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Creative SL3100 wireless and HQ-2300D 5.1 headphones

Wednesday August 23, 2006

Two new advanced technology headphones from Creative, for home and portable listening.

Feature rich headphones, but battery life on the HQ-2300D's 5.1 decoder could deter many looking simply for convenience.

Creative SL3100 wireless and HQ-2300D 5.1 headphones

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Creative has announced its long awaited A2DP (Stereo Bluetooth) headphones. The wireless SL3100 headphones are designed to mate with the companies Zen range of portable music players, featuring a remote for volume and track selection.

A2DP is a new wideband version of Bluetooth, designed to offer superior audio quality via wireless. Creative has enhanced the headphones performance with a frequency-hopping technology it has dubbed Adaptive Frequency Hopping (AFH). AFH functions to reduce static from other nearby devices using the same band as the headphones.

The headphones feature a rechargeable Li-Ion battery and automatically power off when the Bluetooth link is lost.

SL3100 headphones have an RRP of $199.95

HQ-2300D
Creative also announced availability of its new high end headphones, the HQ-2300D Immersive Surround Entertainment Headphones.

HQ-2300D Immersive Surround Entertainment Headphones

The $170.95 headphones are designed specifically for 5.1 surround sound, featuring a built-in Dolby Digital and DTS decoder, a world-first, the company claims. The decoder unit supports an additional headphone connection, driving two headphones from the main unit.

The decoder is battery powered and 10 hours of playback is claimed for two AA batteries.

Written by Damien Virulhapen

Tags: dolby | digital | wireless | headphones | bluetooth

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