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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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Beats by Dr. Dre Wireless Headphones

Bluetooth technology, in theory, is awesome. No cords to get tangled up when you're on the treadmill. No wires that you have to plug in to get your sweet jams from your phone to your ears. Unfortunately, in practice bluetooth just makes you look like the dude wearing the headset…

By Cooper Fleishman
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WAVE – Waterproof MP3 Player Headphones

As guys, we like to take our workouts seriously, it's how we balance out the empty beer bottles we accrue each weekend. This means we don't walk on a treadmill for 10 minutes while watching Judge Judy.  We hit the pool for laps, we bike even when it's raining and we…

By Mike Newman
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Bose CineMate 1 SR Home Theater Speaker System

Purchasing and setting up a home theater system is a bit like being let loose in a liquor store with the best selection of craft beer you've ever seen. What do you choose? How many do you buy? Do you really NEED two of the exact same products? Did you…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Philips Fidelio Wireless Speaker

There are a lot of products lying around our homes and offices that we never quite needed but really, really wanted. A wireless speaker system for streaming music from our iPhones, Droids and BBs is pretty close to the top of the list. You could just unplug the speakers from…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Bose Soundlink Wireless Mobile Speaker

It's hard to believe that there was a time when you couldn't carry a Grammy office worth of music in your pocket with you at all times. Luckily that time is all but forgotten and we all live in the age where you can have Nine Inch Nails, Phil Collins,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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