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The Nocs Monolith Aluminum Is the Best Designed Bluetooth Speaker We’ve Ever Seen
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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Marshall Celebrates 100 Years of the Iconic Celestion Speaker With a Limited-Edition Amp

Marshall pays tribute to the speaker that started it all.

By John A. Paradiso
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Listen to the Sound of Speed With the Lamborghini x Technics Turntable

Lamborghini and Technics team up for a high-octane turntable collaboration.

By John A. Paradiso
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BlackPods Will Custom Paint AirPods the Color You Always Wanted

AirPods, Apple’s popular wireless headphones, get a fresh look thanks to BlackPods, a company that paints real Apple AirPods using a proprietary painting and finishing process. Available in matte black, space gray or high-gloss black finish, each pair is hand-finished and tested. Whether you're sending in yours or ordering new,…

By Ben Dahl
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Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators Now Have Built-In Microphones

Teenage Engineering has a history of producing interesting products that equally prioritize fun and functionality. Their line of Pocket Operator portable synths and sequencers has been updated with the addition of the K.O! and Speak models that include built-in microphones. In addition to the new microphone, each unit has a…

By Ben Dahl
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Sony WF-SP700N Noise-Canceling Earbuds

Laughed at at first, Apple AirPods have gone on to usher in the "hearable" era. Yup, the next must have tech accessory gets popped in your ear. Throwing its hat in the ring is Sony, with the newly announced WF-SP700N Noise-Canceling Earbuds. Available in four colorways, the earbuds stand out…

By Mike Newman
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The Sennheiser Ambeo Smart Headset Records 3D Audio

Sennheiser has long been one of our favorite headphone and microphone manufacturers because they're always innovating in the world of audio technology without making something that seems completely unfamiliar. The new Sennheiser Ambeo Smart Headset is a fantastic set of noise-cancelling earbuds that also happens to have a few clever…

By Ben Dahl
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Samsung S-Ray Portable Directional Speaker Set

Samsung has released quite a few interesting projects over the years, and this year at CES they're going to be revealing a few more. C-Lab (the Samsung Creative Lab program) is unveiling a portable, directional speaker set called S-Ray that aims to give you private listening without actually having to…

By Ben Dahl
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