DJ Rana Sobhany is changing the face of modern DJing using the new Apple iPad. She got her idea to use iPads instead of turntables while she was waiting outside of a New York City Apple store at two o’clock in the morning on the day the iPad was to be released.
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Artist Branded Headphones
While writing my previous headphone-related article, I started thinking about the variety of artists who have collaborated with manufacturers of audio equipment to produce branded products with which their fans could display allegiance while – of course – rocking out to their music. From Metallica to Lady GaGa to J-rockers Beat Crusaders, here’s a list [...]
AIAIAI Pipe Earphones Review
Copenhagen’s AIAIAI, which emerged from the city’s Studio 54-esque club The A-House, is a relatively new entry into the audio equipment scene, having manufactured headphones and earphones since 2005 [it also designs and sells laptop accessories and t-shirts.]
Apple iPad – Can it replace your mp3 player?
Last week saw the official unveiling of the iPad, the latest addition to Apple’s hipster-friendly stable of multimedia devices. Among other things, the ‘Pad [which resembles an oversized iPod Touch and has been the subject of countless puerile Twitter jokes due to its name] features an iPod application, through which music can be played in [...]
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Best Headphones Under 30 Dollars
Generally, for as long as I’ve had mp3 players, I’ve had iPods. Which may be a questionable decision in itself [the only non-iPod I’ve owned was a 2GB Samsung model to tide me over when my second-gen Mini experienced an alarming software error which caused its contents to be replaced by Aerosmith’s back catalogue], but [...]
Crystal Cable Arabesque Speakers
In my last article I wrote about the mbl 101 X-Treme, which, while by all accounts an awesome technical achievement and one of the best omnidirectional loudspeakers out there, is somewhat – how can we say this – aesthetically challenging. Well, that’s not the case with Crystal Cable’s Arabesque. The latest offering from the Dutch-based [...]
X-Tremely X-Pensive Speakers
The mbl 101 X-Treme system, the most luxurious offering from German/American audio wizards mbl, costs US$250,000.00. Several reviews have mentioned that this is also the approximate price you could expect to pay for a Ferrari, which is indeed the case, that amount having been dropped by singer Chris Brown in 2008 on a vehicle for [...]
Music is wired into our DNA
Isn’t it great how humans can sing or dance rhythmically to music? It’s a shame no other creature can…or can they? I think I just found my new wingman: a bird named Snowball. He can dance, sing, and also has a pretty good taste in music. Check out this video where he is dancing to [...]
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