We have introduced Burton’s Ronin Audio Stroll Down Jacket back in November as one of the first jackets with integrated sound system enabling you to rave down the hills to your favorite soundtracks but still lets you hear any danger around you as you don’t block your ears with headphones.

Brian Lam, editorial Director by Gizmodo, the hottest place for technology loving people, has posted a review of the Audio Stroll Jacket. In a nutshell: quite impressive sound quality and as Brian points out – ‘Battery life is 10 hours, but good news— when your battery pack dies, your iPod or whatever you’ve got plugged into the mini jack, will still be as loud as a set of headphones, without amplification.‘

For the complete review and lot of detail photos of the Audio Jacket’s components click over to Gizmodo.

The good news for everyone wanting to get hands on this Jacket: is is now available for $293.97 via this link. A steep discount compared to the introduction price of $419.5 last November. The Ronin Audio Stroll Down Jacket comes in three color shades: True Black, Bright White and True Red.

Saving some money in times like this is sweet music in our ears.

[via: Gizmodo]

O’Neill, leading brand in the wearable electronic sport and outdoor apparel segment has introduced a ‘worlds first’, ready-to-wear active audio fashion line for the autumn/winter season 2008/09.

The new Audio Hooded Top for women and the Audio Hoody Sweat for men come with an integrated audio system. The practicality is obvious: listening to music all day long via earphones is not the most comfortable way to enjoy music.

Then, there are countries that do not allow earphones to be used while cycling or running in urban areas for example.

Last but not least, walking around in tense city traffic with earphones blocking out surrounding noise is not the safest way to cross a street.

So much for the practical side of having speaker integrated into apparel, providing a unique experience in music-listening.

Small lightweight speakers have been tucked into the hood of the sweat and top (removable for washing) and the iPod or any other audio player connects inside a dedicated storage compartment.

There is no need for batteries, the sweat speaker take the sound and electrical power from the player. I am sure it will not sound like an high end audio system but I would expect some decent sound audible mostly only for the wearer and hardly audible for people around.

All audio player with a standard earphone connector work with O’Neill’s active audio apparel. The Audio Hooded Top for women can be ordered online via this link for £82.95 ($131.-) and the Audio Hoody Sweat for men via this online store for €109.95 ($142.-)

Burton has a long tradition in fusing technology with textiles by launching the first commercially available backpack with integrated remote control (designed for Sony’s MD player) back in 2002, a revolutionary new concept at that time.

For the winter 2008/09 season, Burton is pushing the boundaries of interactive fashion again by launching the Ronin Audio Stroll Down Jacket which has a removable ASSystem™ including weather-resistant speakers and amplifier to give you the right soundtrack while out and about this winter.

The audio part of the jacket works with any 3.5mm headphone jack equipped device, pretty much any hand held audio and many cell-phones on the market.

The Ronin Audio Stroll Down Jacket comes in three color shades: True Black, True Red and Bright White with a price tag of $419.95

For this money you don’t get only audio but a high quality jacket that keeps you comfy warm and dry with 550 goose down filling … More 10K shell material.

A special sound pocket with headphone cable port to hook up an audio player to the jacket’s sound system as well as plenty of internal and external pockets to keep your stuff organized. The Lifetime warranty is interesting, wonder if this applies for the sound system as well.

I couldn’t find any infos on the battery requirements although I am almost sure there will be the need of batteries as an amplifier needs power to work. If you have more information on that batteries please drop us a not in the comments.

[via ChipChick]