Audio/Video Gadgets

SteelSeries reveals a slew of new headband accessories

Posted by Jack on in arctis, Audio/Video Gadgets, headset, headset accessories, SteelSeries

headbands-heroSteelSeries is well known for their collection of gaming peripherals, but this time around, they have come up with a slew of new headband accessories specially meant for the Arctis headset range. We are looking at a collision of gaming and art, sporting designs that will be able to propel the Artist Series collection to new heights in the form of vibrant and inspired headband designs. Sporting bold colors as well as gaming-inspired designs, you can be sure that wearing your Arctis headset is never going to be the same again.

Ehtisham Rabbani, SteelSeries CEO, shared, “Inspired by the artistry of game designers and the passion of street artists, the Arctis headbands represent our belief that gaming and the culture it has curated is beautiful and expressive. The Arctis design and vision comes fully to life with the headbands. We partnered with world-renowned artists, along with our own designers and engineers to bring accessories that can transform an Arctis into something wildly unique while still maintaining the fact that they look better than any other gaming headset on the market.”

Being part of the Artist Series range, SteelSeries has enlisted the help of acclaimed artists Lauren Asta and ThankYouX in order to achieve these unique and one-of-a-kind designs. Asta, who spends time in San Francisco and Chicago, with the latter being the home of SteelSeries HQ, has worked on large, striking murals that are inspired by the two cities’ communities. Her work on the Artist Series headband showcases her love of the gaming community.

The designers over at SteelSeries have picked up a collection of 3 special colors including, Glacier, Solar and Winter Night, in addition to coming up with a trio of unique patterns themselves, calling them the Crushed Snow, Crushed Dawn and Crushed Dusk. The new Arctis headband accessories will be available for $14.99 a pop and are available exclusively at https://steelseries.com/arctisheadbands.

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The Pokket Mini DJ Mixer takes your show on the road

Posted by Jack on in Audio/Video Gadgets, DJ, mixer, Mobile Phones

Pokket DJ

When you have a passion for something, it’s generally on your mind for about ten minutes or more every day. If it’s an activity or hobby, you think of what your next project will be, or how you can work through issues that you face on the project you’re currently working on. For those that live and breathe being a DJ, every moment you’re a awake could be spent mixing a new song or figuring out the logistics of your playlist.

For all the times that you aren’t mixing your next masterpiece, you want to practice the performance side of things. Since you don’t want to carry an entire pro-grade mixer around with you, this Pokket Mini DJ Mixer will do just fine for impromtu gigs. This measures 6 x 3.8 x 1.7”, and can easily be put in your bag or pocket so you’ll be able to put on a show at a moment’s notice.

You will need to have your MP3‘s, iPhones, or whatever your music players of choice are, plug into your amp, headphones, and you’re ready to go. The only cable you should need is for your amp, but if you don’t have that from the get-go then you likely have other purchases to make before setting your sights on this $109 device. Best of all is that you won’t need to constantly replace batteries or or plug this in for charging on a regular basis.

Available for purchase on Amazon
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Divoom TimeBox Mini is a speaker that is a difference

Posted by Jack on in Audio/Video Gadgets, divoom, divoom speaker, divoom timebox mini, Speaker, timebox mini, timebox mini speaker

divoom-timebox-miniNot all speakers are created equal — that is for sure. The thing is, which particular speaker would you need to purchase if you would like to have something different in your home? Well, Divoom has something that is slightly special and different from what is on offer, in the form of the Timebox Mini. The Divoom Timebox Mini is a multi-functional pixel art speaker that offers premium audio quality without missing a beat, while sporting fancy 8-bit graphics or pixel art that will certainly brighten up your life.

Divoom’s Timebox Mini offers an innovative compact speaker with Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity, sporting a programmable LED on board that makes it ideal for having fun in both indoor and outdoor environments. Sporting a slew of functions, the Timebox Mini’s mobile application that delivers a great user experience, with pixel art creation as the main draw here.

