To be fair the Indigo is far more sophisticated than a typical iPod dock. In fact, it’s designed to be nothing less than the ‘Universal control center’ for all your digital and analogue sources.

The Indigo can handle sources via Bluetooth A2DP, SPDIF, AES, USB, iPod, and optical as well as utra-low distortion headphone jacks alongside the conrol panel and inside we find a fifth-generation Pulse Array DAC.

Each Indigo comes with a modded iPod classic which transforms the machine into a glorified high-end music source and your iPod into a wireless device. It also wirelessly streams media from most mobile phones.

The supplied iPod classic comes with a special dongle which Chord claims allows “a true digital output can be obtained to feed directly into the DAC circuitry”. If you choose not to purchase the modified iPod you can attach you own via a standard dongle that links directly to the A2DP receiver.

If your appetite has been whetted you better start saving that $12,000 chord are asking for.

Specifications

• Harmonic Distortion
  • < -103 dB (1kHz, 24-Bit @ 44.1KHz Sample Frequency)
  • < -110dB (100Hz, 24-Bit @ 44.1KHz Sample Frequency)
• Signal to Noise Ratio: > 120dB
• Channel Separation: > 125dB @ 1KHz
• Dynamic Range: 120dB
• Switchable Digital Inputs:
  • 2 x 75Ω SP/DIF BNC Coax
  • 2 x AES Balanced XLR Input
  • 2 x Plastic fibre optic ( TOSlink )
  • 1 x USB ( B type )
  • 1 x Bluetooth supporting A2DP Stereo Audio
  • 1 x Digital iPod Dock input
  • 1 x Wireless iPod digital input
• Switchable Analogue Inputs:
  • 1 x RCA/XLR stereo analogue input
  • 1 x Analogue iPod Dock input
• Analogue Inputs:
  • Stereo RCA Phono and balanced XLR Line Level Direct Outputs
  • Stereo RCA Phono and balanced XLR Volume Control Outputs
• Headphone Output: 1 x ¼” headphone jack socket
• USB Hub:
  • 2 x Front panel USB sockets
  • 1 x iPod dock sync
• RAM Buffer: 3 Settings – off, minimum & maximum
• Phase Switch: 2 Settings – Positive or Negative output phase
• Sample Frequencies:
  • 32KHz – 96KHz Single Cable,
  • 176KHz & 192KHz Dual Cable ( Dual data mode )
• Line Level Output:
  • 6V rms. Balanced
  • 3V rms. unbalanced
• Output Impedance: 75Ω  (short circuit protected)
• Dimensions: 420mm x 355mm x 88mm  (Width x Height x Depth)
• Power Consumption: 30W
• Weight: 12 Kg

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Many speakers systems now boast that they don’t require us to trail wires all over our houses but this little gadget has a new take on the idea. Its a speaker – but its also a light bulb!

The SoundBulb is a fully functioning LED light bulb combined with a Bluetooth speaker

Volume is controlled by twisting the outer ring of the bulb. The speakers are, of course, powered by the bilb socket so no extra wires are required for that either.

Unfortunately these are just a concept at the moment but here’s hoping they make it to production.

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Images and stats have surfaced around BenQ’s long-awaited high-end S6 MID along with a product page in English suggesting an imminent World-wide launch!

The S6 comes with a wealth of features including an 800MHz Intel Atom CPU, 4.8-inch WVGA (800 x 480) display, 512MB DDR2 RAM, a 2GB SSD, Bluetooth 2.0 / WiFi, microSD slot, inbuilt G-sensor and support for myriad multimedia file formats.

Here are the stats

And here’s the video:

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Lu Le was inspired by the “Peas in a Pod” concept to design a speaker system consisting of a transparent tube containing seven sound-emitting speaker-balls. The balls can be removed from the tube and spread around the room to spread the distribution of the sound — and probably to ruin the stereo image too!

Communication with the spheres is via BlueTooth and the lithium ion batteries within them are recharged by induction when they are within the tube.

One of the spheres and only one is able to control the global volume

Long Tran from YankoDesign says:

Each pod holds 7 wireless bluetooth speakers. Only one possesses the one ring to rule them all because it controls global volume. Each sphere is powered by a lithium ion rechargeable via induction when placed in the pod. The system doesn’t do surround sound since it can’t separate channels, but it’s a good way to fill a large area with a mixed stereo track

This concept probably isn’t the best way to create an audiophile sound system but this delightful idea certainly stretches our preconceptions of what can be done with wireless technology.

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It’s happened. After a week of rumours Apple has done what GeekSugar predicted and spec-bumped its iMac range.

In a change to normal Apple tradition the change has come on a Monday instead of the usual Tuesday revisions.

iMacs now benefit from the following:

Generic specs

• Core 2 Duo Penryn processors
• Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
• 802.11n WiFi
• Gigabit Ethernet
• Built-in iSight cam
• 5x USB 2.0 (including keyboard slots)
• 1x Firewire 400
• 1x Firewire 800

Base model

• 20-inch monitor
• 2.4GHz processor
• 128MB of ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT graphics
• 1GB of memory
• 250GB 7200RPM disk
• Price: $1,199

Top end model

• 24-inch monitor
• 3.06GHz processor
• 512MB of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS graphics
• 2GB of memory
• 320GB 7200rpm disk

The new models are available right now from the Apple Store

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Here’s something we don’t often see: a bluetooth earpiece that’s quite interesting. The Plantronics Discovery 925 has an unusual design and comes with a full list of features.

Features include:

• Weight: 8 grams
• Call management:
  • Return to dial
  • Redial last number
  • Voice activation
• Volume control
• Coloured LED status indicator showing
  • Connection quality
  • Battery charge
• Battery usage: 5 hours

Lots of function in a very small space!

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