Archive for July 19th, 2012

Headphones for extra back-to-school motivation

Thursday, July 19th, 2012

It’s that time of the year when university and poly students head back to school. Here are three Sennheiser headphones to pamper yourself or your loved one to help motivate him/her for the new term.

Fancy a Sennheiser HD 439 for to bring back to school?

Fancy a Sennheiser HD 439 for to bring back to school?

You can get these headphones at the Sennheiser Concept Store at Marina Square, #03-123.

Sennheiser PX 200-IIi headphones

Sennheiser PX 200-IIi

S$169

Here’s a “transformer” headphone that sports a unique fold-and-flip design that easily fits into any pockets.

The lightweight, closed, super-aural mini headphone offers good isolation against outside noise and is ideal for noisier environments.

It also comes with a remote unit that enables you to control the latest iPod, iPhone and iPad devices.

Simply push the buttons integrated in the cable to control the volume, play, pause, or skip tracks.

Sennheiser HD 229 headphones

Sennheiser HD 229

S$109.90

Available in contrasting, cheery colours of black and purple, or white and orange, the HD 229 offers crisp treble and powerful bass performance.

Its lightweight over-the-head design is good for everyday listening, while the soft, snug-fitting earpads and closed-back design help to reduce outside noise.

Sennheiser HD 439 headphones

Sennheiser HD 439

S$129

The Sennheiser HD 439 closed-back stereo headphone features a chrome inner lining and black mesh turbines.

It boasts an excellent bass performance and offers a comfortable fit for long wearing.

* In case you’re wondering, this is not a paid/sponsored advertisement. Just something I came across to start your new term with.

New personal AV players: Sony NWZ-F800, E470 and E470K

Thursday, July 19th, 2012

The Walkman NWZ-E470 and NWZ-E470K digital media players will be available from August 2012, while the Walkman NWZ-F800 mobile entertainment player will be available from the end of October 2012. Prices TBA.

The Sony Walkman NWZ-E470 series of digital media players comes in many bright colours.

The Sony Walkman NWZ-E470 series of digital media players comes in many bright colours.

Following the launch of the Z1000 series Walkman in May, Sony has announced today three more personal audio visual Walkman players for music players on the go.

Enjoy your music wherever you are with the Sony Walkman NWZ-F800.

Enjoy your music wherever you are with the Sony Walkman NWZ-F800.

All of them enhance sound quality using four Sony Clear Audio Technologies (Clear Stereo, Clear Bass, DSEE and MDR-EX083 headphones).

SensMe Channel analyses your music and automatically categorises music tracks into different channels so you can conveniently listen to music that matches your mood.

Walkman NWZ-F800

The NWZ-F800 emphasises on audio quality and targets audiophiles with Sony’s S-Master MX digital amplifier, promising an enriched stereo image, tight bass and crystal clear highs.

The multi-app mobile entertainment player features the Clear Phase technology which ensures reduced distortion and increased sound presence, offering outstanding high quality sound in a portable audio device.

Sony Walkman NWZ-F800

Sony Walkman NWZ-F800

Lyrics are displayed so you can sing along to your favourite tunes; and Visualisers and Cover Art View provide brilliant visuals on the vibrant 3.5” WVGA multi-touch screen LCD, bringing you closer to your music.

The player runs on an NVIDIA Tegra II dual-core processor and the Google Android 4.0 platform.

Housed in a compact aluminium body, it also includes FLAC support for true CD-quality sound, 512MB memory, GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, as well as up to 25 hours of music playback.

Walkman NWZ-E470 series and NWZ-E470K

The NWZ-E470 series comes in 4GB (NWZ-E473), 8GB (NWZ-E474) and 16GB (NWZ-E475) capacities and many eye-catching colours, while the NWZ-E470K comes with a speaker.

The Sony Walkman NWZ-E470K comes with a speaker.

The Sony Walkman NWZ-E470K comes with a speaker.

They are only 7.4 mm thin and provides good sound quality through Sony’s VPT and Dynamic Normaliser features.

The players offer up to 36 hours of music and six hours of video playback, easy drag and drop file transfer function and two free pre-installed games (‘Puyo Pop Fever’and ‘NUMBER PLACE’).

In addition, Karaoke Mode, Synchronised Lyric, Voice Recording and Language Learning features let users have tons of fun.

Below are the specifications for the new Sony Walkman gadgets.

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