DUO-Aria Multi-format Digital Audio Player Receives 'Best of Show - Audio' Innovations Award At 2001 International Consumer Electronics Show.Business Editors CES 2001 LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2001 Bridging the Gap Between Digital & Analog Worlds - The Future Goes Retro Digisette(TM) is proud to announce that its DUO-Aria Multi-format Digital Player has won the CES Innovations Award, for "Best In Category - Audio" at the 2001 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). CES is the world's largest annual tradeshow for consumer technology, held January 6 - 9, 2001 in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . At CES, international visionaries in content media, delivery, and hardware illustrate new business models and new consumer applications made possible by technology. Innovations 2001 is the Consumer Electronics Association's prestigious competition honoring product excellence in Design and Engineering. A panel of 22 prominent industry experts judged entries in the Innovations 2001 Design & Engineering Honors Program. For the sixth year, the Industrial Designers Society of America Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) is an organisation of professional industrial designers in the United States. It was formed in 1965 by merger of three American designer associations: American Designers Institute (IDI), American Society of Industrial Design endorsed and acted as advisors to the Design and Engineering Showcase. Product evaluations are based on weighted criteria: value to user, aesthetics, and contributions to the quality of life, as well as the product's innovative qualities. Gil Lavelanet, Digisette's Vice President of Corporate Communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. , states, "Digisette is especially proud to have won this award, given the number of esteemed companies in this category. We will continue to offer consumers products that are unique, practical and innovative like the DUO-Aria Digital Player." The DUO-Aria Digital Player is a dual-function, portable, digital audio player See digital music player, digital media hub and digital media server. that provides an extraordinary high fidelity high fidelity n. The electronic reproduction of sound, especially from broadcast or recorded sources, with minimal distortion. high listening experience. Its patented design and technology allow it to function as a stand-alone personal listening device with earphones --- plus, its distinctive cassette shape allows it to be inserted into standard audio cassette players See audio cassette. . Users can play back digital audio downloaded from the Internet or transferred from any PC's hard drive. The DUO-Aria Digital Player is Audible-Ready(TM) right out of the box. Listeners can enjoy 14,000+ titles of spoken audio content (major newspapers, books, etc.) available from Audible.com(TM), the leader in downloadable spoken word audio services. A sophisticated and upgradeable Digital Signal Processor A digital signal processor (DSP) is a specialized microprocessor designed specifically for digital signal processing, generally in real-time computing. Characteristics of typical Digital Signal Processors
The DUO products (DUO-Aria and DUO-MP3) are the only digital audio players capable of directly playing digital audio on virtually any audio cassette A 1/8" inch, analog audio tape format that has been widely used for music distribution and home recording. Although the same size housing is used, the tape thickness and length determine the recording time. Cassettes holding from 15 minutes to 60 minutes per side have been manufactured. deck without any additional or external accessories. The on-board On board usually means to be traveling on some vehicle. For example, Baby On Board. Compare with overboard. Metaphorically, the term on-board is often used to refer to some piece of technology that is integrated in a moving vehicle, for example: Typical uses include digital generation of audio signals or conversion of a bitmap image to a signal to drive a CRT. and tape emulator interface with a car stereo, boom-box or home cassette deck to deliver stunningly clear audio - providing pure digital audio playback that rivals CD players. Standard tape playback functions (FF, Rew, Play, Stop) make navigation fast, accurate and easy. Solid-state electronics provide for skip free audio during extreme activities, while the slim, lightweight aluminum case and on-board controls provide the utmost in portability and function when used with the high-efficiency earphones. Available exclusively from Digisette, the DUO-Aria has a suggested manufacturer's retail price of $249, with an expected street price of $199. It will be available through www.amazon.com, www.outpost.com, and other major national retailers. For more information and online high-resolution photos, visit www.digisette.com. Digisette, L.L.C. is a cutting edge consumer electronics company that brings state-of-the-art technology products to the global market. Digisette's commitment rests in providing high quality product innovations while remaining at the forefront of consumer needs. Digisette is the first company to uniquely maximize the benefits of today's digital audio revolution with the DUO-Aria player. The company looks forward to a number of other exciting product innovations that will be announced in the coming months. |
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