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more about #music taz20075: I'm just waiting for the day my wife mutates into Jean Grey. more » Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Well, I guess it's more believable than the Monster Cable crap. Will buy one. Oh, but wait - first I need a pair of new cyborg ears to enjoy the extr... more » imstillatwork: This is how idiotic 'audiophile' types are. [www.diyaudio.com] more » aerospaceman: I know a guy who could make up an explanation of why this supposedly improves sound....an audiophile of course. more » Kerensky97: I remember as a kid I would put a record on my parents turntable and if I cranked the bass to the maximum I could get the needle to bounce and skip a ... more » DirtyDogg: If I could do this with say, my bed then I'd be impressed. Damn foot board gets me in the shins every morning. more » KahnSkript: So what do you do about the 45 lbs of non-floating cables? more » TheSonOfKrypton: T-Pain = Shit. more » Tim Gee: Floating the shelf on magnets will not remove vibrations, if you apply a force vertically it will still move. In fact, because they system has less da... more » Twinder: That's the great thing about making a selling a production for twenty times what it cost you to make. You don't need to fool as many people to get rich. more » Vascof: when should we tell the audiophiles that, no i dont hear any difference, and remeber that quantum box you bought( [gizmodo.com] ) yeah i just thought ... more » HighOctaneX: Years ago, talking mid 90's here, I had an AV system-in-a-cabinet made by Sony. It actually had a magnetically suspended shelf for the DVD/CD player. ... more » nutbastard: or you could, you know, put down a vibration dampening rubber mat... for $10... and experience the same level of non existent improvement in sound qua... more » NorCalAngler: For the audiophile that houses his components in a bounce house. Oh, sorry... for the audiophile that houses his components in a bounce house... in s... more » FrankenPC: If I were an audiophile with serious anal-retentive tendencies, I would be SERIOUSLY concerned that those magnets would cause field fluctuations in th... more » fuchikoma: So I just put my tape deck on here and it'll shield it from vibration hey? Pretty slick... Hey, that's weird, I don't hear anything from my tapes at ... more » Bloof, even better with MAGNETS!!!: THIS IS AWESOME!!! It makes perfect sense, just like the magnetic bracelets that prevent Lyme disease, reduces fatigue, cure cancer, soften stool and... more » Alfisted: Finally, Air Supply, the way they were meant to be heard. more » Joe Valasek: So, this design. Looks like there are sliding pins to keep the magnets centered. Basically, it only removes vibration from one axis only. more » Kaiser-Machead: And that's when the poor sucker realizes that the very air around the sound system makes things vibrate, and buys an Acme Domivac, which sucks the air... more » -
#stereo
Levitate Your Stereo Like All Real Audiophiles Do With the Zero Gravity Shelf
Why does your home stereo system sound like shit? Because it's not floating on magnets, of course. With the Zero Gravity shelf, your stereo gains powers of levitation that would be better applied to just about anything else. More » -
#apps
The 40 Best Branded iPhone Music Apps of 2009
Music apps are a huge category of apps, and 2009 was a huge year for music apps. Music Ally sums up the year's biggest music apps for us here. More » -
#cellphones
Play Us a Holiday Diddy on the HTC Mobile of Mobiles
Using 50 HTC Touch handsets connected to computers with custom programming, James Theophane created a musical art installation that you can actually play via internet magic. More » -
#videogames
Rhythm Video Games Quickly Entering Twilight of Their One-Hit Wonder Career
Fake musicians the world over are increasingly casting aside their fake instruments, reports video game stats go-to firm the NPD Group. Apparently, the short era of plastic rhythm game instruments and accessories is leveling off. More » -
#audio
Stream Audio From Your Bluetooth Phone With Belkin's Dinky Little Receiver
Other Bluetooth music receivers exist, but they're not nearly as small and glamorous as Belkin's model here. More » -
#midi
Marimba, Meet MIDI. MIDI, Marimba. Now Go Play Nice.
