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Clarion Car Stereo Supports USB Media
Clarion’s DB365USB offers a new twist on trying to hook up your digital music player to your car audio system. Instead of messing with cassette adapters, miniature FM transmitters, or expensive manufacturer-installed iPod docks, the DB365USB offers a front-panel USB slot: just get yourself one of those tiny, inexpensive USB flash drives, load it with your favorite tunes, and away you go.
The DB365USB supports MP3 and WMA files; the unit can handle up to 255 tracks with file names up to 28 characters long. Folder names can be up to 16 characters long. Despite those limitations, the unit is smart enough to pick up on ID3 tags, so it’s 13×8 high contrast display can at least show some useful information about the tunes.
Onkyo Ships New XM/Neural A/V Receiver
Onkyo, a consumer electronics company which produces audio components, today announced they were shipping a new audio/video receiver which is compatible with XM Satellite Radio’s new 5.1 channel surround sound offerings. The new TX-SR504 is priced at just under $300.
The TX-SR504, said Onkyo, is XM Ready, meaning one need only hook a XM satellite antenna to it to receive the broadcast service’s programming. This receiver is also one of the first to market with Neural Sound processing, which means it can broadcast select XM channels in discrete 5.1-channel surround sound. The unit, also capable of receiving AM and FM, has 40 presets.
XM Preps Women’s Satellite Radio Station
Get ready women for a new XM satellite radio channel devoted specifically to you. Take Five, the satellite radio company announced today, will be beaming into satellite radios nationwide in October.
Take Five will feature daily satellite radio broadcasts of the
Onkyo Goes Home Theater Crazy
Product Descriptions:
HT-S580 5.1 Channel Home Theater System
The HT-S580 system features a 5.1-channel receiver that provides 100 watts per channel, including a sixth amplifier channel to power the external subwoofer. The receiver features 192 kHz/24-bit digital to analog converters for all channels, and a powerful 32-bit DSP engine that is fully compatible with Dolby Digital and DTS multichannel audio. It also features processing for Dolby ProLogic II and DTS Neo:6, each of which are capable of deriving realistic 5.1-channel audio from stereo sources. There are both optical and coaxial digital audio inputs, and four A/V inputs for connection of a variety of source equipment.
Jimmy Buffett Comes to Sirius Radio
The new 24-hour channel, featuring a wide variety of music, live broadcasts of Buffett’s concerts and other unique programs, will debut this summer.
Jimmy Buffett launched Radio Margaritaville in 1998 as an Internet-only channel, which will still be available at http://www.radiomargaritaville.com/. Now, for the first time, Jimmy Buffett fans across America can hear the channel in their cars, on their boats andon the go by becoming SIRIUS subscribers.
SIRIUS will also broadcast Radio Margaritaville live on a regular basis from a studio located at Buffett’s Margaritaville restaurant at Universal City Walk in Orlando, Florida. The channel isexpected to broadcast from its other Margaritaville Cafes and Restaurants currently located in Key West, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Jamaica and Cancun.
Sirius to Launch Martha Stewart Channel
The channel, the first of its kind, will provide original programming specifically designed for women listeners and their families, 24-hours-a-day, seven days-a-week.
Martha Stewart Living Radio will create programming focused on topics such as cooking, entertaining, gardening, home-keeping, decorating, holidays, collecting, health and whole living, crafts, andweddings, as well as how-to projects for parents and children, and information and tips for owners and their pets. Martha Stewart will be a regular presence on the channel and will be activelyinvolved with program development. Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia’s team of experts will also contribute. Martha Stewart Living Radio is expected to begin on SIRIUS later this year.
Onkyo ups Ante With New TX-SR503 Receiver
The model includes a wide array of features for home theater, including 7.1 channel processing, HDTV capable component video switching, and a newly designed preprogrammed remote control. This OnkyoTX-SR503 is currently available in both black and silver finishes at a suggested retail price of just $300.
The TX-SR503 boasts wide bandwidth component video switching with three inputs to switch up to three high definition and progressive-scan sources without degrading video quality. There are three A/V inputs with both composite and S-Video connections, plus a front panel A/V input for convenient connection of portable devices. The receiver has four assignable digital audio inputs with one coaxial and three optical connectors, RCA line-level connections for a CD player and audio recorder, and a subwoofer preamplifier output.
Onkyo HT-L970 Home Theater System
The system consists of a full featured 6.1 channel surround receiver, progressive-scan DVD changer, 150-Watt powered subwoofer, and six stylish extruded aluminum speakers designed to complement modern flat panel and projection video displays. The 6.1-channel SKS-HT240 speaker and subwoofer system is also available separately for use with other home theater electronics.
The centerpiece of the HT-L970 is the company’s TX-LR552 A/V receiver, which combines six channels of digital amplification, complete 6.1-channel processing, and a comprehensive array of inputs and outputs into a chassis that is under 4-inches high. Each of the receiver’s six amplification channels is capable of delivering 65 watts of power into six ohms, thanks to Onkyo’s exclusive digital amplifier technology.
Future Format Frenzy: Digital Audio And You
Quote from the article at AnandTech.com:
“While little is known outside enthusiast high fidelity circles, some DVD-A media and sampling are already shipping. Mitsubishi’s newest line of DVD players uses the processor that supports DVD-A. As you may have guessed, DVD-A is simply higher fidelity audio written to DVD media instead of CD. However, DVD-A has a data rate of almost seven times that of an audio CD. This allows us to encode/playback more channels at higher frequencies and bitrates. DVD-A supports five-channel audio while CD uses only two.
