How You Can Find the Perfect iPod Speakers July 28, 2008
Posted by admin in : Headphone , add a commentSo, you have an iPod, but not the speakers. Well, you need to pick up a pair today. The speaker make sharing the music so much easier with your friends. Have that great song you want to have all you friends listen to, but it’s a pain to pass it around with just the headphones? Well, that’s why iPod has made the speakers, for easy music listening with your friends.
Nowadays, you can throw a party anywhere as long as you have an iPod and a set of iPod speakers. They are so tiny, yet they can boom the bass and shake up the place.
iPod speakers are either portable, which you can carry around, or home models, which you cannot carry around because of some restrictions like, it is bigger and heavier and is therefore not handy, and it is not battery operated and work only when plugged into an electrical outlet.
But, that’s why there’s so many options for speakers on the iPod. You can get anything from small, easily portable speakers to something big enough to hook up to a home stereo system. It just increases the versatility of the iPod as whole.
The portable models are battery operated and has a size just slightly larger than iPod Nano and some weighs only half an ounce! Although portable iPod speakers offer sound better than most computer speaker, it can’t compete with the home only or standalone iPod speakers that can produce louder, crisper, and more booming sound, for these iPod speakers get their power directly from an electical outlet that gives much energy compared to a low voltage battery.
Below are the best in iPod speakers that could rock us out of our seat with their booming sound.
-iBlasting the Room with iBoom iPod speakers
iBoom is the newest iPod speaker from DLO. The iBoom iPod speakers sport an amorphous shape and has a slot in the front which serve as a hub for iPod or iPod mini. The four iPod speakers only need 20 watts per channel to start producing sound. iBoom iPod speakers also has a built-in handle, an AUX in port, and can run either on AC power or a with six “D” batteries. When plugged in to an AC power, the iBoom iPod speakers will charge the cradled iPod. Design wise, iBoom iPod speakers look pretty good with a white iPod cradled on it.
The plus points for iBoom iPod speakers are (1) low wattage consumption but could still produce decent sound, (2) portable and (3) charge an iPod when it is running on A/C power.
- ‘What’s the new Black?’
For Altec Lansing, the answer is still black.
Altec Lansing’s inMotion iM3 iPod speakers come in the usual Apple white and, now, in black. It weighs around 15 to 16 ounces only and is sized just a bit larger than the iPod.
Altec Lansing is known for creating sound system that could produce sounds in different ranges from the highest pitch to the lowest bass. And now that Altec Lansing has speakers for the iPod, expect that these iPod speakers would be of high quality. In fact, these iPod speakers has a class D amplifier to create rich, audible sounds.
It’s quite unbelievable that these speakers could last 24 hours from four AA batteries. You can carry these iPod speakers anywhere, and play it on for an all night party even on a place where there’s no power outlet, like the soccer field, basketball court, or the lakeside.
The black Altec Lansing iPod speakers has the same price as that of the Apple white version.
- Apple’s Hi-Fi Shouts “Party!”
When iPod was released in 2001, the only way you could hear the playing songs is through headphones. There were no Apple-branded iPod speakers then, yet. Third party manufacturers and developers created their own iPod speakers to answer the growing demand for off-headphones music playing.
In 2006, Apple realized that it was time to create one of its own. In February, Apple released the iPod Hi-Fi. Priced at $349, Apple’s eye is set on the high-end market.
Hi-Fi iPod speakers, according to Apple, creates a large soundstage and has a wide frequency range. So, Hi-fi iPod speakers are not only portable speakers, they can be the only speaker for a small house or an apartment, replacing the bulky speakers with separate woofer and sub-woofers. With the sound of these Hi-Fi iPod speakers, you can shout “Party!” anytime you want.
Design wise, it looks cool. It bears the traditional Apple white color. It’s size is bigger than most portable iPod speakers and is the heaviest, weighs 15 ounces, in the entire line of third party developed iPod speakers
Hi-Fi iPod speakers are powered in two ways, AC or DC (six D-cell batteries), comes with a small, white remote control, and built-in handles to bring it anywhere you go.
So, if you haven’t picked yourself up a pair of iPod speakers yet, what are you waiting for? There’s so many options that I’m sure there’s a pair out there for exactly what your needs are.
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More Advantages of the iPod July 27, 2008
Posted by admin in : Headphone , add a comment–> Multiple Language Supports
Thinking of buying an iPod and sending it to a relative or friend overseas? If so, then you might be concerned about the menu, and the fact that it’s in English. Well, worry no more!
Actually, initial versions of the iPod already offered 14 different languages. Now, especially since sales of the iPod have boomed worldwide, latest generation versions offer more than twice as many languages, including:
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Spanish
Swedish
Traditional Chinese
Turkish
Also, for song information only, the iPod menu supports:
Bulgarian
Croatian
Romanian
Serbian
Slovak
Slovenian
Ukrainian
–> It Knows when You’re Listening
Speaking of versatility, one advantage that the iPod has it that it can sense whether headphones are being used or not. If you’re listening to music and you pull the headphone jack out of its port, the iPod will pause.
But remember that if you re re-attach the headphones, the music will not play by itself, you’d have to do that manually.
