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Sunday, 08 May 2005 |
Digital music craze
stores up ear trouble for iPod fanatics
Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
MUSIC fans have been warned to turn down or switch off their iPods amid
fears the craze for MP3 players is storing up catastrophic and irreversible
hearing damage for a generation.
The iPod - like all digital music players - is compact, stores huge amounts of
music and can play for many hours. As a result, more people are listening for
longer to their favourite tracks.
But audiologists believe tens of thousands of young people are causing serious
damage to themselves, and are likely to suffer tinnitus and loss of hearing in
later life. The experts say MP3 players should be designed to prevent people
playing music above 90 decibels, about two-thirds of the maximum volume of a
typical device.
Perhaps more worryingly for people who have 3,000 songs stored on an iPod, they
also say listening should be restricted to no more than an hour a day.
The original Walkman played cassettes with a maximum duration of two hours,
while portable CD players give up to 80 minutes a disc. A typical MP3 player,
however, can store up to 300 hours of music and has batteries that last for 12
hours before needing to be recharged.
Volume controls on many of the machines can be cranked up to in excess of 100
decibels, equivalent to standing five metres from a pneumatic drill.
"It would obviously be beneficial to reduce the volume and restrict the usage of
personal players," said Christine DePlacido, principal audiological scientist at
the Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy. "The difficulty is in persuading people to do
this before their hearing is damaged, as many believe hearing loss will not
happen to them until they are much older.
DePlacido added: "A lot of the young people I see with tinnitus describe
listening to music at high intensities. It would be hard to say how great this
problem is, bearing in mind I only see people who are distressed by their
tinnitus. I imagine there are a lot more people out there who are just living
with it."Write Comment (0 Comments) |
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Saturday, 07 May 2005 |
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Luxpro has released a new copy of the Apple iPod Shuffle with an integrated
LCD.
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| Dimension (mm) |
26 (W) x 89.7 (H) x 14(D) |
| Weight |
28g (with Battery ) |
| LCD Module |
OLED Monochrome
64 x 48 pixels
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| Color |
White : MX-585D(W) / MX-1085D(W)
Black : MX-585D(B) / MX-1085D(B)
Red : MX-585D(R) / MX-1085D(R) |
| Power Supply |
Li-Ion rechargeable built-in battery
(Charging via USB port from computer or power adapter) |
| DSP |
24-bit |
| Internal Memory |
512MB : MX-585D(W) / MX-585D(B) /
MX-585D(R)
1GB : MX-1085D(W) / MX-1085D(B) / MX-1085D(R) |
| S/N Ratio |
MP3: > 95dB , FM: 77dB |
| Earphone Output |
R: 50mW, L: 50mW at 16Ω Max. Volume |
| Decoding Format |
MP3 (8~320Kbps), MP3-VBR,
WMA(5~192Kbps),
WMA-VBR, WMA-DRM, WAV (ADPCM) |
| Portable Storage Device
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YES |
| Firmware Upgradeable |
YES |
| FM Recording |
YES
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| OS Support |
Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP, Mac OS
V10.0 and
Linux kernel V2.4.0 later version |
| Input |
USB connector (USB 2.0 High-speed or 1.1) |
| ID3 Display |
45 Languages
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| Operating UI Menu |
10 Languages |
| Equalizer Patterns |
19 EQs |
| Music Playmode |
5 Modes |
| Voice Playmode |
3 Modes
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| FM Frequency Range |
76~108MHz Full Band |
| FM Antenna |
Earphone / Headphone Cord Antenna |
| Voice Recording Format
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ADPCM(WAV): 8K (32Kbps) ~ 48KHz
(192Kbps)
Default: 32KHz (128Kbps) |
| Maximum Playing Time |
10 hours (128Kbps, MP3) |
| Maximum Recording Time
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512 MB : 36 hours (8KHz); 9 hours
-(32KHz)
1 GB : 72 hours (8KHz); 18 hours (32KHz) |
| Full-charge Time |
About 4 hours (2-hour fast-charge to 80%
capacity) |
| Default EQ |
Rock |
| Idle Timer Power Off |
5 Minutes
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| Preset FM Channel Numbers |
20 Channels
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| FM Default Frequency |
90.5MHz |
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Saturday, 07 May 2005 |
Library launches service for downloading audio books
Mansfield News, MA
The Mansfield Public Library through its membership in the SAILS Library Network
launched today an online digital library that offers patrons immediate access to
e-Book and Audio book titles.
SAILS is the first library network in Massachusetts to offer OverDrive Audio
Books in Microsoft Windows Media Audio format. Mansfield's residents can now
download, listen and enjoy unabridged spoken word audio on their PCs, laptops,
PDAs and many inexpensive MP3 players.
The online collection is available at sails.lib.overdrive.com. It serves
residents from 38 participating public libraries and students and faculty of the
Bristol Community College.
According to Deborah K. Conrad, executive director, SAILS, "Digital audio books
and bestsellers are the next step in library services. The number of people
using portable devices like Smart Phones and PDAs is growing exponentially --
and now our libraries are here to serve them."
The portable digital format of e-Books and Audio books offers countless
advantages for business travelers and students. It's a valuable tool for those
learning to read and gives the visually impaired even greater access to
materials. Users also find the fact that there is no need to return items
extremely convenient; when the loan period is over the file expires and the
materials are automatically checked back in.Write Comment (0 Comments) |
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Saturday, 07 May 2005 |
Online music subscription services battle it out with iTunes
News 8 Austin, TX
How you choose to buy your music is really a matter of taste, whether it's a la
carte or by subscription. A la carte, a la Apple's iTunes, you pay for
individual songs or albums and then you own them forever.
Subscription services, like the new Napster, allow you to pay one fee and get
any song at all, as many as you want, but you only have access to those songs as
long as you keep paying your subscription fee.
"I think a la carte is great for people that are commitment phobic. You can
always just buy what you want, there's no strings attached, you like a song you
go and you buy it," Jonathan Schwartz of Relix Magazine said. "That being said
I'm always a value conscious buyer and for 15 bucks you could really rent the
entire music store."
Real Networks, which this week unveiled a revamped version of its Rhapsody
online music service, is playing both sides and offering yet another enticing
option: free music.Write Comment (0 Comments) |
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