New Gadgets

Want to play the role of Mr Tough Guy? Well, you can’t really go wrong with the Yamaha PDX-11 portable speaker system, where this octaganol unit will be equipped with a decent 4″ woofer as well as accompanied by a 3/8″ tweeter. All of that circuitry will require the juice of half a dozen AA batteries, which in turn will enable you to enjoy up to 8 hours of non-stop audio.

Apart from that, you will notice that the Yamaha PDX-11 will also come with a 30-pin connection that is located at the base, where it will cater for your iPhone or iPod. If you do not own any device from Steve Jobs, that is not a problem either, since it will also be well equipped with another uber popular alternative – the 3.5mm jack located around back that will let it groove to other portable media players as well.

There is a metal carry handle and grill that ought to make sure it can survive just about the average outdoor experience in cities and ghettos, as you choose from blue, white, green or black shades. The Yamaha PDX-11 will retail for a Benjamin if you are interested.

We don’t have clock radios anymore, we have audio systems. Witness the Yamaha  TXS-140 Desktop Audio System, which wakes you gradually.

Coming in a range of earth-inspired colors, the TSX-140 works with an iPod Touch and the iPhone. It can also play MP3 and WMA files stores on a USB flash drive. Oh, and it has an AM/FM radio.

What makes it special is the InteliAlarm, which wakes you with the audio source of your choice. It starts by filtering out uncomfortable high frequencies, then gradually restores the full audio spectrum. Finally, it beeps, to tell you to get the heck out of bed. It’s all gentle and stress-free. Until the beeping. You can pick one up for a list price of $399.95. Is it too late for a Black Friday deal?

This new gadget from Yamaha is designed primarily for recording audio. Unfortunately, it still cannot replace a full-fledged studio, but it is difficult to be called a usual voice recorder.

Pocketrak 2G with its modest size (34,2 mm x 119,5 mm x 13mm) and weight (49 grams) is very functional.
Stylish recorder is equipped with two gigabytes of internal memory and can record audio in PCM format and MP3, has a built-in speaker and highly sensitive microphones. This is quite sufficient for recording from 3 (best quality) up to 284 (lowest quality) hours. At the same time it works only on one AAA battery. It is enough to record / playback audio from 6 up to 25 hours, depending on the use of dynamics and sound quality.
Variable speed of playback and the ability to connect to a PC via a standard USB connector only adds convenience to this gadget.
The price of this gadget is $349.95.