Panasonic is going to introduce on September 21th in Japan a new Hi-Fi system with Bluetooth connection for about $600.

This compact audio system is MP3/WMA/AAC compatible, with a CD player and a Radio Tuner (FM/AM) and also gets a 80GB HDD for storing your music files or recording the radio or else. This new model receives an iPOD connector (optional dock, Part No: SH-PD9), a memory card reader and it will be available in silver or black finish. The SC-SX950 can also stream music from your cell Phone via the Bluetooth connection (v2.0).

The amplifier part delivers 2x18W @ 6Ω to the loudpeakers built on a 2-way vented system with a 10cm cone type mid/woofer and a 6cm tweeter.

Denon has announced its latest compact audio systems, the D-MX33MD and the D-MX11. This 2 systems will be available in the mid-september, the price is still unknown at the moment.

Both are offering the playback of CD-R/RW, an AM/FM radio tuner and 2 inputs, a mini-jack and an USB connector. They deliver 2x20W through the 2-way speakers with 14cm woofer mounted in a bass-reflex cabinet and the D-MX33MD version has an additional MiniDisc (MD) player.

Pioneer introduces a couple of new audio systems, the "Z series" including the X-Z7 and X-Z9 stereo systems.

Both can read Super Audio CD (SACD) MP3, WMA, normal CDs and CD-R/CD-RW. They can support more formats with the USB input or via the optional iPod Dock available in october such as MPEG-4, AAC, WAV and FLAC. However if you don't want to listen this, there is also a built-in FM/AM tuner to satisfy you. The "Z series" can get hooked up to your personal network via the Ethernet port on the rear panel.
The system comes with 2 bookshelf speakers (3-way for the X-Z9 and 2-way for the X-Z7) designed for a maximal output of 50W.

The X-T1X MD/CD player has been available for over a year now, so it was time for Onkyo to make better its characteristics. How? Well through increasing audio quality with new speakers. Otherwise our little wonder is still compatible with an iPod via the DS-A1X dock. Technically the speakers have grown about x1.5 time from their original size, the airduct has been reworked to improve the frequency response to 60Hz~20kHz compared to the original 70Hz~20kHz from the old version and it still delivers 2x10W @ 6Ω, has a built-in FM/AM tuner and supports MD and CD.

The updated version of the Onkyo X-T1X stereo system will be available the 13th July in Japan for about $350.00 USD.