Parrot Ancient Gold Zikmu Speakers (luxury gadgets)

Parrot Ancient Gold Zikmu Speakers

Philippe Starck, famous French product designer has  built a certain type of luxury in his latest creation – Ancient Gold Zikmu Speakers. Limited edition Ancient Gold Zikmu speakers are exclusively made for Parrot.
Ancient Gold Zikmu speakers by Parrot
The Gold Speakers are packed with the latest technology including Wi-Fi connectivity allowing you to stream completely wireless from any of your favorite devices. The bass comes from the horn shaped bottom and the top half of the speaker allows for amazing 360 degree surround sound. The 2.5 feet tall speakers boasts sleek design and gold coloring, so they are suitable for all sort of spaces.
This limited edition speakers are completely handmade, and only 20 of these will be made for the whole world. 3 of these units will made available for the UAE market. Considering how luxurious and there are just twenty pieces, it might be surprising to know that speakers will be available for sale with an affordable price tag of $3,400. Even more, if you don’t need the gold, there are plenty of other colors available starting at $1,350 on Amazon.

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Samsung Galaxy Ace Hugo Boss edition (luxury gadgets)

 Samsung Galaxy Ace Hugo Boss edition

Samsung has renewed its partnership with fashion brand Hugo Boss – first seen in the Samsung F480 – with the launch of a new Hugo Boss Samsung Galaxy Ace.
The phone features an overall matter black finish and the back of the device features a specially treated and textured pattern.
The user interface has been customised and the device features special edition wallpapers and screensavers along with the whole altered look of the user interface.
Galaxy Ace Hugo Boss edition features a 3.5 inch 320 x 480 pixel display. The phone also features a 5 megapixel rear camera.
It has 160 MB of internal memory and comes loaded with a 2 GB storage card (it can support up to 32 GB). It provides up to 5 hours of talktime with the standard battery.
So far the Hugo Boss Samsung Galaxy Ace has only been confirmed as launching in France and will carry an expected price tag of approximately 300 Euros.

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Alexandria XLF Loudspeaker by Wilson Audio (Luxury Gadgets)

Wilson Audio's Alexandria XLF Loudspeaker

Price:  $195,000

Wilson Audio has just announced the Alexandria XLF Loudspeakers, positioned above the existing Alexandria X-2 Series 2, which will continue in production. You’ll simply fall in love with these beautifully crafted floor-standing loudspeakers that offer more than just excellent quality sound.
One significant improvement over the X-2 Series 2 is a new passive bass management system. The look of the speaker has also been revised to ensure low resonance from the enclosure. 

 This simple yet highly effective system allows users to optimize bass quality and extension to match the characteristics of the sound room.
The XLF also feature Wilson’s all new driver technology about which no detail is available yet. Making use of Wilson’s latest cabinet analysis tools, their crew has lowered the already low resonant contribution of the enclosure. The cabinet is dressed in Wilson’s latest composite materials that include the revolutionary S material.

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Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus Speakers/Review

Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus Speakers

Available at Hammacher Schlemmer for $60,000.

The Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus Speakers is a triumph of engineering and design – the result of five years extensive reseach and development tasked with designing the perfect loudspeaker.

Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus Speakers are the four-way speakers that provide the clearest three-dimensional soundstage performance available.
Precise to the finest level, and great in external aesthetics, there are 1-inch and 2-inch tweeters along with 4-inch mid-range driver that play a crucial role in giving out a rather crisp, clear, and more vibrant sound output. On further probing, it is said the vibration patterns are monitored to the level of 1/3000th of a millimeter by using Laser-Doppler velocimetry. The result of that is of course the precision and crispness of the sound. For the times when bass plays an important role, there are 12-inch bass drivers which are housed in a curved spiral tube, thus enabling waves to travel without reflection.

Also, B&W Nautilus speakers use an active crossover design that allows each driver to operate on its own frequency unlike the more-than-common passive crossover designs. This lends a crisper and clearer final tone output, and this means that you will need four separate amplifiers for each speaker to power them.
The speakers’ bodies are handcrafted from fiberglass-reinforced ABS and are finished with paints and lacquer systems used for luxury cars.

