Audio, video or TV product related news, reviews and articles.
My airline travel has recently picked up the past year and I find myself on planes for more hours than I can remember. And if you have ever spent any time in coach on an airline, you know the value of a good set of headphones. I have tried every earbud known to man and […]
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Check out this cute audio player in the shape of two of our all time favorite Star Wars characters R2-D2 and C-3PO. The R2-D2 shaped player has a 2GB capacity, that will allow storage of up to 500 songs which can be played with or without the C-3PO shaped earphones. There aren’t many extra details
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Do you hate how your earbuds fit? Do they fall out when running or exercising? Do they hurt when you jam them in far enough to drown out the noise in your environment? Perhaps you need to check out the Clear Harmony SI1100 Sound Isolation Earbuds with Linx Audio from Able Planet. I was sent
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Logitech is one of the premier manufacturers of technology peripheral devices. They make some of the bestkeyboards, mice and their Harmony line of remote controls is fantastic. One of their newest products is the Logitech Wireless Headset. I’ve spent the last few days using the headset with a variety of devices and it has performed
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All of a sudden, there are a lot of Apple AirPlay* speakers being offered just in time for the holidays. Libratone is a new high-end player in this enlarging US market. They’ve been around for a while in Europe where they are famous for their high quality and great sound. This Danish company subscribes to
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With the Mini Boombox for Smartphones, Tablets, and Laptops from Logitech, you’ll be able to wirelessly play music with any Bluetooth-enabled device that supports the Bluetooth® wireless audio profile [Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP). If you don’t have a Bluetooth device, you’ll be able to use the Mini Boombox with any audio device with a 3.5mm
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I’ve read in a few audiophile articles that a good, reasonably priced set of stereo speakers paired with an amplifier will trump the best iPod speaker/dock no matter the cost. While that may be true, when I heard the Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Air, I began to have some doubts. The British company, Bowers & Wilkins
Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Air Speaker/Dock Review Read More
Blue Microphone recently released the Radius shockmount for their Yeti and Yeti Pro microphones (both microphones have the same mount and form-factor). A shockmount is used to isolate your microphone from vibration while recording. The mount is specifically designed to work with the Yeti and Yeti Pro, but could be used with almost any microphone with
The Radius for Yeti Review Read More
I’m all about my Big Band music. I have an Mp3 player full of it. I stream it via Live 365 Internet Subscription radio. I even have vinyl records of old recordings, and I have stuff older than that. I can’t always play my records and in my area; Big Band music cannot be found
Zazzle Customized Doodle Speakers Review Read More
Everybody needs earphones for their various smartphones, tablets, and MP3 players, and most people want to replace the uncomfortable stock earphones with better-sounding, more comfortable earbuds. Maximo has provided The Gadgeteer with a couple of their earphones. We’ll be looking at both the iP-395 iMetal Isolation Earphones with Remote and Mic and the iP-595 iMetal
Last year, I had the chance to review the iMainGo X Ultra-Portable Speaker and Case for iPhone/iPod and was amazed at the great sound from such a small set of speakers. I was interested to see that they’ll soon have the iMainGo XP for iPad and iPad 2. The portable speaker case has a rechargeable
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We’ve all been there… You’re listening to a cool tune and want to share it with your buddy, but don’t want to let them listen through your earbuds… eew! You could play the tune through speakers, but that’s not always convenient either. What do you do? If only you could allow your friend to connect
Skunk Juice Magnetic Earbuds Solve Age Old Earbud Sharing Dilemma Read More
The one thing I really missed from the Audyssey South of Market speaker dock I recently reviewed was Apple’s AirPlay technology (plus no headphone port, but I digress). I was so sure that the next version of that speaker would have it. I was wrong – sort of. Audyssey has released an AirPlay speaker. It’s just
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People don’t usually associate Bowers & Wilkins name with reasonably priced audio. Yes, they make killer products, but affordable? Not for the average Joe with little knowledge of how good audio can and should sound. Well, B&W have come out with a pair of earphones that – at least in B&W’s universe – are very
Bowers & Wilkins C5 In-Ear Headphones Review Read More
Almost every portable device available today has the capability to play music, and everywhere you look, you’ll see someone with earphones tuning out the world. Earphones are great, but sometimes you want to listen to music without feeling so isolated or you want to share your music with others. Many devices have built-in speakers now,
This speaker dock from Sony has a lot of features to make the music stored on your iOS device sound its best. Sony’s RDP-X500iP Premium Speaker Dock uses S-MASTER digital amplification that “gets you closer to the music” with high-performance audio output. Sony’s Clear Phase™ linear phase correction circuitry “ensures reduced distortion and increased sound
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Over the last six months or so, I’ve been in training for an upcoming Tough Mudder event. I’ve had to bring myself from literal couch potato to gym rat capable of living through a 12 mile run through mud, water, fire, and electricity. In doing so, I’ve learned the importance of keeping track of my
iHome NB639 Fitness Evolved Headphones Review Read More
If you’re looking for a way to get rid of expensive cable bills, you may have considered going to HD over-the-air programming. Nothing’s better than free TV, but do you really want to have to use an ugly rabbit ears antenna? The Leaf Antenna™ was designed by experienced antenna engineers who have been designing antennas
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Of all the headphones I have reviewed, it never occurred to me to share what I was listening to with anyone nearby. I mean, that’s what headphones are all about, right? Personal listening. Well, someone decided that you should be able to share your music using your headphones without actually using your headphones. Yes, you
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About three years ago I started moving our family towards a cable/satellite free lifestyle. One of my first projects was building a Home Theater Computer. AMD had recently introduced the 780g chipset that would allow me to build an inexpensive, quiet machine that would handle streaming HD video without the need for an internal video
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