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Wicked Audio's Solus headphones let you listen like a DJ at the flick of a switch
For what it's worth, Wicked Audio has a habit of producing egregiously loud headphones -- looks-wise, that is. Hence our surprise, when we glanced at its latest red and black offering in our Gmail inbox. The Solus, "Latin for be yourself" as we're told, doesn't look like much more than a basic set of cans, but the inline volume control on its braided cable serves a unique function for all you budding record-spinners out there. With a flick of this puppy's "DJ switch," you'll be able to rattle both of your ears in stereo, or have an easier time listening with just one of 'em when it comes time to crossfade into your next track. No word on specs (not that we'd expect any), but letting go of a Benjamin will snag you the Solus when it officially releases at CES. Wicked. Update: A representative for the company has sent over some specs for cans: 40mm "high performance" drivers 106 dB SPL 20-20,000 Hz 32 ohms 4 ft cord gold plated plug
Solus launches SC-6 bookshelf speaker, Richter-8 subwoofer
One thing's for sure -- few product segments in HT can support the diversity seen in loudspeakers. Where else (except maybe outlandish cables) can a small manufacturer like Solus find a niche for its new SC-6 bookshelf speakers and Richter-8 subwoofer? Solus is a new name to us, but the SC-6s feature 1-inch silk dome tweeters and 6.5-inch woofers with "one-slope filters" (which we assume means first-order crossovers), and the Richter-8 is a front-vented compact sub. Both models have 1.5-inch voice coils, which should be plenty of motor to move the cones and a 10-year warranty so you can keep them around for a while. Read - SC-6 bookshelf speaker Read - Richter-8 subwoofer
RF Online opens new world
Codemasters Online has opened a new world server for RF Online called Solus. It seems that ever since the game has gone free to play, the popularity of the game has overpopulated the other two worlds, Novus and Lumen. Lumen was also opened within the last 30 days, so they are trying to respond to the increased popularity of the game as quickly as possible.The game is gorgeous and fun, particularly for a free game. I have yet to play very long, however, because their European downtimes have unfortunately coincided with my U.S. available playtimes.If you are interested in trying RF Online, you can sign up for and download your free copy here. Codemasters highly recommends starting new characters on Solus in order to avoid any population related issues.Now, if I can just figure out how to turn off that song in the launcher...