Drive Units (High Frequency): 2 domed units of anodised aluminium of similar construction, 50mm and 25mm in diameter, handle the 880Hz – 3.5kHz and 3.5kHz – 25kHz ranges respectively. All drive units are completely mounted on silicone rubber O-rings to decouple from the cabinet

Drive Units (Mid-Range/High Frequency): From 220Hz – 800Hz, a 100mm flat-fronted unit is employed to prevent the gentle cavity resonance found in conventional cone units at around 2kHz interfering with the output from the upper/midrange unit. A rare earth magnet assembly with hollow pole is used to minimise the obstruction to the rear radiation from the diaphragm

Drive Units (Bass): A 9.5kg (21 lbs) magnet with a 100mm (4”) voice coil acts as the massive motor of the 300mm (12”) bass unit (10Hz – 220Hz). This, when used in the exponential line enclosure, results in a high-pass behaviour so over-damped that the traditional second-order characteristic is replaced by two distinct first-order slopes and no stored energy. A 250 micron one-piece aluminium cone ensures coherent motion to beyond 1.5kHz

    Frequency Response: 25Hz – 20kHz ± 0.5dB on reference axis
    Frequency Range: -6dB at 10Hz and 25kHz
    Power Handling: 100W – 500W into 8 ohms, one amplifier is required for each drive unit
    Electronic crossover supplied with speaker
    Dimensions (H x W x D): 1210mm x 430mm x 1105mm
    Net Weight: 110kg (Loudspeaker – 60kg, Base – 50kg)
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Ulysse Nardin's Royal Blue Tourbillion Watch ( Luxury Gadgets)

$1.1 Million Royal Blue Tourbillion Haute Joaillerie

At the recently concluded 24th Annual Showboats International Rendezvous, the Swiss luxury watch brand Ulysse Nardin, unveiled several custom made watches, including the $1.1 Million Royal Blue Tourbillion Haute Joaillerie watch, catering to the highest spenders on watches.

Placed in a platinum body with 568 baguette cut diamonds (approximately 33.8 Carat Total Weight), and 234 baguette cut royal blue sapphires (approximately 16.79 Carat Total Weight), the timepiece is as blingy and haute horology as one can get them. 

The dial features a unique exposed skeleton design, which plays with royal blue and platinum colored plates to depict the time. The hours and minutes hands are itself rather artistic, looking at their thin handcrafted design. The lower half of the dial, which is platinum shaded, has the branding of the watchmaker in blue enamel, at the 4 and 8 ‘o’ clock positions. The casing on the other hand, has a rather intricate and thin line of royal blue sapphire crystals, something not seen in the strapping of the timepiece.

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Gold Rolex Owned by India’s First President to be auctioned at Sotheby’s

Rare Gold Rolex Owned by India’s First President

A rare gold Rolex watch, once owned by India”s first president Dr Rajendra Prasad, goes under the hammer as part of a collection of rare timepieces by Sotheby’s auction house next month.

Rolex owned by India's first President
This historic 18K pink gold Rolex Oyster Perpetual was possibly gifted to him on the first Republic Day in 1950. The watch is decorated with the map of India with the date 26 January, 1950 inscribed on it. The map of India on the dial includes the corridor of land linking India to Afghanistan and Nepal.
Prasad’s watch is estimated to fetch between $222,000 to $444,000. Around 270 other rare timepieces from the post WWI era that belonged to other famous leaders will be also auctioned by Sotheby’s Geneva on November 13, 2011. This collection of unique timepieces is expected to bring in more than $8.9 million.

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Luxury Gadgets/iPhone 4S Diamond & Platinum Edition by Stuart Hughes

The entire outer frame of the iPhone 4s has been covered by 7.8 carats of VVS1 diamonds. The back of the phone has been entirely made from a solid layer of platinum with the logo of the company, Apple, made out of gorgeous 0.53 carats of diamonds. The handset is 64gb , SIM free for worldwide use. This unique creation is available as a limited edition of only 25 pieces, each priced at £20,995 ($33,400). 

[Stuart Hughes]

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Cantata Music Center – World`s Most Expensive USB-based Digital Audio Converter

Cantata Music Center by Resolution Audio is the world’s best and most expensive USB-based Digital Audio Converter.  This audiophile-grade music server costs £5,995 ($9,660).
It can handled wireless or wired USB connections, thanks to an add-on called Pont Neuf, from a variety of different sources, from CDs, to audio files stored on your computer. Audio is output via XLR or RCA outputs. You can basically hook this box to your computer and it can play back your tunes in awesome quality up to 192kHz/24-bit – assuming they were encoded at such a high quality. The front side of the Cantata shows off an impressive dot-matrix LED display, which gives feedback as well.
It is built on the award-winning Opus 21 series and had been refined and enhanced to include computer-based music libraries. Other digital sources such as a DVD player can be played through the external inputs. [Resolution Audio]

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Luxury Gadgets/Swarovski Light Rose Dr Dre Beats Studio Headphones

With new Light Rose Swarovski studded headphones, Dr Dre studio will very likely be repeated, if not surpass the success achieved with their last CrystalRoc Dr. Dre Beats Headphones. With 4,3000 individual Swarovski Crystals, this headphones are so eye-catching.

