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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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Sennheiser’s Urbanite Line Delivers the Bass

Utilitarian headphones have slowly been replaced by more fashionable ones, but in the process style has become far more important than quality. Instead of just buying a pair of neon cans to get noticed, why not get a set that looks good but also delivers when it comes to performance? That's…

By Mike Newman
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Blue’s Mo-Fi Headphones Have a Built-in Amp

The first thing you're going to notice about these headphones is the fact that the cups are mounted on what appears to be a reverse knee sort of joint (The Arrival, anyone?), instead of heading straight to the band and over to the other ear. Turns out the inspiration for…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Chinon iPhone Speaker Feels Like Old Times

There are speakers you plug your iPhone into with a cable. Speakers you connect to with Bluetooth. Speakers that passively amplify sound (this is the old plastic cup trick). The Legato CH-PS840 from Chinon is one of the latter, but it's also different than other passive amps on the market.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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GIVEAWAY: Creative Sound Blaster Roar [CLOSED]

While it's almost assumed that audio from most portable Bluetooth speakers will pale in comparison to larger, more conventional units, the Sound Blaster Roar is one of few that defy expectations. Creative's incredibly impressive little speaker boasts a 5-driver chamber design, 2 amps, and a built-in sub to deliver performance…

By Mike Newman
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Creative Sound Blaster Roar

The Sound Blaster Roar is like a wolverine: it's diminutive in size but packs a serious punch. The team at Creative loaded an impressive bi-amplified 5-driver system with a subwoofer inside a case about the size of a hardcover book. It delivers seriously impressive bass along with crisp audio for an…

By Mike Newman
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