Giving a presentation at the office usually requires a few extra cups of coffee, a diligent scanning of your notes and a more cautious devouring of your jelly donut breakfast. It also requires one simple – but often forgotten – tool: A laser... continue...
Rocketfish, otherwise known as the Best Buy house brand, doesn’t make too many new-fangled gadgets and doohickeys that you haven’t seen before. But since they have a name like Best Buy behind them, what they can do is make all the stuff you... continue...
When Jawbone decided to make a bigger version of the Jambox, we can only assume that after hours of debating names someone half-jokingly tossed out, “What about ‘Big Jambox?’” At that the team, so tired from crafting a kick-ass... continue...
Even if you could get perfect sound from a pair of speakers, if they were bright pink and had pictures of Hannah Montana on them (that’s what the kids are watching these days, right?) we would never buy them. Are we image obsessed? Hell yeah we... continue...
We love bikes. We love music. We would love to be able to combine the two of them so we could feel like Peter Griffin in that episode of Family Guy when his life has its own soundtrack, but it never seems to be that easy. Earbuds fall out. Studio cans... continue...
As we made our way through the various rooms at The New York Audio and AV Show (you can read about it here), we were struck by a common theme: We can’t afford any of this. Don’t get us wrong, the stuff was amazing, but it left us wishing... continue...
If you need dead quiet to get some shut-eye, this is probably not the pillow set you want to toss on your queen-size. If you miss the days of jamming #2 pencils into cassette tapes and watching the levels bounce with the beat of Ice Ice Baby, then this... continue...
Let’s be honest, the speakers on our portable gadgets are garbage. Listening to something on your iPhone without additional amplification sounds like the muffled beats escaping from the headphones of some dude sitting next to you on the train.... continue...
Every year, unbeknownst to most of the public, the most outrageous and amazing pieces of audio equipment are tossed (see: very carefully placed) into one hotel for The New York Audio & AV Show. This is not the kinda stuff you get at Best Buy or hook... continue...
So many of the products we find are simple in premise. We see them and think, “Dammit, why didn’t we think of a portable computer so we could swim in gold coins?” Then it quickly dawns on us, even if we had that brilliant flash in our... continue...
Incorporating some skulls into your décor and wardrobe can be risky. Done right, it adds a hint of danger, manliness and a “Don’t F with me” attitude to your life. Overdone, however, and suddenly you’re the guy who hangs out in cemeteries at... continue...
The biggest issue we have with the iPad is the audio (well, and not supporting Flash and general addictiveness). Sure, a quick solution is a Bluetooth speaker set up, but once we’re out of range that sucker is pointless. Seeing as how the iPad... continue...
To some, speakers are simply pieces of equipment that get placed in corners, partially hidden from view. They deliver acceptable audio in an aesthetically bland design. We’re going to go out on a limb and say, that as a reader of Cool Material,... continue...
Do you remember a time when a proper home audio system cost thousands of dollars and required separate cabinets just to house a bunch of different pieces of audio equipment that we would consider ugly by today’s standards? We do. We also happen... continue...
The days of gigantic pieces of audio equipment stacked in your home are long gone. So are the days of tangled cables running throughout your home as well. In fact, the whole idea of your audio delivery system being tied to your home went out the window... continue...
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