Mr. Sasaki explained that mature technologies, such as analog TV, have limited growth potential, but entrenched audiences, whereas emerging technologies frequently offer more potential than genuine growth—that is, until an unanticipated development generates mainstream interest in what had previously seemed an unlikely direction. Take the Web explosion of the last 10…
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HE2006's official keynote address was delivered by Gary Sasaki, president of DIGDIA, a company that helps companies understand the ways that digital entertainment creates growth opportunities for savvy businesspeople.
There are two tiny omnidirection mics on that sweet little thing — Belkin's TuneTalk Stereo ($69.99) — displayed here by Jackie Romulo. You can record stuff directly onto your iPod and play it back later. So, if you're a student at a sleepy lecture or a hack reporter like me, you have an instant cheat sheet.
Which means you wouldn't have to call Belkin's PR Manager, Melody Chalaban, while you're up in Jon Iverson's room posting entries, to get the model name and price that you forgot to write down.
Good stuff, I say.
Also in the Belkin room, I had the pleasure of chatting with Dr. Bruce Edgar who had furnished the room with his Edgarhorn Titan II loudspeakers ($16,000). Dr. Edgar is an experimental physicist. And also a mind reader. I sat beside him, facing the system with its outrageous array of silvery PureAV interconnects and speaker cables jutting out like all sorts of tentacles and arms and legs, thinking: "Any other cables would make this system look ugly," when Dr. Edgar said to me: "Any other cables would make this system look ugly, don't you think?"
"Yes, that's what I was just…
After experiencing Shure's Push-to-Hear control switch, I was in a headphone kind of mood, so I walked on over to HeadRoom's aptly named Headphone Heaven. I imagine that this heavenly set-up will serve as a much-needed respite for many weary showgoers. I found smiling faces, comfy lounge chairs, happy flowers, and lots of sunshine. Everything in the room begged, "Try Me!"
I was soon greeted by HeadRoom's Tyll Hertsens who led me into a private room where I had my way with his Max balanced amp ($4000) driving two sets of headphones — Sennheiser's HD650s and AKGs very attractive K…
I've never owned a set of headphones. Is that what they're called? Or should it be pair of headphones? Headphones? Earphones? I don't even know. I've stayed away from headphones for a couple of reasons: I don't like having things on my head or in my ears, and I actually do enjoy hearing the sounds around me — the banjos on the F train, the buses on Madison Avenue, the sirens around the corner, the construction in our hall. Oh, and the birdies chirping, too.
So, I when I heard about Shure's Push-to-Hear (PTH) control switch, which allows you to instantly mute Led Zeppelin…
Whether or not Matsumi Suzuki has recreated the voice of the woman who sat for the portrait we call the Mona Lisa, he has already been awarded an Ig-Nobel Prize.
Apple gets more press for products it hasn't even announced yet than most companies get for products they are actually trying to promote. Here's the scoop (maybe) on the gen 6 iPod.
Huckleberry, locked in mortal combat with his deadly enemy, the piece of string.
Well, that's the twiddly bits inside my ears—a custom mold was taken by an audiologist so that Ultimate Ears could produce a pair of UE-10 Pros for me to review.
On Saturday June 3, from 1pm–6pm, Ultimate Ears and HeadRoom will have Audiologist Noy Soudaly at the show to do the same for you. If you're interested, make an appointment at HeadRoom's Headphone Heaven. They're bound to book up fast!
Bagheera asks the question men everywhere dread. Of course I assured her she looked muhvelous.