Except fancy appearance Light Rose Swarovski studded headphones features precision-engineered, advanced speaker design, powered amplification, and powered noise cancellation. The gadget is featured with Beats Studio high definition powered isolation and is equipped with the monster cable, which is 1.3 meters long and can be easily fit in any phone like iPhone, Blackberry and other music phones. The headphones come with two years of warranty.

For £558 ($880), the cost of this set, you’ll get the perfect sound in a perfect package. 

[ via Crystal Rocked]

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Luxury Gadgets/Gold Blackberry Bold 9900 with Swarovski Crystal

Remember the Alexander Amosu’s customized BlackBerry Bold 9780 in 24 Carat Gold Plated? Once again Amosu Couture storms the market with 24ct. Gold BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone fully-adornished with Swarovski crystals.
Dubbed world’s first BlackBerry Gold Swarovski Bold 9900, the luxurious handset is encrusted with 650 Swarovski crystals and plated with 24ct hardened gold. Personalization of loved one’s name or company logo is an added feature offered by Amosu.

Those who afford these kind of handsets will be happy to know that the luxurious smartphone is available for purchase for £1,699 ($2,620). For those who prefer silver, the BlackBerry with silver and Swarovski crystal is available for £1,599 ($2,460).
To complement this launch, Alexander Amosu has also launched the BlackBerry 9900 in solid 18ct yellow Gold or 18ct white gold £8,500 ($13,100) or set in any colour diamonds £15,000 ($23,100). For more details check out Amosu Couture.

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Vertu Constellation T – First Touchscreen Phone from Luxury Brand

The Constellation T will feature an 8-megapixel camera with dual LED flash, 32GB of onboard storage, a 3.5-inch 640 x 360 nHD(16:9) AMOLED touchscreen, and will probably run on a variant of Symbian (Anna or Belle) with a heavily-customized Vertu skin. No word on what processor will be powering the phone, but we can expect it to be carrying similar hardware to a high-end Nokia phone.

Constellation T is a dual mode WCDMA penta-band 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 MHz and GSM quad-band 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 phone. The luxurious phone is equipped with a built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS support, as well as Bluetooth version 3.0 and Wi-Fi connectivity. Other highlight of the phone include email support via SMTP, POP3 and IMAP4 email client, music player and FM Radio.

As expected, Vertu Constellation T is made with exquisite materials, including sapphire, diamond and other precious metals and jewelry. Pricing on the Constellation T is as yet unknown, but potential customers should expect the price to be very high, the current top-of-the-line model sells for around $16,500. Launch is expected this month.

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Luxury gadgets/TAG Heuer Link Full Diamonds and White Lizard Smartphone

Swiss luxury brand, has presented the Link Smartphone a few months ago and it is now available for pre-order. Existing in various luxurious designs, the latest Exclusive model, the Full Diamonds & White Lizard, is particularly glittery.
Showing a 3.5-inch gorilla glass capacitive touch screen on the front, this phone has a total of 1007 diamonds around its stainless steel body. A majority of them is on the front, but a sizable number of them adorn the back cover and sides as well. Since white has been the primary color, the battery cover has a white lizard leather cover with animal patterns, which in total comes to around 2.53 carats of weight.

The phone has optimal security and shock proof construction couple with an Android OS with flash support, Google Map, Facebook integration and a 1GHz to run it all.  Another borrowed design from watches is the crown mechanism on the side of the TAG Heuer Link, which slides out to house the phone’s SIM card. Apps can be added via the Android Market, but out of the box are customised screen designs, widgets, animations, wallpapers, icons and ring tones exclusive to TAG Heuer.

The price for now is available only by request, but if you absolutely must have it then the Smartphone can be reserved exclusively on TAG Heuer.

