Creative Zen Stone Plus With In-built Speaker Announced

IDLDPL (India Digital Life Style Distributors Pvt. Ltd.) will soon make available the Creative Zen Stone Plus with in-built speaker.Apart from the built-in speaker the second version of Zen Stone Plus features a small OLED display with customizable equalizer settings and functionalities including stopwatch, FM/AM radio system, recording facility etc. This MP3 player comes with a translucent silicon skin and a clip to hold onto pockets.

Available in 2 GB and 4 GB capacities the player can store up to 1000 songs. Apart from MP3 and WMA formats, the Zen Stone Plus also supports audible files and unprotected AAC files (including iTunes Plus).
Powered by USB cables from a PC, the player does not require drivers to synchronize with a desktop or laptop. By downloading Creative Media Lite, one can easily rip CDs, manage folders, transfer files and access other essential functions.
The Creative Zen Stone plus is available in matte black, dark blue, pink or champagne and features a smooth, contoured design for a natural, comfortable fit in the hand. The 2 GB version will be available for Rs. 3699.Source

Creative Launches MuVo T200

Creative recently introduced in India the Creative MuVo T200, equipped with a full color LCD display screen and a built-in USB connector. Users can now personalize this player by selecting from six color themes to be displayed on the vibrant full color LCD screen to reflect their personalities, listening moods and music preferences.

"The tiny Creative MuVo T200 functions as both a MP3 player and a USB storage device. Its ultra compact design, with dimensions of only 25 x 77.7 x 11 mm and a feather light weight of only 20.6 grams, make it very convenient for users to bring along wherever they go", said Toh Sork Lee, Regional Sales Manager, India, Creative Technology Ltd

Available in black, white and pink, the Creative MuVo T200 supports MP3, WMA and Audible music formats and is available in 2GB and 4GB storage capacities. Users can store up to 500 of their favorite music tracks and enjoy up to 9 hours of seamless music playback with a single charge of the rechargeable battery.

The player is equipped with a 65,000 full color LCD screen (24 x 6 mm viewing area), and comes with a built-in FM radio and voice recorder. The Creative MuVo T200 is priced at Rs. 3399 and Rs. 4999 for 2GB and 4GB respectively.Source

Creative Aurvana DJ Headphones

This is for all you guys who aspire to be a DJ one day.
Creative came out with these DJ headphones in the middle of last year, and they're called Creative Aurvana DJ. Aurvana is their latest line of headphones; their in-ear headphones were reviewed last week in the earphone shoot out.

Design and Features

These closed-back circumaural cans are nice and heavy; with quite a sturdy build. This is not usually the case with Creative products, so it is impressive. The aesthetics include a dual tone: the earpads and headband are black, while joints and driver enclosures have a brushed metal finish. The latter is more like gunmetal than your regular aluminum, and imparts a slight coppery tint. The material used isn’t metal though; it’s hard plastic.

The earcups are angled in towards the ears when viewed from front, and are rotatable 180 degrees vertically, so they can be inverted outward for one-ear use. This is a must for DJ headphones. The drivers are 40 mm with neodymium magnets, while the specs state copper-clad aluminum wire voice coils, oxygen-free cables, and gold-plated connector plugs. Speaking of plugs, a 3.5 mm EP-¼ inch TRS (small to big) converter is included for use with pro audio equipment.

The driver cases and adjustable headbands are padded well, with the regular leathery finish for the pads. The frequency response is 20Hz~20 kHz, sensitivity is 105 dB/mW (at 1Khz), and the impedance is 32 ohms.

Performance

The first thing noticable is the ergonomic factor of these headphones, as DJs will be using it for hours, that too standing up. As you put them on they do feel a bit heavy, but you get used to it after a while.
Here are some observedresults : bass was not audible all the way down to 20 Hz; at about 27 Hz the levels dropped off. The response was not linear above 2K, the highs and high mids were at least 3dB higher, simply speaking the headphones sounded bright. The bass was extremely tight though, and the beats sounded very good. This was probably the best part of the sound. Level-wise the headphones' perceived loudness was decent, though not the loudest.

Conclusion
At Rs 8000, these are expensive. Sound timing and bass response are very impressive though; so enthusiasts and DJs who have the cash might want to try these out but it would be convinient if the price would be cut off to something like Rs. 5000.