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Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer
By Beau Hayhoe
Audio Nerds Love This $900 Japanese Headphone Amp
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Audio Nerds Love This $900 Japanese Headphone Amp

The generation that grew up with compressed MP3s is suddenly discovering all they've been missing.

By Kahron Spearman
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The Nocs Monolith Aluminum Is the Best Designed Bluetooth Speaker We’ve Ever Seen

Nocs Design returns with a stunning all aluminum edition of its Monolith Bluetooth speaker.

By John A. Paradiso
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The Beats Pill Bluetooth Speaker Is New, Improved, and Affordable

The Beats Pill now comes equipped with a 24-hour battery life.

By John A. Paradiso
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LG’s TONE Free Earbuds

LG has been in the game long enough to know that they have to compete with larger behemoths while still making their products unique and accessible. They've done it with their TONE Free line. Coming in a variety of options and color options, users will enjoy a seamless aural experience…

By Brett Braley
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Pro-Ject x Metallica Limited Edition Turntable

Calling all record collectors. If you're looking to upgrade your turntable selection, we've got the record player for you. The audio tech wizards at Pro-Ject, makers of some of our favorite turntables, have teamed up with Metallica for a bonkers limited edition record player due out later this summer. The…

By John A. Paradiso
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Master & Dynamic x Mercedes AMG Headphones

Headphones are as basic or luxurious as you want them to be. For people that heavily favor the latter, a new collaboration series from Master & Dynamic and Mercedes-AMG should take good care of you. The companies are releasing four new products: the MW08 wireless earphones, MW75 and MG20 headphones,…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Balenciaga x Bang & Olufsen Speaker Purse Collaboration

It might be best to think of the Speaker Bag from Balenciaga and Bang & Olufsen as the upper crust’s version of guys walking around in the 70s and 80s with boomboxes on their shoulders. Where their speaker systems went well with sleeveless t-shirts and cutoff jeans, the Speaker Bag…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Porsche Design PDH80

Porsche Design wants to deliver beautiful-looking headphones, as well as beautiful-sounding ones. The PDH80 fills those roles perfectly with matte metal finishes, rich leather, and 50mm neodymium acoustic drivers. Perhaps even more impressive is the astounding 50 hours of listening time on a full charge...that's with active noise cancellation activated.…

By Amos Kwon
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