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Sony’s new BRAVIA speakers are like wearing a home theater around your neck

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No it isn’t a neck pillow, and it isn’t even one of those wearable air conditioners, the BRAVIA Theater U is – wait for it… a neckphone. Sort of like a headphone but not placed on your head, the Theater U is Sony’s alternative to booming soundbars and complicated home theater setups. If speakers are for human ears to listen to, why not just directly place them near your ears to begin with? The Theater U immerses you in 360° spatial sound without immersing your entire house. Wear it around your neck, pair it with a device using either a cable or Bluetooth, and the Theater U brings great audio to your ears without blocking the entire world out. Moreover, you can pair multiple neck-speakers to the same playback device like your TV, so that more than one person can listen to a movie or TV show at any given point in time.

Designer: Sony

This isn’t the first attempt at a neckband speaker, but Sony is incorporating its latest tech to create a compelling option. The key feature is Sony’s X-Balanced speaker unit, housed in a lightweight and flexible design. This unit promises clear acoustics and powerful sound pressure for a rich and satisfying listening experience.

But the real magic lies in the 360 Spatial Sound Personalizer. This tech, combined with compatible BRAVIA TVs, creates a customized Dolby Atmos experience. Essentially, the speaker tailors the sound to your unique head shape for a truly immersive effect. It’s like having a personal mini home theater draped around your neck. Given its proximity to your ears, you don’t need to crank up the volume to hear sounds the way you would an actual speaker system – this means fairly personal listening that won’t disturb anyone else beyond a certain radius.

The BRAVIA Theater U’s versatility extends well beyond movie nights. With an IPX4 splash-proof rating, you can wear it worry-free during light workouts or even take it poolside (just be mindful of splashes). Built-in voice pickup technology ensures clear communication during calls, making it a handy companion for work-from-home video conferences.

The speaker boasts Bluetooth connectivity for seamless pairing with various devices, not just your BRAVIA TV. Think laptops, tablets, and smartphones – you can use it for gaming, listening to music, or watching videos on the go. And for those who want to share the immersive experience, the Speaker Add function lets you connect another BRAVIA Theater U for a synchronized audio experience with a friend.

Battery life is a respectable 12 hours on a single charge, with a quick-charge function that delivers an hour of playback with just a 10-minute plug-in. This makes it ideal for extended movie marathons or long commutes.

The Sony BRAVIA Theater U Wireless Neckband Speaker is available for pre-order now for $299.99, fairly decent considering it’s replacing soundbars which are priced in the same range, but giving you the benefit of portability. While it might not be for everyone, it offers a unique and innovative way to experience immersive audio without disturbing those around you.

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Devialet Mania portable speaker with intelligent optimized sound gets matching sci-fi looks

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Devialet, the high-end French audio technology company known for its winning audio equipment and accessories – including Expert 1000 Pro Amplifier, Dione soundbar, Phantom speakers and Gemini earbuds has added another product to its lineup. The premium brand has debuted its first-ever truly portable speaker with the promise of exceptional intelligent sound delivery without compromising on design.

Christened Devialet Mania, the portable speaker has the peculiar Daft Punk helmet vibe to it, and geeks will want to sport it in their desk setup without a doubt. Not surprisingly the battery-powered speaker carries a mind-numbing price tag of $790, and will only be the privilege of rich brats, or a crazy audiophile who wants to burn a hole in their pocket.

Designer: Devialet

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The meticulously designed speaker has no front or back, boasting a roundish design like a kettlebell at the gym. What makes this portable speaker premium in audio quality is the intelligent use of technology to calibrate sound based on where it is placed. For example, if the Mania is placed near a wall, the speakers will pump the sound to make it wider and thumping. This is done via the four microphones at the base of the speaker, performing Active Calibration to map the room for acoustics. Things like bigger obstacles, furniture and walls to “automatically adapt the audio rendering” to adapt to the surroundings.

Just for the record, Mania has six individual drivers, four Hi-Fi speakers projected in each corner, and high-excursion woofers to create the best sound out there you can expect from portable Bluetooth speakers. The company provides this speaker with an automatic room mapping option to guide the machine learning model to ascertain the level each speaker needs to operate at for the best-sounding audio. IPX4-rated Mania gets built-in Alexa for voice commands along with support for AirPlay 2 and Spotify Connect.

