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ThickSkinned: That's not a wall of sound. Now this, this is a Wall of Sound. #wallofsound more »
daftrok: Over exaggerated, Over priced and Under powered. Yup, sounds like an Apple Product to me #wallofsound more »
FooSchnickens - BPH Free: This thing lost all credibility at: "for people who believe that music should be listened to loudly." #wallofsound more »
Coolmodo: There were many occasions in life where I wished I had a Wall of Sound, looks at wife... #wallofsound more »
Covertghost: A 225 pound 125 watt speaker? Really? #wallofsound more »
Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: I'm sorry, but at 3' by 4' that fucker had better hit 20 hz and hit it hard. Like, so hard your momma's fine china 3 states away dies. And for $4,50... more »
OMG! Ponies!: This will go great with my iTouch Ziggurat. The New iTouch Ziggurat: Every piece of music ever made in the history of mankind in your pocket. Start... more »
GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn: So it's a speaker. Singular. Does that mean you need two for stereophonic sound? #wallofsound more »
FriarNurgle: Monster Cable approved. #wallofsound more »
Xeno: It boggles the mind. For 4500 you can build a pretty kick ass surround sound system. Or..... you can have one giant iPod dedicated speaker. Hmmmm, wha... more »

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Wall of Sound iPod Dock Stands 3 Feet Tall by 4 Feet Wide
For a stereo, the Wall of Sound isn't massive. But for an iPod dock, it's gargantuan. More »
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I Like The Asspeaker Concept And I Cannot Lie
Someone's fetish definitely comes through with this speaker concept design. You turn the system on by giving the cheeks a gentle tap while the volume is controlled with tender caresses. If it were squeezable, I'd call the Asspeaker perfect. More »
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TerraCycle Recycles Tasty Treat Wrappers Into Speakers
These recycled speakers are interesting, TerraCycle, but I won't be 100% impressed until you find a way to turn the World's Largest Cheeto into a speaker too. More »
#polk

Polk HitMaster "Monitor" Means Inexplicable Faux Instrument Arms Race Actually Exists
The disdain I harbored for that ridiculous Altec Lansing Guitar Hero "stage monitor" was fading this morning, but news from Polk that they, too, would be entering the world of fake music accessories revived those feelings anew. More »
#review

Mint Studio Multi-Room Wireless Speaker/iPod Dock Review
The Mint Studio is an update of the Mint 220 wireless speakers we reviewed last year. Although the two units look almost exactly the same, the Studio fixes the complaints we had from its predecessor, AND it's cheaper. More »
#sonos

Sonos ZonePlayer S5 Hands-On: Sonos for the Masses
Sonos, best known for their premium-priced (but adored) wireless audio systems, announced an all-in-one receiver and speaker recently, and after seeing and hearing it, I'm impressed—but not blown away. More »
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The Nano Now Has a Green Power GP 400N External Speaker
What happens when you want to listen to your iPod Nano on the can, but don't want to put on a pair of headphones for fear that you'll accidentally drag the Nano into the toilet? You use Green Power's speakers. More »
#hometheater

Victor JVC Home Theater Audio System Is But an Inch Thick
In case you've been wanting a pair of speakers that can hang like a picture, Victor JVC will allow you to check off that ambitious life goal. More »
#review

Joey Roth's Ceramic Computer Speakers Review: $500 Gives Your PC Audiophile Cred
Joey Roth's ceramic computer speakers are just about the most gorgeous I've ever seen, and they sound amazing. But at $500, they're not for anyone who still thinks their MP3s sound just fine. More »
#speakers

Yamaha Quietly Shows Off 1mm-Thick Cloth Speaker
Yamaha's booth at CEATEC featured a few cloth posters with mundane advertisements on them that seem to lack any attention-grabbing oomph—until you step directly in front of them and realize that they're incredibly thin directional speakers. Whoa! More »
#lacie

LaCie's Sound2 USB Speakers Look Like Disembodied Earbuds for Giants
We're a little skeptical of speakers that look this good, since it seems like they're trying to compensate for something—LaCie's Sound2 laptop speakers are USB-powered, after all—but the audio comes from Cabasse, a pretty established French audio company. More »
#hdtvs

