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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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Logitech Wireless Boombox for iPad

If you're an audiophile who lived through the 80's, just hearing the word "boombox" can cause a temporary twinge in your shoulder muscles as you recall hoisting one up and strolling the block in your Adidas warm ups. Okay, you could very well be a music lover without having ever…

By Mike Newman
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iHome iW1 AirPlay Wireless Audio System

With access to services like Spotify, Grooveshark and Rdio, your music is with you wherever you are. You don't need to deal with CDs or computers to pump out some sweet jams in the living room, the party or even the beach. But that just leaves one problem... the speakers.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Nikon Lens USB Speaker

We’re no strangers to creative speakers or cool photography inspired gear, so obviously a speaker that looks like a Nikon Lens isn’t going to fly under our radar. (Even if it is on eBay.) At first glance the Nikon Lens USB Speaker really looks just like a Nikon lens, until…

By Cool Material Guest
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Phiaton PS 20 BT’s

Any time we wear a pair of headphones that aren't wireless, we feel like one of those kids on a backpack leash you see at the mall. They get tangled, knotted and—with a quick turn of the head—can come flying off like that kid when he catches a whiff of Cinnabon. The…

By Mike Newman
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Audyssey Lower East Side Audio Dock Air

Unless you're talking about a designing a ridiculous Steampunk costume for Halloween, everything is better without wires—especially electronic equipment. Wires get tangled, look messy and someone will inevitably trip on them sooner or later. Cutting the cord was always a difficult proposition before because that meant you also had to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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