Devialet Mania is available in three finish options – Deep Black and Light Gray for $790 and the flamboyant Opéra de Paris has 24-karat gold components priced at $990. The charging dock is priced at $80 for the first two, while the third will get it as a part of the package.

 

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Turn any object into a wireless speaker using this sleek bone-conducting audio device!

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Have you ever tried to call out to someone standing far away, only to find yourself instinctively cupping your hands to make your voice louder? What you’re doing is creating a chamber to channel/amplify your voice. Musical instruments like guitars, and most speakers do this too, by having a vibrating element like strings or a diaphragm, and an acoustic chamber that amplifies the sound created by that vibrating element… The Blade, however, isn’t most speakers. It comes without the hollow acoustic chamber you’d find in most speakers, but that isn’t some sort of oversight or defect, it’s a design feature. The Blade is what you’d call a vibration speaker, i.e., it turns anything it’s kept on into a speaker. Place the Blade on a hollow box, a wooden table, a suitcase, an empty vase, or your mum’s Tupperware and the Blade turns it into a speaker! By transferring the vibrations to any object it comes in contact with, the Blade uses that object’s physical properties and its hollowness to transfer and amplify sound. Theoretically, you could even place the Blade against your throat and open your mouth and you’d essentially have music playing through it!

By ditching the acoustic chamber, the Blade allows itself to become extremely thin. Practically the size of a credit card, the Blade can fit right into your pocket while packing the punch of a speaker roughly 20 times its size. The absence of the acoustic chamber also means the Blade can be as ‘big’ or as ‘small’ as you want it. Place it on a small box and you get the kind of sound you’d expect from a tiny Bluetooth Speaker… position it against a massive carton and the sound is exponentially more audible. The Blade works differently with different materials too. Materials like wood generate a more wooden, warm, earthy sound, while ceramics and glass give you something more balanced. Metals, on the other hand, offer a more treble-heavy high-range sound.

While vibration speakers aren’t a new concept, they’re still an exciting area that’s filled with potential. Bone conducting earphones work on the same principle by relaying vibration through the bones around your ear, rather than having audio play into your eardrum. The Blade pioneers the same technology, by giving you a speaker that’s sleek, portable, and infinitely customizable. You could literally place the Blade against your table, on your bathroom mirror, the body of your guitar, or even an empty pizza box, turning objects around you into actual speakers, big and small. Its vibrating tech aside, the Blade works just like any other wireless speaker, and comes with Bluetooth 5.0, an inbuilt omnidirectional microphone for answering calls, a 4-hour battery, and even a built-in FM radio for some extra fun! Introduce two Blades and they instantly auto-pair, turning into stereo speakers with left and right channels! Its small form factor and pocketable size means you can carry the Blade around everywhere you go. Most of the Blade’s fun is in experimenting with different materials to see what works best with your music, but at its heart, the Blade is all about the freedom and power to transform anything around you into a loudspeaker, all with a device that just costs $30!

Designer: Summer Lee

Click Here to Buy Now: $29 $50 (40% off). Hurry, only 106/200 left!

BLADE – The Thinnest Portable Bone Conduction Speaker

Adopting bone conduction technology and moving coil acoustic technology, the BLADE Speaker turns sound into a mechanical vibration of different frequencies, leveraging the effects of the different materials on top of which it is placed and used.

The vibration produces a truly original, variable and customizable collection of sounds through self-vibration. Everything has its own sound.

Features & Benefits

Portable & Lightweight – At its thinnest point is only 3mm and weighs 40 grams in total.

Surround Sound – Use two Blade speakers interconnected and you can have Surround Sound 2.0 experience since this Bluetooth-enabled device is also TWS-enabled.

Enjoy Radio Tunes Everywhere –  In addition to being a speaker for playing music, you can also use it to listen to your favorite channel. Blade’s wireless FM ensures that you can enjoy your favorite channels everywhere.

Click Here to Buy Now: $29 $50 (40% off). Hurry, only 106/200 left!