Emo Labs Invisible Speakers: HDTV Screens Could Become The Speaker
TVs might be getting beautifully thinner, but we're often still forced to use external speaker setups to get decent sound quality. Emo Labs' solution: embed a thin and clear "invisible" membrane speaker into the screen itself. Watch it in action: More »
#sound

Artcoustic Crystal Speaker Dock Will Fulfill Your Secret Disco Needs
Dear Artcoustic. Your wall-mounted, ultra-flat loudspeakers with iPod/iPhone-compatible docks are really really cool, and I always wanted one. But seriously, was there any frikkin' need to cover them with a billion Swarovski crystals to match my disco ball? Oh yes. More »
#hometheater

This Wireless Subwoofer Is Too Nice for Humanity
High-end subwoofers? Very common. Wireless subwoofers. They're around. High-end wireless subwoofers? Rare. Rare like leprechauns riding unicorns. More »
#receivers

Yamaha neoHD Review: Receiver Redefined? Almost.
For decades, receiver innovation has been stuck in tar, an anonymous group of large black boxes with way too many buttons. Now, the neoHD hopes to re-imagine what the receiver can be. More »
#diy

Make Some Hard Drive Speakers, Just Because You Can
The Hackaday people say that hard drive speakers are not new. Fine. Who cares when they look so cheesetastically retro good as these? I don't. The gangsta blue horizontal volume unit meter will satisfy your inner pimp too. More »
#ipoddocks

Bose SoundDock 10 Has a Subwoofer In Its Belly, $600 Tag On Its Forehead
When does an iPod dock stop being an iPod dock? When it weighs 20 pounds? When it has a subwoofer the size of a child's head? When it costs $600? Whatever you do, don't ask Bose. More »
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Altec Lansing Orbit Speaker Drops the Batteries, Grows a USB Tail
Some interestingly sideways gadget evolution from Altec Lansing today: The ultraportable Orbit speaker, which originally called for a child's fistful of batteries, is now powered directly over USB. Which is great, for some people. More »
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Victrola-Inspired Aesthesis Speaker Is an Astronomical $85,000
Aw, grandpa! Could you please take my $85,000 speaker out of your ear? For the last time my Aesthesis speakers are not your old timer's hearing aid horn! More »
#accessories

iPod Speaker Purse Is the Cute Way to Blare Tunes in Public Places
Artist Yoshihiko Satoh's wooden speaker purse is actually pretty good-looking: It looks like speakers, not fabric, yet the size and design work as a purse (or at least an iPod carrier). It's expensive at $340, natch. [Boing Boing Gadgets]
#peripherals

Exposed Brain Speaker Skulls Complement Any Aesthetic
Little known fact: These Head Banger Skull Computer Speakers are one of Jonathan Ive's many "failed" projects before arriving at Apple. Pick up this little piece of history for just $60. [Design Toscano via Nerd Approved]
#speakers

Altec Lansing iMT800, MX6021 Are Industrial-Chic, Kinda Expensive
Another month, another two Things That Make Sound from Altec Lansing: one for iPods; one for PCs. Meet the iMT800, a fairly literal, iPod-infused take on a 1980s-style boombox, and the MX6021, a speaker set apparently made from motorcycle parts. More »
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Asus uBoom Sound Bar Speakers Let You Party Like It's 1999
That's not necessarily a compliment; you'll either love-or-hate the dated design of the uBoom and uBoom Q sound-bar speakers. On the upside: the Q connects directly to a notebook via USB—no need for audio-cables, drivers, or power supply. More »
#bose

Bose Teasing Four Mystery Products Over Next Five Weeks
A tipster forwarded this Bose email promotion along to us this afternoon that purportedly promises four new products over the course of four Mondays: More »
#questionoftheday

