By Jason Epstein
Every January, CES graces both the techie blogosphere and the early adopters with promises of incredible gear and gadgets. While curvy televisions, 4K HD, and wearable tech were trending at this past CES, we want to take a look at a handful of sweet new music tech gear. Are you willing to shell out of any of these?
This WiFi music system more than quadrupled its Kickstarter goal. It’s a colorful, palm-sized, multi-room, multi-user device that plays through any speaker from your phone. On-the-go flexibility like that is exactly the type of thing music lovers want at their fingertips.
Have you ever been on a hike, at the beach, or manning the grill and wanted to listen to your tunes without worrying about heat, moisture, or debris messing up your groove? Check out Fugoo. This waterproof, shock-proof, snow-proof, dust-proof speaker comes in three flavors: Tough Jacket, Sport Jacket and Style Jacket (though to be honest, Tough Jacket looks the coolest.)
Astell & Kern AK240 Portable Audio Player
The newest iPod Touch models have effectively stripped away the iPod Classic’s max storage capacity of 160GB, leaving serious audiophiles and music lovers behind in favor of touch screens and apps. But this new high-res audio player has a whopping 256GB of internal memory (plus space for more) with a dual core processor, the ability to connect to download sites right from the player, and a gorgeous screen. Lossless audio: here we come!
There aren’t many good sport headphones out there that actually deliver high quality audio, a comfortable fit and durability for high activity. So it is with open arms that we welcome the Yurbud’s ability to lock into place firmly, comfortably and wirelessly with top-notch audio clarity.
The only thing worse than taking the time to tune a guitar is the sound that tuning makes. The Gibson Min-E Tune is a low profile, lightweight tuning system that sticks on the back of a guitar’s headstock and tunes your guitar strings in just seconds. Now if they could just come out with a device that kept guitars from playing the opening of “Stairway to Heaven.”
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