JBL debuts five new Bluetooth speakers with something for everyone

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When it comes to Bluetooth speakers, JBL likes to cover all the bases. The company has a literal truckload of options, ranging from tiny portable units for under $100 all the way up to pricey party machines. As you’re planning your socially distanced...

3 of the Best Sounding Bluetooth Speakers

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Ready to take your sound on the go? Today’s best Bluetooth speakers are ultra portable, designed to withstand all kinds of elements, and packed with features that make parties, parks, beaches, and hiking trails much, much more fun. Let us help you pick the best Bluetooth speaker for you needs with our top suggestions for sound quality and durability: Check out a few of the best Bluetooth speakers available this year to see what fits!

Key Features to Look for: 

  • Long battery life: look for a bluetooth speaker with at least 8 hours of battery life
  • Rugged Build: The speaker should be able to with stand minor drops, some water and perhaps event sand/dush
  • Sound Quality: This is quite subjective, but Bluetooth speakers these days don’t need to compromise entirely on sound quality in favor of portability.  So that in mind, look for one that has some range.

Logitech UE Boom 2 – $200

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The Boom series offers excellent party speakers designed to be taken on the road. This model is both water- and stain- resistant, making it an ideal speaker to take to the poolside with you. In addition to high-quality Logitech sound, the Boom 2 comes with the ability to link to another speaker – perfect for extra sound outdoors or at a party. Perhaps best of all, it comes with a 15-hour battery life, which is a great spec for this speaker size.

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Bose SoundLink III – $300

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This Bluetooth speaker isn’t as great at traveling – feel free to take it outside, but only for short periods of time. Indoors is where this speaker really shines, because you get the full effect of that famous Bose sound. Fidelity and clarity are both notably high in this model. Battery life is also high at 14 hours on one charge. This speaker is ideal as both a party and work-oriented device, depending on where it is needed.

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Fugoo Sport Speaker – $170

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If the first two speakers were a little too flimsy for you, you’ll love this Fugoo model, which is designed for much rougher handling. It’s waterproof, mudproof, snowproof, and shockproof (that’s for sudden drops and bumps, not electricity): You can take it just about anywhere you want, for any sport. Much focus was also placed on battery life, which lasts up to 40 hours! That makes this model great to take on camping trips, too. It also has a mic for Siri or Google Now commands and phone conversations as well.

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Update for Mini Jambox Speakers

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Mini Jambox SpeakersJawbone’s mini Jambox speakers now have a free new firmware update available online, offering you a gift that keeps on giving.  The new update will allow you to wirelessly connect two speakers together to double up the sound.

All that’s required of you, other than owning a mini Jambox speaker, is to plug in your speaker via USB to your compupter and go to Jawbone.com to install the update. Activating the new feature is as simple as pressing the three buttons on top of the speaker in unison and it will connect to another Jambox within range.

Once connected you can switch from unison mode to stereo mode, which will give you the distinct right and left speaker surround sound experience. The Mini Jambox was originally released in September, and can stream the music from the cloud or your phone to the device.

Travis Bogard, vice president of product management and strategy, said;

“It’s the only speaker that delivers this kind of sound quality for its size, letting you enjoy and share all of your favorite audio wherever you are.”

The speakers usually sell for $179.99 but are currently on sale for $129.99. Check out this video posted to their website to see how easy it is to use.

No!sy Portable Speaker

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The ‘No!sy’ portable speakers play music wireless from portable devices. The form enhances sound quality. It comes with the latest in audio technology, connectivity and power management. Its different colour schemes helps to suit different tastes.

Designer: Subinay Malhotra

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Goal Zero RockOut2 Portable Speaker

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ASK Inc. Japan has listed Goal Zero’s latest portable speaker on its product page, the RockOut2. Powered by a built-in lithium-ion battery (up to 20 hours of continuous operation), this wireless speaker comes with audio control buttons, a USB charging port, a 3.5mm stereo mini jack and can deliver a maximum power output of 6.0W (3.0Wx2). Coming in green, black, blue, red and camp color options, the RockOut2 will become available this month for 5,000 Yen (about $49). [Product Page]