The New Arcam rCube – Said To Be The Worlds Best iPod/Phone Speaker Dock
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The result of more than three years of R&D, the rCube features a unique acoustic structure driven by state of the art electronics, inside a stylish yet timeless exterior. Arcam of Cambridge UK, kick-started the UK Hi-fi boom of the 60s and are now an acknowledged world leader in high performance audio and video technology for Home Cinema, Hi-fi and Custom install. They are noted for cutting-edge digital research, superb sonics and award-winning industrial design.
Designed by an extremely talented and highly experienced British team, the rCube is for everyone and anyone.
– hugely powerful
– easily portable
– genuine high-fidelity sound
– wireless streaming built-in
– built like a high-end Hi-fi component
While its sonic prowess is nothing short of stunning, its portability, enabled by a powerful Lithium-ion battery, gives it the power to deliver music no matter what the location.
The rCube features an integral iPod dock and, using KLEER technology, a direct music streaming system from any iPod/Pad/Phone, PC or Mac computer.
The Arcam designed amplifiers and unique speaker system deliver huge power, giving room-filling sound while being physically smaller than a football.
Features
– Apple certified for iPhone and iPod
– Kleer lossless streaming – rCube to rCube to Kleer headphone
– iPhone/Pad/Pod local streaming – rWand transmitter required
– PC/MAC to cube house streaming – rWave USB transmitter required
– Massive damped enclosure of Aluminium, MDF and Triple-layer composite
– 90 watts rms real Hi-fi power for amazing levels of sound
– 4 x high-quality speaker drive-units
– 8hr max Lithium-Ion battery pack
– Multi-voltage global power supply
Arcam rCube: Stealth design, high-end iPod sound system. 150 watts of power. Optional music streaming from PC/Mac or iPod/Pad/Phone. All of Arcam’s 25+ years of Hi-fi expertise in a stylish portable device.
At the retail price of £500.00, the rCube offers incredible value for the performance and flexibility delivered. Costing the same as an iPhone, iPad or an LCD TV. Sales start in the UK, Germany, Holland and Scandinavia on Oct 1st, 2010.
Joanne Carter, creator of the world’s most popular mobile photography and art website— TheAppWhisperer.com— TheAppWhisperer platform has been a pivotal cyberspace for mobile artists of all abilities to learn about, to explore, to celebrate and to share mobile artworks. Joanne’s compassion, inclusivity, and humility are hallmarks in all that she does, and is particularly evident in the platform she has built. In her words, “We all have the potential to remove ourselves from the centre of any circle and to expand a sphere of compassion outward; to include everyone interested in mobile art, ensuring every artist is within reach”, she has said.
Promotion of mobile artists and the art form as a primary medium in today’s art world, has become her life’s focus. She has presented lectures bolstering mobile artists and their art from as far away as the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea to closer to her home in the UK at Focus on Imaging. Her experience as a jurist for mobile art competitions includes: Portugal, Canada, US, S Korea, UK and Italy. And her travels pioneering the breadth of mobile art includes key events in: Frankfurt, Naples, Amalfi Coast, Paris, Brazil, London.
Pioneering the world’s first mobile art online gallery - TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com has extended her reach even further, shipping from London, UK to clients in the US, Europe and The Far East to a global group of collectors looking for exclusive art to hang in their homes and offices. The online gallery specialises in prints for discerning collectors of unique, previously unseen signed limited edition art.
Her journey towards becoming The App Whisperer, includes (but is not limited to) working for a paparazzi photo agency for several years and as a deputy editor for a photo print magazine. Her own freelance photographic journalistic work is also widely acclaimed. She has been published extensively both within the UK and the US in national and international titles. These include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Popular Photography & Imaging, dpreview, NikonPro, Which? and more recently with the BBC as a Contributor, Columnist at Vogue Italia and Contributing Editor at LensCulture. Her professional photography has also been widely exhibited throughout Europe, including Italy, Portugal and the UK.
She is currently writing several books, all related to mobile art and is always open to requests for new commissions for either writing or photography projects or a combination of both. Please contact her at: [email protected]