Hasta La Gadget!

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

Pioneer is releasing Blu-ray disk player “BDP-160″ with Wi-Fi Direct functionality that allows wireless connections to smart devices without a Wi-Fi environment.

“BDP-160″ also has Wi-Fi functionality so it can connect to a smartphone wirelessly by using a Wi-Fi network.

It’s able to play smartphone/PC contents, 3D still image file (MPO), BD-R/RE(BDAV), DVD (AVCREC/VR mode/CPRM), AVCHD images. Also, JPEG, MP3, WMA, WMV, FLAC, MKV etc files saved in USB memory can be playable.

It has an HDMI terminal, optical digital output terminal, analog 2ch audio output terminal, LAN terminal and USB terminal.

Release date: June
Size: 435 mm x 58 mm x 250 mm
Weight: 2 kg

Launched last year around October in Japan the AK100 is Iriver most “poweful” DAP yet and designed for music aficionados :
“Beside a rather luxurious and elegant design the Astell & Kern AK100 is in fact oriented to music lovers and people looking for the the best audio quality possible, indeed the Astell & Kern AK100 is fully compatible with 24bit/192kHZ FLAC & WAV audio tracks alongside the usual APE/MP3/WMA/OGG support. To achieve such quality the Astell & …

Ok, I admit it, I never have been really fair in the past with Toshiba and I hope you will believe me when I am saying that I have nothing against the brand and actually I even own a REGZA TV and love it, at least until two dead pixel pop-up 9 month after I bought it… Anyway, it seems that in Japan there is a market for old stuff like and today Toshiba outs the TY-CRX70, a gold old CD and FM/AM Radio combo that even comes, brace yourself, with a USB port and the support of MPA/WMA files …

Introduced back in May 2011, the T9 from Iriver is a USB Stick like DAP that come with full support of FLAC alongside the usual MP3, WMA, WAV and APE. Today or slightly more than a year later, Iriver announced in Japan a small upgrade of its DAP that now comes in a 8GB version instead of the previous 2 or 4G offering. The 8GB T9 will be available in Japan starting this month at 6,980 Yen.