However, if you’ve set your iPod to sleep mode or turned off, plugging in the headphones will get the song to play again.
–> Get Ready for the iPod Photo!
So the iPod offers you music, educational tools, and now photo display! Apple released the iPod photo in early 2005. The portable music player now has a color screen to allow users to display photos and album art.
The iPod photo can send photos to a television via a composite or S-video cable.
The iPod photo can hold 30,000 photos, but it costs “an arm and a leg” according to some consumers. Rumors have it however that as soon as it’s picked up and given a look-see, the temptation to buy one gets very, very strong. So beware!
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out of their Ipod.
Acoustic Vs. Electric Guitars Which Guitar Is The Best To Start Learning With July 26, 2008
Posted by admin in : Headphone , add a commentOne of the most common questions I get from new guitarists is, “should
I begin on the acoustic or electric?” To be honest, there really is no
right or wrong answer. But let’s look at some of the differences to
help us decide.
First, the biggest question is what kind of music do you like? If you
want to learn to play like Metallica or Greenday, then it’s obvious
you need to get an electric guitar. If you want to play like James
Taylor or Dave Matthews, then an acoustic would be the best route to go.
Parents, if you are helping your child decide what is best for them, be
sure to ask them what kind of music they want to learn. Also, ask them
if they know which kind of guitar they would like and why. Asking these
questions has always helped me figure out which guitar would be a better
fit for my students. Sometimes, people just want to play the guitar
because it’s “cool”– or because they want to be a rock star. Or, maybe
a friend is learning to play drums and they want to start a band
together. In these cases I normally would recommend an electric.
Motivation
is the key here. Sometimes simply buying the wrong kind of guitar, can
make a child lose interest in playing and then you are out the time and
money. I’ve seen many parents, even with the best intentions, have a child
start on acoustic when the child really wanted an electric and it normally
ends the same way– disinterest.
So, besides appearance, what are some of the important things to consider?
Generally, you can play the same things on either guitar, and the basics
are the same. The guitar is tuned the same and all the scales and chords
you learn will be the same for either. However, the sound is different.
What sounds good on one may sound weak, out of place, or downright silly
on the other. When a lot of people think of guitar, they think of the guy
who comes to the front of a stage in the middle of a song and plays a
screaming solo. If this is the kind of playing you’re looking to learn,
then you need an electric. If you’re wanting to learn to strum chords,
kind of like the Beatles, then get an acoustic. Electrics tend to be played
louder, more aggressively and have a raunchier dirty kind of sound.
Acoustics tend to have a fuller, more natural sound and have a little more
laid back kind of a feel.
The main advantage of an electric guitar when beginning to play is the string
gauge. Electric guitars usually have strings that are much thinner than
the strings of their hollow bodied brothers. This means that it’s a little
bit easier to push the strings down on electric. The strings are thinner,
though, and may feel a little sharper than the thicker acoustic strings.
But, guitarists who start on electric and then pick up the acoustic sometimes
find they have to develop their hand strength a little before they can get
comfortable on the acoustic. One disadvantage of the electric, is that it is
noisier. The pickups of an electric are much less forgiving of mistakes than
an acoustic is. Because an electric is sensitive to every little nuance of
touch, finger placement and pressure, tiny mistakes beginners make will ring
more clearly on an electric than on an acoustic. Another disadvantage of the
electric guitar is it’s a little more expensive to get everything you need to
start on it. Not only do you have to buy the guitar but you have to buy an
amp and a guitar cable to go with it. On average it will cost $40-$80 more
to start on an electric than an acoustic of similar quality.
The main advantage of an acoustic is it’s portability. The acoustic can go
almost anywhere and be played anywhere. So you can practice or perform wherever
you’d like– whether at home, on a trip, or around the campfire. There is no
extra equipment required, just pick it up and play. Another advantage of the
acoustic is the volume. I have never been asked to stop playing my acoustic
because of noise– even when in the dorms at college or playing in my apartment
at two in the morning. I have been asked on several occasions to turn down my
amp or to stop playing all together by a frustrated roommate or neighbor.
However, if your main concern with an electric is noise, most amps have a
headphone jack you can use to keep others happy. Getting a clean sound is a
little easier on an acoustic than an electric. But, guitarists who start off
on acoustics and then switch to electrics may find the required precision to
control the noise a little difficult to handle at first. Another disadvantage of
an acoustic is it’s a bit quiet when playing in a band unamplified. So playing
with a band (especially drums) may require extra equipment to be heard.
So there you have it, the main differences between starting on the acoustic guitar
or starting on an electric guitar. What choice you make depends on:
The look you want: Are you going for the rock star look?
The sound: Do you prefer the pure natural sound or the crunchy distorted sound?
The tradeoff: Ease of pressing strings down, or more forgiving of mistakes?
Price?
Portability?
In the end, most guitarists who stick with playing a year or two, soon pick up the
other kind of guitar as well. So, what you start on depends on what is most
important to you.
For more guitar related articles by this author, answers to common guitar related questions, and free blank tablature and blank guitar charts visit http://www.fishmanmusic.com
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