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TDK TH-WR700 Headphones Say “Grab my Dongle” to Bluetooth Cans

by Jay Garrett on February 1, 2010

I’ve been looking around for a decent set of Bluetooth headphones to hook-up to my iPhone.

I like the look of the Jaybird Sportband but haven’t found anywhere that would let me try before I buy.

Let’s face it – finding a cracking pair of Bluecans aint easy.

TDK blows raspberries at stereo Bluethooth transmission and tells us to shove a dongle in our 3.5mm hole!

Yup, the new TDK TH-WR700 headphones comes with a dongle that slips into any 3.5mm headphone port to transmit music up to 10 meters away.

Add that with the clever Kleer wireless tech instead of Bluetooth, TDK claims a much higher fidelity—up to 40db less noise in the signal, which would be more than noticeable.

The sonic details are that the phones have a 20Hz–20kHz frequency response, and 108 dB/mW sensitivity.

The TH-WR700 goes on sale in Japan starting this March for around the £125 but no word as to whether-or-not they’ll ever reach these shores.

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AQ Amigo Flatpack Portable Stero Speaker Bar Balances on Laptop Screen

by Jay Garrett on November 11, 2009

aq-amigo-portable-laptop-speaker 2I’ve yet to find a laptop that actually has great speakers that give decent depth and clarity.

At home I have my laptop go through my little Denon mini system that chucks the noise out through some Q Audio monitor speakers – all well and good til I hit the road with said lappy.

I’ve tried various portable, USB powered speakers before but they tend to be a tad bulky.

My main issue is that, being fairly tall, desktop speakers would be ideal if my ears were in my forearms – I could do with some speakers that actually fire from the top of my laptop screen……

AQ Amigo has only just announced a new portable PC speaker that’s designed to fit to the top of laptop screens!

Not only that – the NXT “Exciter” flat panel boasts bi-directional speaker technology as well as being USB plug-and-play.

Naturally it will play nice with both Mac and PC portables (and desktops for that matter if you should so wish), the speaker offers 2 x 1.2 Watt output, measures 260 x 60 x 25mm, weighs 170 grams and is on sale now for the princely sum of £24.95.

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