Mobile makers, telecoms seek high-res audio niche

Edit Taipei Times 12 Apr 2016
Mostly young, male audiophiles throng a Singapore hotel ballroom, intently assessing headphones, earbuds and in-ear monitors — priced from US$50 to as much as US$10,000. Alongside are banks of dedicated digital audio players (DAPs), with an entire wall of the expo showcasing the king of DAPs. iriver ... “Now, people are interested in US$3,000 players,” Astell & Kern vice president James Lee said ... Now, US$1,000 is the average price.”....

Onkyo and others chase Apple’s Beats in the high-resolution audio market

Edit Venture Beat 12 Apr 2016
(Reuters) – Mostly young, male audiophiles throng a Singapore hotel ballroom, intently assessing headphones, earbuds and in-ear monitors – priced from $50 to as much as $10,000. Alongside are banks of dedicated digital audio players (DAPs), with an entire wall of the expo showcasing the king of DAPs. iriver ... “Now, people are interested in $3,000 players,” says James Lee, Astell & Kern’s vice president ... ....

Norms not followed in ferrying Dabas

Edit Indian Express 12 Apr 2016
As the van neared the main market in Bawana, Deepak Dabas managed to slip out of the handcuffs and escape. Amit Mehra ... On January 2, another undertrial prisoner was beaten to death by three other prisoners inside a jail van ... He said he was asked by a senior officer to drive the vehicle as there was a shortage of drivers in the Third Battalion of Delhi Armed Police (DAP) — responsible for ferrying undertrials from jail to court and back....

Undertrial prisoner escapes from jail van on way to Haryana court

Edit Indian Express 12 Apr 2016
As the van neared the main market in Bawana, Deepak Dabas managed to slip out of the handcuffs and escape. Amit Mehra. A 23-year-old undertrial prisoner managed to escape from a prison van while he was being taken to a court in Haryana Monday morning ... Share This Article ... 3 }); }); ... Police said on Monday at about 11 am, three policemen from the Third Battalion of Delhi Armed Police (DAP) were taking Dabas to a court in Sonipat, Haryana....

The Thunder paid tribute to Kobe the right way: by destroying him

Edit Yahoo Daily News 12 Apr 2016
Before Kobe Bryant's final visit to Oklahoma, and the final road game of his illustrious 20-year career, the Oklahoma City Thunder came in peace, bearing gifts. After tip-off, though, they paid the Los Angeles Lakers legend the most fitting tribute they could ... One of the Greats ... Kobe >daps up Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook after his last game in OKC pic.twitter.com/29IrhwdL3Y — The Cauldron (ICYMI) (@CauldronICYMI) April 12, 2016 ... ......

Mariah Carey's Collaborators Share Untold Stories Behind 8 Classics

Edit Billboard 12 Apr 2016
Mariah Carey's catalog is the stuff pop divas-in-the-making can only dream of. Spanning over two decades, including a whole compilation of No ... Toast to MCs' high notes below. . "Honey" feat. Ma$e & The LOX . World's Famous Supreme Team's "Hey DJ" sample became an essential ingredient to Mariah's smooth track "Honey." ... Stevie J ... Exclusive ... Cam'ron ... We're dapping each other up under the table like, "N--- you see this shit?!"....

Dan Auerbach cuts loose with the Arcs

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 11 Apr 2016
Recorded with members of the Dap-Tones and Shins, the Arcs’ debut album, “Yours, Dreamily,” sounds like a relic from the Stax era, all deep grooves and fuzzy guitars in songs like “Out of My Mind” and “Stay in My Corner.” The band performs in San Francisco between its appearances at this year’s Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival ... ....

Dunwell rolls out latest project

Edit Jamaica Observer 09 Apr 2016
FU by Dexta Daps and Denyque ... Dexta Daps doesn’t shy away from this topic in FU, where he describes being involved with a girl who cheats on him ... ... ....

Don’t miss soul queen Sharon Jones and Trombone Shorty

Edit The Seattle Times 08 Apr 2016
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings open for New Orleans multi-instrumentalist Trombone Shorty on a stellar double bill at the Moore Theatre on Thursday, April 14 ... ....

RPM Declares Quarterly Dividend

Edit Stockhouse 08 Apr 2016
MEDINA, Ohio, April 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --  RPM International Inc. (NYSE. RPM) today announced that its board of directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.275 per share, payable on April 29, 2016 to stockholders of record as of April 18, 2016 ... companies ... About RPM. RPM International Inc ... Consumer brands include Rust-Oleum, DAP, Zinsser, Varathane and Testors ... For more information, contact Barry M ... ....

We Have the Receipts to Prove These Celebrity Rivals Were Once Cool

Edit VH1 08 Apr 2016
Celebrity friendships are fickle AF. One second, two people love each other. The next, it’s Daggers City ... And that’s easy in 2016, because literally everything is caught on tape ... We have the receipts to prove otherwise. Lauren Conrad and Heidi Montag ... #SquadGoals ... However, we long for the days when these two tattoo competitors were friends, like the time they dapped and made up at Puma’s bachelor party in Atlantic City ... ....

Malaysian parliament calls for probe into 1MDB's former boss

Edit The Guardian 07 Apr 2016
The bipartisan public accounts committee says the troubled state fund failed to carry out its duty and must be investigated. Malaysia’s scandal-plagued development fund 1MDB failed to carry out its responsibilities and its former chief must be further investigated, MPs have found. Related ... Anything else we don’t know, as we don’t have the overseas bank statements of 1MDB,” said Pua, an MP with the Democratic Action Party (DAP) ... Related ... ....

First Listen: Sturgill Simpson, 'A Sailor's Guide To Earth'

Edit National Public Radio 07 Apr 2016
i. Sturgill Simpson's new album, A Sailor's Guide To Earth, comes out April 15. Reto Sterchi/Courtesy of the artist hide caption. toggle caption Reto Sterchi/Courtesy of the artist ... Simpson partnered with the historically minded horn section The Dap-Kings for five of the album's nine tracks, and his own band, especially the organ player Bobby Emmett and the stellar guitarist Laur Joamets, fully embrace the funky mood ... Note ... Track Listing ... ....
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