Panasonic’s latest multimedia audio system available

Remember our news back in October [CEATEC 09- Live] Panasonic All in One Multimedia Hands-On about the launch of this all-in-one multimedia device which serves not only as a photo frame but also an i-Pod dock, CD player, video player etc.? It's been announced to be also available in the US in this December.

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Pioneer's new TAD-D600 player is the most magnificient player

It’s been quite a while since I haven’t been impressed by the design of a SACD and CD player, but Pioneer’s TAD-D600 is what I call a masterpiece. However, beauty is just one thing, another important thing here is the capacity of the TAD-D600 to provide the best sound possible, and this is what (on the paper, since we could not test this baby) exactly we have here.
Like any high-end SCAD player, our TAD-D600 features a 192kHz/24 DA Converter, an UPCG Master Clock (Ultra High Precision Crystal Generator), XLR, and so on.

Now ready to invest in this new baby? Well get ready to start saving right now, since this bad boy costs 1 arm and 1 leg (from what I heard) with a price of 2.6 Million Yen (19390€).

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Panasonic's new D-Dock is simply slick and beautiful

Some may say that our new D-Dock SC-HC4/HC3 revived B&O influence in its design, but personally I don’t care that much here as I am quite fond of this new D-Dock.

Specs-wise nothing breath taking, the SC-HC4/HC3 offers a 2x20W output at 6Ω, can be connected to the entire iPod line-up, has a FM and AM Radio tuner, a CD player, a SD Card reader and supports AAC, MP3 and WMA files.

Finally, only the SC-HC4 version will be capable of transferring or ripping any CDs into SD or SDHC cards at a speed up to 8x.

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