Steez Audio portable music speakers

Gird for dance battles with Steez Audio portable music speakers from Pioneer Electronics

Kick it 'old skool' with portable music speakers that hark back to the days of boomboxes

by Peter Yeo

04:45 AM Feb 22, 2012

 

When breakdance first popped onto the scene in the 80s, gangs hung around street corners and watched guys spin on their heads - without helmets, mind you - on music piped through muscle-bound, bassy, portable mini-compos.

Steez Audio Type T. PHOTO COURTESY PIONEER

 

 

PHOTO COURTESY PIONEER

 

Steez Audio Type Z. PHOTO COURTESY PIONEER

 

 

Skip forward a couple of decades and beatboxing and breakdancing are both taking to the streets again. But it is missing that muscle-bound, bassy, portable mini-compo.

Realising this void, Pioneer Electronics has launched the Steez Dance Gears range for dance, and music, lovers with portable music speakers (that look like boomboxes), portable audio players and headphones.

A check on urbandictionary.com reveals the word "Steez" to be defined as "somebody's unique style" and "style with ease", an apt description looking at the Steez Audio portable music speakers.

The Steez Audio range of portable music speakers comes with a 2.4-inch or 3.5-inch LCD display, an internal storage capacity of 4GB, support for different music players through its USB, auxiliary port or the iPod dock, to playback a wide range of audio formats such as MP3, WMA, AAC and WAV.

Powered through a cord or with batteries (the Steez Audio Type S and T uses six AA batteries, while the Type Z crunches up 10 D batteries), the Steez Audio speakers can be used anywhere, anytime.

Steez Audio comes in three models, with the Type S being the most compact and portable. The Type T boasts a drip-proof shell and is equipped to protect against active use in the most rugged dance terrain you can find. And the muscle-bound Type Z is a stocky monster built with a dynamic 2.1 channel sound designed to fill large rehearsal spaces - or battle zones.

All models come with Auto Battle Mode which plays back a chosen music genre and counts down to the opponent's turn. A DJ Mix Mode automatically picks and mixes tracks from your music library to match selected dance genres such as hip-hop, or break dance. And the Tempo Control Function speeds up the tempo of a track, without changing its pitch. This makes dance moves more challenging and can be used as an advantage over dance opponents. Steez Audio also comes with an 8-beat Skip Function to fast- or back-track to help with dance choreography.

The built-in iPod dock also works as a charger for your Apple music player. PETER YEO



The Steez Audio Type S, T and Z retails at S$399, S$499 and S$699 respectively at all authorised Pioneer retail outlets.

Source:  www.todayonline.com/TechandDigital/EDC120222-0000003/Gird-for-dance-battles-with-Steez-Audio-portable-music-speakers-from-Pioneer-Electronics