At CeBIT, Logitech introduced their latest ClearChat PC Wireless headset designed for making VoIP Internet calls with no wires attached. The headset operates on 2.4GHz wireless technology and claims to deliver high-quality stereo audio with noise-canceling microphone.

Transcend has recently launched their new MP330 Digital Music Player that comes with a built-in USB connector for easy plug-and-play, OLED display and supports FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec), MP3, WMA, WAV, and WMA-DRM10 protected music files.

Sony Singapore has announced their latest series of Walkman video MP3 players - NWZ-S540 and NWZ-E440 - designed to please users with its superior features, as well as audio and video quality.

If you are a crazy fan for LEGO, you might want to consider getting your a pair of Elecom's Playbrick earphones.

Coming in fanciful colors, these cute earphones caught my eye and why you should get one too

It is not easy to convert your cassettes, LP records and CDs to digital music for playback on MP3 players and the likes. But Creative has come up with the Sound Blaster Easy Record that would make the conversion process a breeze to users. Simply plug in the USB and necessary audio cables and start the recording software.

Koichi Futatsumata, a Japanese designer and founder of Case-Real studio, was commissioned by electronics manufacturer EK Japan Co., Ltd. (Fukuoka, Japan) to design an amplifier that will appeal to a younger age bracket. After months at the drawing board, Futatsumata created the Elekit Tube Amp, a vacuum tube hybrid stereo amplifier. Featuring two front-mounted aluminum dials, a low 10 x 10 watt output, tone control stage, typical input and output jacks, the simple and elegant Elekit Tube Amp will no doubt attract many audio enthusiasts.

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Today, Samsung unveiled a new line of AV products in Singapore which includes the Samsung HT-BD8200 that claims to be the world’s first Blu-ray sound bar, and also the R1 and M1 “Beat” MP3 players.

Creative has announced their new Inspire S2 wireless speaker system that features a plug-and-play Bluetooth transmitter for wireless music playback to laptops and other mobile devices.

MP3 players are among the most popular consumer electronics products on the market today as almost every person you see on the streets or trains will be listening to one. Users who enjoy their music at an ear-shredding 125 decibels will be disappointed to learn that the European Union will be rolling out new legislation to cut the default maximum volume on MP3 players to no louder than 80 decibels by the end of the year. So what does 80 or 125 decibels mean to a layman?

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Today, Samsung Korea officially announced the availability of their new YP-M1 MP3 player which sports a 3.3-inch AMOLED display and powered by Nvidia Tegra processor. This literally means that it will run your HD videos (MPEG-4, Xvid, H.264, WMV etc) seamlessly. The YP-M1 comes in 8GB, 16GB and 32GB internal memory; the 8GB version retails at 299,000 Korean won  (approximately US$250).