Tech.Wapline

Denon has a few new audio offerings as of late, with the S-52 iPod speaker dock firing the opening shot.

It’s also an internet / DAB / FM radio, CD player, and a wireless audio streamer that can stream MP3s, AACs and other formats from a PC. At £500 ($1000+), it’s rather expensive, but you get a lot of bang for your buck. Also new is the AT-SP30BLH speaker set, which couples up with the ID-5 iPod dock. $230, and the duo’s yours: although at only 6 Watts output, you’re probably best looking elsewhere.

Try not to succumb to that waft of staleness overpowering your senses right now. That’s just the latest addition to Toshiba’s once proud gigabeat series of DAPs you smell.

The newest U-series models include the 1GB U104, 2GB U205, and 2GB U206. Besides sporting a set of cross-hair controls, the U206 bests the U104 by stuffing an FM transmitter and tuner into the player along with a pair of canal-type buds. The U205 shares the controls of the U104 with the specs of the U206. Prices will start at ¥9,980 ($87) before topping out at ¥14,800 ($129) when they pop for retail on the 9th.

We certainly haven’t been starved for media streamers of late, and if you reckoned the feature-packed EZfetch Wireless HD Digital Media Player would be priced right out of your league, guess again. This multifaceted unit, which appeared just days ago on the FCC’s website, is now officially available to anyone interested — and for $249, no less. Yep, for the price of a (likely sold-out) Wii, users can can pick up a snazzy streaming box that pulls in content from Nokia N-series mobiles, PCs, NAS drives and a slew of WiFi-enabled devices in order to light up your living room TV. Furthermore, the gizmo plays nice with more formats than you can shake a stick at, and it’s shipping now to those who simply can’t resist.

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Notice anything missing from the Nokia Music Store launched yesterday? How about Madonna? According to the Wall Street Journal, Warner Music Group — yeah, that guy — is withholding their goods due to concerns with copyright abuse at Nokia. No, not with Nokia’s Music Store but with their seemingly unrelated MOSH (MObile SHaring) file-sharing service. The other three majors — Universal, Sony BMG, and EMI — are all playing nice, however. A Nokia spokesman confirmed the absence stating, “we are hopeful that Warner will be part of Nokia Music Store in the future.” Who knew that Madonna could be used like a big stick?

Look, if you absolutely, positively must get some DAB into your iPod lifestyle, then you’ll probably be somewhat interested in the Robi — a new tuner from Roberts Radio which lets you pipe in smooth digital broadcasts via your regular old player.

There really aren’t a lot of plusses here; for £49.99 (or $100) you get a DAB tuner that also does double duty as a remote. Does this second function justify the cost? Probably not, considering all those extra cables and unsightly middleman, but if you’ve got a bad desire for digital radio, you could do a lot worse (you could also consider players with built in DAB functionality). Available now, it would appear.