Atomic Floyd Builds Metal Headphones For Your Heavy Metal

Slickly designed, metal headphones bring music to our ears.

Following a much-hyped, very enthusiastic reception from music lovers and fashion aficionados in the UK, France and Japan, Atomic Floyd officially launches in Hong Kong.

Looking at the design, and listening to the quality of the sound you can tell these headphones were created by a company that had backgrounds in style and function. The team at Atomic Flyoyd are in fact a collective of designers and engineers with backgrounds at Nike, adidas, Philips and Shure.

While most headphones are comprised of plastic components, Atomic Floyd’s are handcrafted with metal materials including AcousticSteel, Titanium and 24k Gold. So the trifecta of quality headphones is represented here: design, workmanship and sound! You know you’ll be impressed when you learn that the cable is made of a kevlar fabric!

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Sony Launches New Range of Sleek and Stylish PC Headsets

Look better than the other naked people on Chatroulette.

Sony Corporation of Hong Kong Limited today introduced fashionable new additions to its range of PC headsets designed for music listening, online multi-player gaming, and hands-free web chats as well as VoIP calls on MSN Messenger and Skype.

DR-350USB: Designed for audio excellence

With the supplied USB cable, the DR-350USB headset offers users crisp, clear sound by eliminating noise from the PC through digital transmission via a USB connection. The DR-350USB also features a microphone muting function, which is extremely useful when one is engaged in a video conference call with multiple participants or during multi-player game sessions. On top of that, the DR-350USB offers the same benefits as the DR-320DPV, boasting a 30mm driver unit, built-in microphone and a detachable voice tube for comfort and convenience. The DR-350USB is available in three classic colors of Black, Gold and Red. (pictured above)

• Price: HK$398
• Availability: Now

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Chiaki Kuriyama Trades In Her Morning Star For a Microphone

Neonpunch goes “GaGa” at the sight of “Gogo!”

Last Saturday Chiaki Kuriyama was in Hong Kong to promote her upcoming debut single “Ryusei no Namida” (Tears of Meteors).

Kuriyama became a modern movie icon in director Quentin Tarantino’s 2004 film Kill Bill, Volume I as Gogo Yubari, the schoolgirl yakuza bodyguard of Tokyo mob mistress O-Ren Ishii.

Kuriyama’s has scored a major coup by having her first single used for the new Gundam Unicorn movie series that premieres in Japanese cinemas on February 20th. A number of artist have seen their singing careers rocket into the next galaxy thanks to the Gundam anime franchise. The Gundam Unicorn movie is based on a popular light novel series written by Harutoshi Fukui. Directing the big screen anime adaption is Furuhashi Kazuhiro who directed “Rurouni Kenshin” and “Hunter X Hunter” and many others.

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TheKube Brings Big Sound in a Small Package to Hong Kong

The cheapest, smallest MP3 player launches at 7-11.

If you want big sound but in a small package, then you’re looking for theKube. No bigger than your thumb (23 x 23 x 23 mm) and weighing a mere 18 grams, theKube can hold 500 CD-quality tracks stored on its 2GB built-in hard-drive. Then, add in another 32GB with its microSD card slot.

Battery life lasts 6 hours and can be charged by USB, while the headphones are made of neodymium materials to provide excellent frequency response and impactful bass. It can play MP3, MPG 1 and 2, WMA, MIDI and WAV files.

The Kube comes in 5 colours — black, white, pink, yellow and blue – and you can pick yours up at any 7-Eleven in Hong Kong. Yes, the famous convenience store chain is now selling gadgets, but this one fits in with the rest of their offerings as it’s only HK$299 for one.

For more information, visit www.ollo.sg.

3 Offers Unlimited Music Downlaods to Hong Kong Mobile Phone Subscribers

For HK$49 a month, how much Canto and Mando Pop can you download?

Hutchison Hong Kong recently announced their partnership with Taiwanese KKBOX Music Service via its 3 Hong Kong mobile operation and HGC Broadband. Local artists such as Swing, FAMA, Pakho, Siu Fay, Keeva and Taiwanese boy band MayDay came out in support for the Hong Kong launch of the service, now available.

3 Hong Kong iPhone customers, Android handset users and HGC Broadband customers can enjoy over a million tracks on their handsets and PCs via KKBOX, Asia’s largest Chinese music album library, as well as wireless karaoke with its running lyrics function.

So, it seems that instead of buying indiviual songs or albums on iTunes for a fixed price, 3 wants to lend you all the songs for a flat rate each month. Apparently, there’s also a good selection of English songs as well but, for obvious reasons, the main focus is on Cantonese and Mandarin artists. This KKBox service has already proven very popular in Taiwan, so it’s a no-brainer launch here in Hong Kong.

 

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Rock Band is Now Officially Rocking the iPhone

Heads up Metal Freaks, its available now in the iTunes App Store!

Tired of leaving your kit at home when you want to Rock Band it out with your Hong Kong colleagues? Here’s your answer Office Metalheads: Rock Band for the iPhone is available today at the App Store for HK$78 (US$9.99).

Choose to play vocals, drums, bass or guitar and it comes with 20 songs in the app (15 playable, 5 unlockable) and of course there will be more songs available, like Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters and more for .99 cents for a song 2-pack. The in-app track list includes:

1. “Attack” – 30 Seconds To Mars
2. “Girls Not Grey” – AFI
3. “Move Along” – All American Rejects
4. “Sabotage” – Beastie Boys
5. “All The Small Things” – Blink-182
6. “Hanging on the Telephone” – Blondie
7. “Learn To Fly” – Foo Fighters
8. “Everlong” – Foo Fighters
9. “Bad to The Bone” – George Thorogood & the Destroyers
10. “Hymn 43″ – Jethro Tull
11. “Bad Reputation” – Joan Jett
12. “Simple Man” – Lynard Skynard
13. “Ace of Spades ‘08″ – Motorhead
14. “Debaser” – Pixies
15. “Ladybug” – Presidents of The United States of America
16. “Give It All” – Rise Against
17. “Lazy Eye” – Silversun Pick Ups
18. “Cherub Rock” – Smashing Pumpkins
19. “Take The Money and Run” – Steve Miller Band
20. “We Got The Beat” – The Go Go’s

Rock on by clicking here to go right to the App Store and buy this bad boy!