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Date : Mon Jan 27 2025 17:00:07

These retro headphones and speaker designs really bring the 80s cool  AIAIAI 
and design agency Brain Dead went old-school for this one

Date:
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:49:16 +0000

Description:
LA style, retro looks, and really weird photos.

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edition Tracks headphones in collaboration with Brain Dead Even more limited 
edition Unit-4 wireless studio monitors Headphones are $70 / 60; speakers are 
$400 / 330 

Looking at the image above you might think we've been hurled into a DeLorean 
and taken back to a sci-fi themed '80s club. But these headphones are as 
contemporary as headphones get. 

The headphones are a new, limited edition version of AIAIAI's Tracks 
headphones, made in collaboration with creative fashion brand Brain Dead  a 
firm AIAIAI has worked with previously, with their collaboration selling out 
in minutes. And there's a matching speaker, a "highly limited edition" of the 
AIAIAI Unit-4 studio monitor. (Image credit: AIAIAI / Brain Dead) What does 
this creative collaboration deliver? 

As with a lot of Brand X Brand team-ups, these are existing products given a 
makeover. And that's no bad thing. While the Tracks headphones may look like 
the orange-felt horrors that came with early '80s Walkman cassette players, 
they won't sound like them: their 40mm drivers have been praised for their 
surprisingly bold bass. 

It's the same story with the Unit-4, which has been praised by audio experts: 
they're excellent near-field studio monitors whose low-lag wireless 
capability make them stand out from the crowd (this is something of a 
specialism for AIAIAI, which makes wireless low-lag DJ headphones too ). 

The collaboration was intended to "highlight the rich music culture of Los 
Angeles", and the launch event this past weekend gave all its proceeds to the 
California Fire Fund. There's also a compilation tape for people further away 
to contribute to the cause. 

The Brain Dead versions of the Tracks headphones and Unit-4 speaker will be 
available from AIAIAI, Brain Dead and selected retailers from January 28. The 
Tracks are $70 / 60 / about AU$111 and the Unit-4 are $400 / $330 / about 
AU$635. You might also like The best headphones for all kinds of ears Why we 
love this modern take on the classic cassette player 45 years of the Walkman, 
the world's favorite tape deck



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/audio/headphones/these-retro-headphones-and-speaker-
designs-really-bring-the-80s-cool-aiaiai-and-design-agency-brain-dead-went-old
-school-for-this-one


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