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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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Zipbuds Earbuds

Untangling your earbuds is an inevitability that everyone deals with on a daily basis. Your current earbuds of choice might be connected to the greatest $400 personal media device ever, but that doesn't fit the tangled mess. You could go the bluetooth route, but most of those are bulky and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Marshall Headphones

In the music industry, the name Marshall is a hard one to forget. If you were ever in a band when you were younger, you probably owned a Marshall amp. If you weren't, you lusted after the one that one dude in that band had. With original pioneers like The…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 8

The iDock party has been going on since Apple's device arsenal was limited to iPods only. Leave it to Bang & Olufsen to arrive last and show everyone up when they do. The BeoSound 8 has propriety conical drivers, high-performance amplifierrs and the same sort of crazy engineering (it changes…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Grado RS1i Reference Series Headphones

There’s an old saying that you’re only as strong as your weakest link.  It’s true, in a system of interconnecting pieces one component lagging behind throws the whole thing off.  So, if you’re gonna invest in expensive audio equipment, rare b-sides, and cables that cost more than your buddy’s whole…

By Mike Newman
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Jawbone Jambox

What has bluetooth, a cool name, fits in the palm of your hand, weighs less than a pound, and is the best new gadget on the market? Spoiler alert, it's not a new iPhone, but it can connect to it. The Jawbone Jambox is a bluetooth speaker - and speakerphone…

By Cooper Fleishman
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