Would You Classify Yourself As An Audiophile?
Dr. Dre's attempt to reconstruct the "entire digital music ecosystem" has me thinking about the discerning group of consumers that drink sound in like a connoisseur with a fine wine. In other words, audiophiles. More »
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15 Of The World's Most Mind-Blowing, Ear Drum-Bursting Speakers
Our good friend Dave Kay at AudioJunkies has put together an all new edition of the world's sexiest speakers for 2009—and it basically defines gadget porn for the audiophile. More »
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Awesome Porcelain Speakers Are Too Classy for My Desk
This 2.0 speaker set (the toaster-looking piece is a volume control, not a subwoofer) may not be the most powerful set at 10W per channel, but they promise excellent conduction (and style) due to the unusual construction of ceramic-wrapped cork. More »
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$2,000,000 Ultimate Speaker Set is Bigger Than Its Price Tag
$1,000,000 gets you: a complete original Transformers boxed collection, a speedy car or...one. single. speaker. At a mil per channel, these speakers are almost as big as Transformers, but I'd still rather have Soundwave in my living room. More »
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Portable Toilet Speakers For Music That Sounds Like Sh*t
Audiophiles avert your eyes (and ears). These shape of these little 2-watt speakers is probably a good indicator of the sound quality. Then again, ~~country~~ some music was meant to be played on speakers like this. [Chinagrabber via Technabob]
#review

K-Box Pocket Speaker Review (Mediocre, But Entertaining As Hell)
The Gadget: K-Box portable speaker. It turns any surface (tables, doors and windows) into big speakers. More »
#speakers

Devotec Portable Solar Speaker Enjoys Long Walks On the Beach, Bluetooth
Battery constraints are the biggest hindrance to portable speakers, especially when they use power-sucking Bluetooth streaming. Devotec's Solar Sound Bluetooth Speakers should help oceanside podcast listeners, backyard music aficionados and tailgate dance partiers relax a little but harder. More »
#speakers

Bose SoundLink Streams Music From Your PC via USB
Following the trend of pretty much every other audio company, Bose's SoundLink is their first wireless streaming speaker. But oddly enough, instead of using Bluetooth or wi-fi, Bose opted to go with an RF USB dongle for data transfer. More »
#review

Creative SoundBlaster Wireless for iTunes and GigaWorks Wireless Speaker Lightning Review
The Gadgets: Creative's new SoundBlaster Wireless for iTunes dongle, that shares music to little receivers around the house, and also to the GigaWorks T20W wireless-receiver speakers. More »
#speakers

Four New Logitech Speaker Sets Feature 360-Degree Sound
Logitech's really pushing this "omnidirectional acoustics" stuff with their new speaker sets—they've got both front- and rear-facing drivers in each satellite, and the subwoofers (when included) push the sound downwards rather than out. More »
#design

Cox Speaker Table Combines Two Items, Ruining Both
This Cox speaker table is the sort of thing you buy when you have a lot of money but no time to consider how practical your overpriced baubles are. Who the hell wants a speaker that doubles as a table? More »
#transformers

Optimus Prime Speakers Feature Pretty Half-Assed Transforming
Come on, this isn't much of a transformation. This powered USB gadget is in the shape of Optimus Prime's severed head, and the ears (or whatever) swing out to reveal the speakers within. More »
#papercraft

DIY Speaker Kit Lets You Rock with Scissors and Paper
Here's something I'd expect to see whipped up by MAKE Magazine on Martha Stewart: A paper speaker kit that comes with all the paste and paper you need to fold together your own mini ghetto-blaster. Seriously. More »
#speakers

Expressionist Plus Speaker Set Has A Real Subwoofer This Time
The Expressionisit Plus speaker set from Altec Lansing gives you an actual standalone subwoofer this time, instead of being built-in like the previous Expressionist set. It's available this month for $100. [Altec Lansing]
#speakers

Bluedot BSP-S20K Speaker Is Flat... Let's Hope The Sound Isn't
At just 19mm thick, the Bluedot BSP-S20K speaker can be folded flat and taken wherever the party is. But then again, with a 2x2-watt output isn't exactly going to be much of a party. More »
#diy

DIY PET Bottle Portable Speakers
It's no coffee cup speaker, but PET bottles do, in fact, make a pretty decent shell for a couple of small speakers. Plus, the standardized shape means they will fit in a lot of existing holders. More »

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