Weve seen plenty of crazy audio gear in our day, but nothings ever prompted as much drooling and downright lust as OpenLabs DBeat, a monster of a rig that blends a full-bore 3GHz Core 2 Duo and 12-inch capacitive multitouch LCD screen with tracking controls, a DJ-oriented MIDI controller, iPod dock and a high-quality 4-in/6-out audio interface all into one integrated unit. Spec-wise youre looking at 4GB of RAM and a 320GB drive, as well as a dual-layer burner -- stuff wed generally want to keep far, far away from our audio interface, but were overlooking that right now, because were in love. Harder to ignore? The $3,999 price tag. Ouch. Well be looking in the couch cushions if you need us.
