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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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Phiaton PS 20 NC Earbuds

We love earbuds but they're not without their flaws. The comfort difference between earbuds and over the ear studio headphones is a matter of taste, but convenience definitely goes to earbuds. Plus, let's face it, unless you're willing to spend more on earbuds than you did on the audio device…

By Cooper Fleishman
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AIAIAI’S Swirl Earphones

After winning the award for Bizarre Brand Name that Sounds Like a Battle Cry, audio company AIAIAI set to work reinventing the earphone. Looking to minimize the constant tangles that plague the modern earphone, they came up with the Swirl. With a literal twist on the existing style, they managed…

By Wylie Overstreet
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Aluminum Sound Tube Speaker

Big things in small packages generally doesn't refer to your pant area because a) you're not a skinny jeans wearing hipster and b) you don't put your iPhone 4 in your pocket because that will break the glass. For once, you're going to have more than anyone bargained for in…

By Cooper Fleishman
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YouRock MIDI Electric Guitar

There's only one reason most guys pick up a guitar for the first time - to pickup chicks. The fame, fortune, and VH1 special are all great - but it's really all about the chicks. Flash to the present. When the groupie goggles fade, most of us are left with…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Hoodie Buddie

Having music on the go is always nice.  The flipside of that coin of course is carrying earbuds or headphones, which scientists in obscure European laboratories have recently discovered are not only predisposed to getting tangled and/or in the way, it turns out it's a mathematical certainty.   Hoodie Buddie…

By Wylie Overstreet
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