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Luxury Gadgets/Samsung's Limited Edition Crystal-studded Series 9 Laptops

At the Samsung’s PC-focused press conference at IFA, an event primarily devoted to the Series 7 Chronos laptop and Windows 7 slate, its executives has announced launching  limited edition crystal-encrusted Series 9 laptops.
Hand-applied crystals laptops will be made available in Moonlight Blue, a wintry navy, and Luxury Rose Gold, that is a beautiful champagne colored variant with the bling on the top cover. 

That color extends across the chassis, onto the palm rest and between the keys but blessedly, the fairy dust doesn’t make a cameo in the interior.
Apart from the glittery design, these Samsung Series 9 don’t have any spec tweaks. It’s just a glitzy twist on Samsung’s 13-incher. Price is still unknown, but certainly will not be acceptable to many.

(Credit : Engagdet)

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Luxury Gadgets/Yves Behar & Aesir Copenhagen Luxury Phone

Yves Behar, founder of the San Francisco-based design and branding firm fuseproject has collaborated with Danish mobile phone design company Aesir Copenhagen to create luxury Yves Behar Phone. The Yves Behar phone focuses on the idea of voice, clarity and simplicity but also places value on a unique user interface while championing the idea of craftsmanship. At first sight this cellphone looks like a large watch band and in fact was designed from a jewelers viewpoint.

The YvesBehar cellphone comes in 18k gold or 316L stainless steel with sapphire crystal lenses, laser engraved keypad characters with LED backlighting, caller ID, text, calendar, calculator and Bluetooth functions and an open SIM card. The phones also include custom ringtones composed by the Master of the upright Bass, Chris Minh Doky. This decadent cell also holds a 5.2 talk time charge, lasts 220 hours on standby, is engineered for superior sound and displays 7 languages.
The phone will first be available in Europe this summer and the rest of the world this Fall. The 18k gold option is available for $63,000 and the stainless steel for around $11,000.

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Luxury Gadgets/Vertu Constellation Quest Carbon Fibre Luxury Phone

Vertu Constellation Quest Carbon Fibre 18-Karat Gold

Vertu has launched two new luxury mobile phone from Constellation Quest series, inspired from the world of racing cars and aircraft design. It runs on Symbian and will come in two versions: one in polished stainless steel and one in 18 carat gold.
Interior is the use of valuable materials and a physical QWERTY keyboard for those who do not like the touchscreen. It comes with amazing slim look and design. The navigation key is finished in polished black PVD, as well as the arrow key, the flash and lens, which characterize the essential design of the model is perfectly placed in the family tradition. It also come with a hotline to its Lifestyle Services concierge.

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Luxury Gadgets/Mobiado CPT002 Aston Martin Concept Phone

Now, the Canadian luxury mobile phone maker Mobiado has unveiled  the CPT002 concept phone. Launching at the BaselWorld, the CPT002 will be more than just a phone, it will also help you control your Aston Martin vehicle remotely.
The CPT002 has a solid sapphire crystal, see-through capacitive touchscreen with platinum crafted sides which incorporates the battery, electronics and SIM card allowing for the display to be transparent. The phone functions as a key to the user’s Aston Martin vehicle, automatically unlocking the doors as the driver approaches. The phone also connects directly to the Aston Martin’s display while still remaining in the user’s pocket.
Delivering an immersive social network experience, the GPS capability of the handset works with its software to offer varied services. The FourSquare app wheedles with the GPS system to not only locate users’ cars but also their friends via an integrated map. Besides, customers can update their Facebook and Twitter statuses through cameras outfitted in the vehicle while apps like Airbag are of great use during emergency situations like an accident.

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Luxury Gadgets/Tag Heuer Link Smartphone

Combination of luxurious metal, alligator leather and Gorilla Glass screen features new Tag Heuer Link Smartphone. To produce phone’s casing, was used three metals, which includes 18K rose gold, industrial grade titanium, and stainless steel. Other options for enhancing the finish include the Black PVD (for the black and gold color option), rubber, calfskin, alligator, or lizard leather.

This world’s first luxury Swiss phone has a 3.5-inch display, covered in that ultra tough Gorilla Glass we saw at CES, 5-megapixel camera, 256MB internal memory and 8GB memory card and runs on Android 2.2 Froyo. It is virtually impregnable to water/dust and damage from drops.
The Tag Heuer Link Smartphone comes is either black leather and 18K rose gold or brown and titanium finishes. You will have to pay about $6,750, not including the charges for further customization.

