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The Functionalist design philosophy that Dieter Rams brought to Braun from the 50s to the 90s still inspires the look of a few devices, including Apple’s iPod, Teenage Engineer’s synthesizers …read more Continue reading A Modern Take on Iconic Industrial Design
Music consumption has followed a trend over the last decade or more of abandoning physical media for online or streaming alternatives. This can present a problem for young children however, …read more Continue reading Yaydio, a Music Player For Kids
Back in mid-2020, a project out of Taiwan launched on Indiegogo to produce a gorgeous little mechanical music box that could play tunes loaded in using a smartphone app. Now its makers are aiming for double the fun with the Muro Box N40.Continue Readin… Continue reading Beautiful app-controlled mechanical music box extends the range
Astell&Kern has announced an upgrade to 2021’s “mass premium” A&norma SR25 MkII digital audio player. The SR35 comes with new amplifier technology, four DACs, a 20-hour battery life and a fresh new user interface.Continue ReadingCategory: Music, Techno… Continue reading Powerful quad-DAC SR35 audio player joins Astell&Kern’s entry level line
Astell&Kern has announced an upgrade to 2021’s “mass premium” A&norma SR25 MkII digital audio player. The SR35 comes with new amplifier technology, four DACs, a 20-hour battery life and a fresh new user interface.Continue ReadingCategory: Music, Techno… Continue reading Powerful quad-DAC SR35 audio player joins Astell&Kern’s entry level line
Over the years we’ve seen a lot of Raspberry Pi boards pushed into service as media players. In fact, second to emulating old game consoles, that’s probably the Pi’s most …read more Continue reading Get Your Raspberry Pi Jamming With MuPiBox
It’s been a busy week for high-end portable audio brand Astell&Kern, with the launch of the fourth member of its Kann performance line of digital audio players plus a new pair of in-ear monitors in collaboration with Campfire Audio.Continue ReadingCate… Continue reading Astell&Kern powers up for Kann Max quad-DAC digital audio player
High-end audio brand Astell&Kern (A&K) has added a new music player to its A&futura line, which slots in just below last year’s SE200 model. The stand-out feature on the SE180 is the ability to pop out the existing sound module and swap it for another…. Continue reading A&K’s latest digital audio player debuts interchangeable sound modules
Multi-instrumentalist, recording artist, graphic designer and now consumer product creator Tom Vek has been waiting for a digital music player that’s big enough and square enough to adequately display album art for a while now. Frustrated that nothing … Continue reading Hi-res digital music player designed for displaying album art
A mid-year revenue report from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has revealed vinyl sales in 2020 have surpassed compact disc (CD) sales for the first time since the mid-1980s. The report also reveals the COVID-19 pandemic hitting th… Continue reading Vinyl sales surpass CDs for the first time since 1986