Grant Fidelity’s $3,200 Impression II weds CD player, tube amp and overkill

Filed under: Other formats , Players See that? That's a $3,200 CD player , which will be impossible to justify for pretty much anyone not featured on Joan Rivers' newest TV show. Designed and produced by Grant Fidelity, the CD-1000 Impression II packs a high-end Sanyo CD drive, tube analog output, tube headphone amplifier and a rather basic display screen, while the "anti-vibration aluminum chassis" tries as hard as it can to look both unorthodox and absurdly expensive. It's hard to

Sony VAIO VGN-Z750D/B 13.1-Inch Laptop – Black

Amazon.com Product Description Built tough for business, the Sony VAIO VGN-Z750D/B blends easy portability with high-performance computing. Weighing just 3.3 pounds, this Z-series notebook offers a 13.1-inch screen featuring scratch-resistant XBRITE-DuraView LCD and a 320 GB hard drive with Sony’s G-Sensor Shock Protection technology (and a 7200 RPM speed). A multi-layer carbon-fiber casing covers the LCD panel and bottom of the chassis to help protect against knocks and bumps, and a seamle

Sony Walkman E440 and B140 arrive in UK this month

Sony UK have announced two new Walkman PMPs, the E-series and formerly Japan-only B-series.  The Sony E440 is set to take on the iPod nano, with a 2.0-inch QVGA display, 9.3mm thick chassis and Clear Audio technology which promises to reduce left/right stereo leakage between the channels together with control low-end bass without distortion. Meanwhile the B140 – which was launched in Japan back in June  - has a slimline USB key form-factor and a compact monochrome display.  It has five

LaCie LaCinema Rugged HD gets 1080p and new codec support

LaCie have given their LaCinema Rugged multimedia hard-drive an HD upgrade, in the shape of the unsurprisingly-titled LaCinema Rugged HD .  The 500GB external hard-drive keeps the shock-resistant chassis, HDMI port and remote control, but now supports 1080p high-definition media in H.264, MKV, WMV9 and MPEG-4 formats.   Full connectivity includes a USB 2.0 port for hooking the drive up to a PC or Mac, an analog stereo audio output, composite video and digital optical audio outputs.  Th