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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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As we made our way through the various rooms at The New York Audio and AV Show (you can read about it here), we [...]

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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 [...]

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We're not going to kid ourselves: you probably already have three different ways of projecting your iPhone / Android tunes throughout a room. If you're going to spend another $300 on another piece of technology [...]

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With all the handheld gadgets we own and time we spend staring at them, we probably will evolve into some sort of craned-neck species. Human candy canes. If you're looking for one audio system for them all, [...]

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Let's face it, the speaker in your phone sucks. The phone volume is deafening with a really nice pair of headphones, but disconnect those bad boys and your party instantly goes to shit. If you're [...]

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There are certain brands that can actually make us alter our schedules when they decide to make a product announcement. Apple is the most obvious culprit, but for high-end audio devices—and the most ridiculous home [...]

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Removing a home speaker set up to bring to a party, friend's house or anywhere you want to impress people with a band they've never heard of, usually results in showing up with a heavy [...]

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