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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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Sounder Stand

We have a love/hate relationship with purchasing wooden amplifiers. We love how we can ditch wires and electricity and have a perfect product in one portable piece of wood, but we hate the feeling that we could have built the damn thing ourselves. The thing is, we've got DIY projects lined up…

By Mike Newman
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California Headphones

If you prefer crisp vocals and clean guitar riffs to skull-shaking beats, you may have a difficult time finding a pair of headphones that align with your tastes. California Headphone Company is looking to fill that void. If you're a rock, country or alternative music fan looking for a new…

By Mike Newman
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Approved: Headphones

It took us two months to decide on the headphones we’re currently using. It’s not that we spent that time screwing around on the interwebs (partial lie), it’s just that there’s a lot to decide on when picking up a new pair of cans. If you’re in the market, here…

By Mike Newman
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Philips Shoqbox Bluetooth Portable Speaker System

You can't even go to a big box store these days without seeing a few different bluetooth portable speakers because they're pretty much everywhere. You might be content with the indoor tunes that get pumped out of the one you already have (it may or may not be branded with…

By Cooper Fleishman
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AiAiAi Capital Headphones

On a daily basis, we give our headphones a beating akin to something Glass Joe would have experienced. From tossing them in our work bag to ripping them off our head like they were something we got for free on a flight, they usually don't last as long as we…

By Mike Newman
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