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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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Thodio iBox XC

The original Thodio iBox was nothing short of amazing. It had 5" speakers, with 70 watts of power behind them that made it sound good. It had a battery that would live longer than iPhone you would use to stream music. Best of all, it looked really damn good. The…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Sol Republic Deck Wireless Speaker

Bluetooth / NFC pairing. Passive Bass Radiator. 360 degree sound. Portable. Available in different colors. Those points could be used to describe quite a few different Bluetooth speakers on the market. What separates the Sol Republic Deck from the competition that has more than a few of the same attributes?…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Blazar Bluetooth Speaker

The idea of a portable, cable free music experience is great. Unfortunately, in practice it never quite works out like the marketing and packaging materials promise, and you're left with shitty sound, another paperweight or you're tethered to a device that's just as inconvenient as you feared. That's not the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Sennheiser Momentum On-Ear Headphones

If you're looking to add a hit of color to your portable audio experience but don't want to go the Urbanears route, the latest headphones from Sennheiser could be just what you're in the market for. The new Momentum On-Ear Headphones from Sennheiser are available in four different colors -…

By Mike Newman
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BRAVEN 850

The problem with a lot of Bluetooth speakers is they just don't give you the kind of sound your music deserves. BRAVEN decided to amp up its speaker's size to amp up the audio. The new BRAVEN 850 is 4x the size of the speakers in the Six Series from…

By Mike Newman
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