Tag Heuer Link Main characteristics
• OS: Android 2.2 • Form factor: Bar type touch screen • Battery included: Li-lon 1400mAh
Messaging
• SMS / MMS / Email (Predictive Text Input XT9) • Image formats supported: JPEG / GIF / BMP
• Sound formats supported: MP3 / AAC / AAC+ / RA / WMA
Connectivity
• Stereo Bluetooth • AGPS, Wifi, WAPI • Compatible with any SIM card
Radio
• Edge & HSUPA (3G) • 4 Band GSM/Tri Band WCDMA
Storage
• Internal memory: 256 MB • Memory card: 8GB • Music play time: 11 hours
Photo & Video
• LCM Screen: TFT 3.5” • Screen resolution: 800*480 pixels – 16 millions of colors
• 5 Mega Pixel Camera Auto Focus • Video player and recorder
Applications
• Adobe Flash Reader • Google Search, Google Maps • GMail , You Tube , E-Blogger
Phone Materials
• 316L Stainless steel, Gold, Diamonds, Black PVD, Titanium, Rubber, Calfskin leather,
• Carbon leather, Alligator and Lizard

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Luxury Gadgets/Limited Edition Porsche Design P’9522 Gold Phone

Porsche Design has never failed to turn heads with its range of luxury accessories. This time, the German luxury brand has rolled out a Gold edition of its famous P’9522 mobile phone. The handset casing bears the sleek laser engraving Porsche Design P’9522 Limited Edition on the back as a proof of this limited edition.

Marked as a tribute to the eternal and authentic design philosophy of Professor Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, designer of Porsche 911, Limited Edition Porsche Design P’9522 Phone is platted with 18 carats gold and features a sensor that has the capability to read fingerprints and the edition number marked on the side of each unit. The owner can vault the phone with the swipe of his thumb thanks to the Biometric Fingerprint Censor that replaces the dated security pin.

The P’9522 in gold phone has advanced technology and one example is the 5.0 megapixel camera with video function, high resolution OLED display and sensitive fingerprint sensor. Wherever you may find yourself, you can easily access the Internet from your P’9522 thanks to the wireless LAN option available. Furthermore, the phone comes with an intelligent GPS navigation system that provides a reliable orientation. The audio player supports file extensions such as MP3, AAC, AAC+, EAAC+, midi, WAV, AMR NB and WB. The battery is a lithium-ion 880 mAh and the total weight of the phone is 115 g. Autonomy reaches 240 minutes while talking and 300 hours in standby mode. The P’9522 has various applications from organizer to voice recorder, web browser and currency converter. 5,000 positions are available for the internal phone book while messaging memory reaches 700. The memory is provided by a 2 GB microSD memory.

Though there isn’t any details on the availability and the release of the Porsche Design P’9522 Gold Limited Edition, yet it is quite certain that when this remarkable handset enters the market, it’s going to carry quite a hefty price tag.

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Luxury Gadgets/iPhone 4 Time Machine from Gresso

After creating the Luxor World Time for the globetrotter business man and then decking it up in Gold, Gresso has now launched its new exclusive project, the iPhone4 Time Machine.

The usual glass back of this new iPhone 4 is replaced by a mineral glass with diamond coating and houses six independent mechanical Swiss watches, each taking hundreds of man-hours to construct and days on end of accuracy testing. The watches keep the time at the six leading business centers from across the world – New York, London, Paris, Moscow, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

What’s more, the six Swiss-made clocks add only 1mm to the back of a standard iPhone 4, and are protected by mineral glass with diamond coating against scratches.

A $6,000 price tag makes the iPhone 4 Time Machine enclosure affordable only to a uber-rich with some disposable bailout cash, but if you want to be noticed in a sea of iPhone 4s, that’s the price to pay.

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Luxury Gadgets/24ct Solid Gold iPhone 4G Uniquely Designed and Crafted by Stuart Hughes

This 24ct Solid Gold iPhone 4G is the type of investment a wealthy Apple fan might want to make. Exclusively designed by Stuart Hughes himself, this new iPhone is dressed with 150 grams of 24ct gold. The entire beautification process took several weeks of detailed working, that was required to create the chassis of device in solid gold. Furthermore, every design aspect of this gorgeous looking smart phone has been done by hand and Mr. Hughes has given the rear of the iPhone 4G with a complete full gold dressing.

The Sold Gold iPhone 4G is a 32GB model device, that has been unlocked for international use, and the device itself can updated with firmware from Apple Inc, without any risk of the device freezing up.

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