Users are able to create their pixel art easily using the app, while linking the designs together into an animated clip. In fact, all of the artworks are able to be shared with others via the online gallery. The Timebox Mini will also come with a special chat system, allowing two users to invite each other as exclusive partners. Apart from that, emoji and pixel designs that are sent will appear on the partner’s Timebox Mini, while one can also opt to receive social media notifications to boot. This is truly a very, very different speaker that does a whole lot more than just offer music playback.

Apart from that, the Timebox Mini’s sleep aid & alarm function will also be able to improve sleep quality as it enables user-selected preferences, such as color, brightness and music. There will be also more than 30 preset scenery profiles which help to create the most soothing environments. Other integrated functions of the Timebox Mini are the ability to check time or weather, animated patterns, music equalizer, DJ turntable and more. The asking price for the Timebox Mini stands at $49.90 apiece.

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Sonos PLAYBASE introduces a new way to TV sound

Posted by Jack on in Audio/Video Gadgets, playbase, playbase tv sound, sonos, sonos playbase

sonos-playbaseMany of us do own a TV in our homes, and these TVs tend to be mounted on the wall. Where then, do you place the speakers? Assuming you are one of the few rare people who place your flat screen TV on its stand, then you might want to consider picking up the Sonos PLAYBASE. The Sonos PLAYBASE will be able to slide right underneath your TV, as it delivers a powerful home theater sound whenever the TV is on, as well as handle music all the time while it is turned off.

The Sonos PLAYBASE is the latest addition to its wireless home sound system, and this is the latest speaker in their home theater range. The PLAYBASE is a thin and yet powerful speaker, where it remains discreetly under the TV. With an asking price of $699 a pop, you will be able to find the PLAYBASE arrive in black and white shades with availability kicking off from early next month onward.

The Sonos PLAYBASE measures a mere 58 mm in height, where it packs a whopping 10 drivers. With the PLAYBASE, it offers everything that one can expect from a Sonos speaker. Offering great sound and music playback, it has been specially designed to disappear into the home. The way it has been designed makes the Sonos PLAYBASE look as though it has been cut from a single piece of granite. Apart from that, it also challenges traditional expectations of sound, all coming from a thin speaker. There are no visible seams that result in incredibly clean lines, while sporting an ultra-flat top surface with over 43,000 holes which make up an acoustically transparent grill.

The manufacturing process involves a complex insert molding process as well as a custom-designed glass-filled polycarbonate exterior that ensures vibration is kept to a minimum, enabling it to withstand the weight of a TV for a very, very long time.

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Como Audio Solo Wireless Speaker keeps all your music at the ready

Posted by Jack on in Audio/Video Gadgets, Bluetooth, Bluetooth speaker, Internet Radio, Speaker, Spotify

Como Audio Solo

We have several different sources from which we get our music. There’s Internet radio, the actual radio, music downloaded on our phones, and computers. When you’re at home, you have access to all of these options, but the manner in which you listen to them is normally stuck to specific devices. We want our world to be as connected as possible, so it would make sense that we would want a speaker system that will let us access whichever option we want, whenever we want.

The Como Audio Solo Speaker could be classified as a radio, but it is far more than that. This is a smart speaker that has a wooden case that’s nearly a half-inch thick with a 3/4” soft dome tweeter and a custom 3” long-throw, 4-layer voice coil woofer with an oversize magnet. There is also a 2.8” TFT color display so you can always see the album art, artist, and song information regardless of what channel you’re listening through.

There are two versions of this speaker, with this $299 version being the smaller of the two. The Duetto does the same, but more of it, and has a $399 price tag. This is available in piano black, white, hickory/black, or walnut/black, and yes, the color does affect the price. If you’re feeling saucy, you can buy multiples and sync them so that you can have the same music playing all over your house during parties.

Available for purchase on Amazon
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