Long and agonizing has been my wait for the pairing of a three-octave marimba's upbeat tonality and the synth kitsch of a MIDI player. Thank you, Player Marimba, for answering my prayers. More » -
#music
Guitar2-D2 Can Rock Darth Vader's Socks Off
Meet Ben Simon and his Guitar2-D2, the weirderest instrument, part electric guitar, part synthesizer, part rhythm box, part amp, part speakers, part the waters, party lover, parting away as I get into the subway on my way to Manhattan. [Obsolete] -
#google
Musician Finds Minor Fame by Stalking Google Street View Car
When Nate Heagy heard that the Google Street View team was coming to his town, he quickly hatched a plan to promote his band: He would stalk out the Street View van until he managed to get his picture taken. More » -
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#robots
iPhone-Controlled Music Bot Improvises Just Like Your Favorite Jazz Master
We've seen the Shimon robot playing some music and also bobbing its head, but this video shows it doing both at the same time, all while being controlled by an iPhone. And wowee zowee, is this thing impressive. More » -
#furniture
Ballerina Sweetspot: A Chair Designed Specifically For Audiophiles
There is just something about chairs. Just look around the office—they are not just places to sit anymore. Chairs have become super-engineered status symbols. Now audiophiles can have their own high-tech throne. More » -
#rumor
How Lala and the Web Will Make iTunes Even More Powerful
We've been wondering what a Lalaized iTunes would look like, and we weren't too far off: The WSJ says iTunes is evolving into a web-centric model, making the biggest music store in the world that much more powerful.
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#music
YouTube's VEVO, an Internet Imitation of MTV, Launches Tonight
YouTube and Universal have teamed up to create VEVO, a site which will host music videos with the blessings of various recording companies. The site is launching tonight and so far the details sound pretty great. More » -
#clips
Synth Britannia: As If Ken Burns Were To Explain Autotune
BBC4's Synth Britannia was a sufficiently comprehensive look into the electronic music of postpunk Britain, from the pioneering soundtrack to "A Clockwork Orange" by Wendy Carlos, to experimental groups like OMD, Throbbing Gristle, and early Human League... More » -
#space
What Could Be More Suitable for a Space Ride Than Trance Music? Answer: Everything
Here's an idea—why don't we round up every trance act and send them all into space? So we never have to hear that incessant doof doof noise any more. Let's hope Richard Branson agrees. More » -
#mint
The Masculine Mint Pass Robot Music Tank Could Crush Sony's Rolly Under its Tracks
The Korean Mint Pass is doing some pretty neat things in the MP3 player world, with this Robot Music Tank player/speaker concept tracking humans with its pyroelectric sensor, locking onto their thermal temperature and rolling after them, gleefully playing music. More » -
#concepts
Melody Balloon Floats Above Earth to Deliver Godly Introductions
The Melody Balloon, a fantastical concept, is a music player that floats by your side, tethered to the ground by your ears—which is actually a bit disappointing, because I was hoping it was something else: More » -
#iphone
iPhone Orchestra Hacks Touchscreen, GPS and Accelerometer to Create "Music"
Dressed in the required blue jeans and black turtleneck, the world's first iPhone orchestra is staging a public performance next week as part of the University of Michigan's "Building a Mobile Phone Ensemble" course. More » -
#pope
Pope's MySpace Music Playlist Includes Tupac and Muse
His Holiness is either trying to "get down with the bambini" or he really does enjoy listening to 2PAC's 'Changes' and Muse's 'Uprising.' Presumably he can relate to the lyrics "I'm tired of being poor and even worse I'm black." More » -
#music
Paul McCartney Doesn't Understand the Internet
What's Paul McCartney's doomsday scenario? Someone, somewhere, somehow manages to leak the Beatles' music onto the internet, where it will be stolen by everyone, all the time. This must be prevented! Notice a problem there? Yeah, it gets worse. More » -
#mods
MidiFighter Melds Music and Button Mashing
With absolutely no practical use for it whatsoever, I'm lusting hard after this 16-button, arcade-style MIDI controller available in a solderless kit you can assemble in just 5 minutes. More »
