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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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Nixon RPM Headphones

Nixon is a name that needs no introduction around these parts... but they don't just make the hugest collection of watches you want to own. Nixon makes headphones too. The latest entry in the Nixon headphone line is the luxe, minimalistic The RPM headphones. Designed and tuned specifically for DJ…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Antique Tube Radio iPod Docks

These days, finding a new iPod dock is about as difficult as hating Rebecca Black's "Friday," so not very difficult at all. It seems like everything from blenders to bed sheets come with a built in dock. If they're so ubiquitous, why would you need a dedicated dock? Because tubes…

By Cooper Fleishman
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TDK Life on Record Sound Cube

If you haven’t ditched your boombox yet - or if you ditched it and then bought another one when it became ironically cool to do so - it’s time to ditch it for good.  The TDK Life on Record Sound Cube gives you a modern version of a portable stereo…

By Mike Newman
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Sony Ericsson Media Speaker Stand

With iPhones and Blackberries and Android devics being as ubiquitous as they are, there's no shortage of music on the go. You could simply settle for the bland, tinny, dull audio that gets piped out of the same speaker you use to talk to your mother (ours hasn't figured out…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Stereolizer iPad App

90% of the time, we're willing to sacrifice a little bit of warmth and clarity in favor of convenience. Drunken hazes not withstanding, we're actually talking about music. Vinyl is fantastic and everything, but it's a huge pain in the ass compared to the convenience of loading up your iPod/Phone/Pad…

By Cooper Fleishman
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