Not to be confused with the Fool’s Gold of Leave No Trace fame, this limited edition set of AIAIAI headphones is a collaboration between the Danish manufacturers and Fool’s Gold Records’ A-Trak and Nick Catchdubs. Coming with a screw-on adapter for DJ-use, the yellow cabling look immediately iconic, though it’s beyond the aesthetics that you’ll get a real boost. With a frequency response of 20 to 20.000 Hz, when AIAIAI say “this is a specialized piece of equipment for the hardworking musician”, they mean it. Available shortly from the AIAIAI online store.
The second generation of Brothers’ epic Wall Of Sound iPod speaker systems, they may costs a whopping $4,495, but you sure get your money’s worth. Packing 28 elements, a frequency response of 40Hz-20kHz, this beast weighs in at 102 kilos, I just hope you’ve got a wall to dedicate to it. It’ll take iPhone’s too, just watch out for interference.
Taking obvious influence from the luxury Vertu brand, Æsir’s Æ+Y phone is certainly a style over substance entry. With a gorgeous UI making the most of a bespoke typeface and icon set, while the Æ+Y won’t do apps – there’ll certainly be no Angry Birds on offer here – that isn’t really what this phone is all about. Coming unlocked, the phone features an 18 carat solid yellow gold 3N keypad and rear plate with stunning knurled side-plates. Price-wise, if you have to ask, you can’t afford, though for those rich of pocket, it’ll make a great fashion accessory.
For when you don’t want a silky felt Hard Graft case for your iPad or MacBook, Unit Portables offers a fair few alternatives, and a heap of colours to boot. Keeping your stuff organised and protected on the move, they’re a collation of items that’ll have your main bag, iPad tote and cable bag all sorted, setting you back a reasonable €99.
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Everyone in the camera and camcorder world has been going a little 3-D of late, but hopefully a new projector phase will quickly steer us well clear. And the Sony HDR-PJ50V Camcorder is a fine effort to take a stranglehold on the market. Packing a 220GB HDD built-in, able to record up to 91 hours of footage in LP mode, at max res. it’ll hit a full 1920×1080 HD 60p, all through a wide angle G lens, razor-sharp ‘Exmore R’ CMOS sensor, 17x extended zoom and 3″ touch screen for good measure too. The projector though is what really matters, and hook this up in front of a wall and it’ll output at up to 60″ in size, perfect for family memories and amateur movie projects alike.
Certainly what your iMac needs, is a slipper. Just look at its little foot, doesn’t it look cold and lonely? And yet jokes aside, I do really want to buy one. Hard Graft’s Slipper will fit Apple Cinema Displays too.
Poketo’s Clé USB memory sticks are the biggest in the world – packing only 2GB – nor are they probably the fastest, but boy are they cute. Whoever needed speed or size anyway? Well, everyone, but ignore that.
Perennial watch, headphone and clothing manufacturers, Nixon have got a new pair of cans out, this time designed for DJs. The RPM Headphones feature a custom 40mm driver, Nixon’s trademark articulating joints and new unique, gel-filled ear cushions to create a comfortable seal to your ears. There’s an iPhone remote on the cable too.
Konkreet Labs‘ Performer iPad app might not create music for you, but instead lets you control anything that receives OSC or MIDI, and in a pretty mind-bending, and sumptuously visual way. Don’t understand just on earth all the shapes, waves and swirls work? Well, we didn’t either, but once you just into it, it’s a pretty wonderful system, though I’m not sure if we’d trust it just yet from on-stage. You can grab it in the App Store here.
