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FiiO E5 Portable Headphones Amplifier
29, Nov 2008
The Fiio E5 portable headphone amplifier is probably the world’s smallest headphone amplifier that is designed to improve not only the volume, but also the sound quality of almost any digital audio player such as a MP3 or MP4 Player, Mobile Phone, Laptop, or just about any other portable music device, it can also work on Ninja headphones if you’re a gamer. It is an upgraded model of the Fiio E3 Headphone Amplifier which is already very popular around the world because of it’s great results and very affordable price. And the best of all is that the new E5 not only retains all the features of the E3, but also manages to improve on all the drawbacks that the previous model had. So if you want to use a higher quality headphones with your portable music device than the ones you got it with you probably have to check out the Fiio E5 and the benefits that this portable and inexpensive device can provide in order to boost the volume and improve the bass performance…
The Fiio E5 portable headphones amplifier comes in a very small case that has a clip on it’s back so you can easily attach it to your belt for instance. Actually the form and the size of the device are quite similar to the iPod shuffle music player, but the functionality of the two devices is totally different. The E5 comes with a volume control, an integrated USB-rechargeable lithium-ion battery and a switch which will stop or activate the Bass Boost functionality of the device, features that were lacking in the previous E3 version. But Fiio E5 is more than just an upgraded version of the E3 headphones amplifier, it has a higher power output, better Signal to Noise ratio and Lower Distortion. The E5 also uses the new TI (Textas Instruments) headphone amp solution in order to have better sound quality to make it work better with high impedance headphone.
The Fiio E5 portable headphone amplifier is designed to work with headphones with impedance raging form 16 Ohms to 300 Ohms, providing up to 150 mW with 16 Ohm headphones and going down to 12 mW with 300 Ohms headphones. The Signal to Noise Ratio is at least 95 dB and distortion of less than 0.009% (10 mW). The Fiio E5 uses TI OPA2338UA as a pre-amp and TI TPA6130A as a power amplifier which give quite good results, especially having in mind the low price and the small size of the device. The built-in 200mAh rechargeable battery should be good for about 20 hours playtime at normal volume after that you’ll just have to plug it in a free USB port for a bit…
The FiiO E5 is currently available with a price of about $20 USD.
Portable Mobile Phone Jammer
7, Dec 2007
These portable hand held deices can help you protect your privacy when you need to. With the help of a portable mobile phone jammer you can block GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz signals all around you in a small radius. The jammer can block the mobile phone reception in a radius of about 5 to 10 meters around you and is small enough to fit in your pocket and not be seen by anyone. The device uses a 1000 mAh lithium-ion battery that can provide up to an hour and a half operating time and them must be recharged. You have two modes of operation a normal one and a high power mode in which the jamming range increases, but also the life of the battery becomes shorter than the normal 1.5 hours…
If you are feeling paranoid or want to block your GSM so that nobody can listen or trace you without your knowledge this portable GSM jammer can help you, but it is a bit pricey, so you will have to decide if you really want or need it. After all do you really need this type of additional security or you just want to play it cool in front of your friends, just like a spy or a wanted criminal?
The hand held GSM signal blocking device will cost you $166.
– Are you feeling paranoid today, then get one of these GSM signal jammers now…
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- Tags: battery, gsm jammer, jammer, mobile phone, portable, portable jammer, signal blocking
The MusicJam is a portable, studio-quality mixer that allows you to add live voice and guitar to the music being played on your iPod.
It’s all you need to have a professional mix of your live music! Simply start a song on your iPod and begin singing or playing along on your electric guitar. You may listen to the mix via your iPod headsets or send it to your stereo or PA System via standard RCA jacks. The MusicJam also adds a “karaoke” effect to the microphone to give your voice an on-stage sound and drive/tone/echo effects for your guitar, too.
The price of the Music Jam Mixer is $229.
– If you are interested in getting one of these usnits when they become available…