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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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Blue Yeticaster Professional Broadcast Bundle

It's stupid easy to start a podcast. Get yourself a mic and some software and you're basically there. Quality audio is another ballgame altogether, though. For the budding podcaster in need of simplicity, Blue introduced the Yeticaster Professional Broadcast Bundle, which comes with a plug-and-play Yeti USB mic, shockmount, and…

By Mike Newman
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Upgrade Your Vintage Bang & Olufsen Speakers With Beocreate

Want to give your vintage Bang & Olufsen speakers a new lease on life? Check out the Beocreate 4 Channel amplifier. Developed by a team from Bang & Olufsen who worked with the audiophile builders at HiFiBerry, the Beocreate 4 Channel Amplifier is a DSP/DAC/amplifier combination board designed to upgrade…

By Cooper Fleishman
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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 Cooper Fleishman
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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 Cooper Fleishman
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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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