Vamp addresses that other Bluetooth stereo receivers don’t include style, affordability and sound. It offers high-quality mono audio, which is intended to be used with speakers made for high-quality sound output. It’s expected to retail for £45 (and is available via Kickstarter pre-order for £35), and maybe best of all, it doesn’t require a constant external power source, unlike a lot of similar options. You could actually take it with you to a friend’s house and wire their existing setup for Bluetooth sound, without an electrical engineering degree or access to the back of their home audio receiver.

The Vamp is created by UK-based product designer Paul Cocksedge, who has worked on products for BMW, Swarovski, Sony and Hermes. Some of his past work is exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art in London. Cocksedge and his studio have worked on sound amplification projects in the past, include gadgets that naturally enhance sound from mobile devices like iPhones. The Vamp looks to be their first proper electronic device, but working prototypes have already found favor with early reviewers.

The Vamp claims to have sound quality that’s “richer and more textured” than the standard Bluetooth portable speaker available, and it looks to go quite a bit louder as well. Quality concerns aside, it’s a nice, relatively inexpensive way to upcycle speakers that in many cases have only gotten better with age, and are being rudely pushed out by younger models.

Remember the 1980s? Ah well, I am quite sure that many of the younger generation who were born in the 1990s would not have had the kind of fun that we had with ghetto blasters as well as boomboxes, basically being a terror on every side of the adults in the neighborhood. While we generally made a big nuisance of ourselves, this did not mean that we were out to do harm to anyone, unlike the seemingly more violence-inclined society of today. Well, if you are absolutely the type who needs to go one up on the rest of the “competition”, or peers, then you would surely find a way to scrounge up $4,000 lying around somewhere for the Mobile Blastmaster.

The Mobile Blastmaster has been described as a portable stereo system that will bring the ultimate optimization to the 30 year-old concept of the portable audio player, where it allows you to invite the police to come knocking on your front doorstep early in the wee hours of the morning as you blast your music at backyard or tailgate parties. Specially constructed onto a steel chassis, it will roll on a quartet of 10″-diameter pneumatic tires regardless of the terrain, sand and snow included, and is pulled along and steered with an integrated wagon handle. The eight PA-quality Piezo horn tweeters, two “6×9″ mid-range speakers, and a 12″ dual-voice coil subwoofer with dedicated crossover will work together to pump out 2,000 watts of pure audio pleasure.

[ Mobile Blastmaster copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Yamaha has announced that it is now offering a new Bluetooth portable speaker designed for music fans that want to listen to their favorite tunes on the go. The Bluetooth speaker is called the PDX-B 11 and it is available for purchase right now. The speaker carries an MSRP of $179.95.

The Bluetooth speaker is designed to connect with any Bluetooth enabled smartphone, tablet, or computer. Yamaha promises powerful and dynamic sound and the speaker has a rugged design with a built-in carrying handle. It looks sort of like something you would find on stage at a concert more than your typical Bluetooth speaker.

The speaker is designed to automatically reconnect to the last device it was synced with automatically. That allows you to walk into the room with the speaker, push play on your favorite playlist, and the audio automatically streams if Bluetooth is turned on for your smartphone. The wireless range for the device is about 33 feet.

In addition to Bluetooth, the portable speaker also has a 3.5 mm stereo input for devices that don’t support Bluetooth. The speaker can be plugged into the wall for power and can be powered by six AA batteries on the go. The speaker promises about eight hours of use per battery set. The speaker has a four-inch cone woofer and a 1 3/8-inch tweeter. The speaker measures 8.25 x 9 3/8 x 9.5-inches and weighs 3.3 pounds. It’s offered in black and gray or solid black colors.

[via Yamaha]

Yamaha PDX-B11 Bluetooth speaker launches is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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