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more about #sound more comments → Crashproof: I hate to think of what the broken, mismatched, shoddy chairs in my workplace say about our status... more » FriarNurgle: You think this would be the only logical thing to sit on after spending all that money on the "best" stereo equipment. more » jepzilla: It's not something recent. I think you'll find chairs have been status symbols for a very long time. more » bucho54: There is no way I'd want this for my listening area. I currently have a 1960's era couch that looks horrendous, was free from someone I know and kept... more » OMG! Ponies!: Seriously... I'm just digging the name of it. In fact, if I have a daughter, I might name her Ballerina Sweetspot. Scratch that... Even if I have ... more » ReiRei0: The label looks like KITT took over a whiskey bottle. more » WaffleTeamStrike! v26.00: I'm more of a bourbon fan myself. All bourbon is whiskey but not all whiskey is bourbon. With that said, Maker's Mark is my favorite common bourbon. T... more » berbar: Please Jesús, don't compare whisky with whiskey. Now this [landingpage2.taliskerwhisky.com] is a really good whisky. more » Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Bring it on, Jesus, bring it on. more » TerryinSt.Paul: I just cracked open a bottle of Charles Shaw (3 buck chuck here in the Midwest) Austrailian Chardonay 2008. I will trade this bottle for a good shot o... more » PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: I was trying to look for a video for this but can't find one. Might be cool to see how this works. Anybody having any luck? more » Hiphopopotamus: Everyone knows there's only 2 successful ways to market liquor... 1) make it better than your competitors or 2) get a rapper to mention it in a song. more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: I could use a drink right about now. more » Gordonium: Jesus, you're my favorite alcoholic writing for Giz, and possibly even my favorite alcoholic on teh Interwebz. more » philibuster: I do like Ortofon carts. 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 » -
#sound
I'm Writing About Whiskey and It's Not Even Tuesday Yet
The first time I saw this bottle of Ballantine's whiskey I thought: I need a drink. Then I looked closely and I thought: Fuck, I need a drink. And some disco dancing too. More » -
#sound
This Is How a Record Made of Ice Sounds
As if we didn't have enough with frightening planetary sounds, artist Katie Paterson has recorded the chilling crackles of three Icelandic glaciers. Nothing special there... until you learn that she did it on 45rpm records made with actual ice. More » -
#sound
An Acoustic Hyperlens
This is the acoustic hyperlens developed by the Xiang Zhang research group. Think of it as a radar dish for sound waves. Put into practice, it can increase performance of ultrasound baby spotting and sonar submarine sighting by 8x. [EurekAlert] -
#sound
Microsoft's Anechoic Chamber: The Place Where Sound Goes To Die
Yesterday, while touring a new building on Microsoft's campus, I came across an anechoic chamber: A room designed to eliminate all noise from outside—and in. I spent about 5 minutes locked inside, and man is it freaky. 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 » -
#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 » -
#review
Kanex Mini DisplayPort Adapter With Audio Review: Someone Finally Gets It Right
The Kanex Mini DisplayPort and USB audio to HDMI adapter, which one-ups the previous Monoprice adapter because there's audio. More » -
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#makerfaire2009
Interactivation: When Music Makers and Tesla Coils Collide
On display at Maker Faire 2009, Interactivation is a whimsical, slightly non-sensical cross between a six-way collaborative music machine and a Tesla coil, producing improvised sounds and scientific trickery from the same machine. More » -
#leds
A Party In Your Mouth
Daito Manabe, my favorite Japanese weirdo ever, is at it again. This time the party is in his mouth, thanks to a custom LED/sound based device programmed by him and Motoi Ishibashi. [Thanks Enjuto Mojamuto] -
#audio
Fighting Mormon Cricket Invasions With Hard Rock and Boom Boxes
Mormon crickets are insects with multiple wives who live in Utah, travelling to Nevada to eat crops and play craps—or something like that. I'm not David Attenborough, ok? One real thing: They hate rock music. More » -
#gizexplains
Giz Explains: Speakers From the Future
Last week, we explained the difference between $100 and $100,000 speakers. But in the name of clarity, we focused on traditional loudspeakers, around longer than Keith Richards. Here are the newer crazier types. More » -
#tgif
10 "Instruments" That Have No Business Playing Music
As part of our week long tribute to music tech, it's fitting that we honor artists that challenge our definition of musical instruments. Here are ten examples that shatter our perceptions (and eardrums). More » -
#questionoftheday
Have You Ever Bought An Album More Than Once?
Only the best albums are worth buying more than once. Maybe you lost it, maybe you bought it in different formats—whatever the reason, let us know which albums are worth the investment. More » -
#listeningtest
My First Album
Unlike Jason, I have a reason to be proud of my first album purchase. It was Nine Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine on cassette. More » -
#gizexplains
Giz Explains: The Difference Between $100 and $100,000 Speakers
A speaker system can cost as little as $35. Or as much as $350,000. As a normal person, you probably have just one question about speakers that cost as much a Ferrari: What. The. Hell. More » -
#listeningtest
Why We Need Audiophiles
This is Michael Fremer. He's listening to "Avalon" by Roxy Music on his $350,000 stereo system. It sounds excellent. He's a bit crazy, but if you love music, you need him. More » -
#listeningtest
Vietnamese Audiophile Turns a Room Into One Giant Speaker
The details are lost in translation so I'm not entirely sure what has been done, but it is clear that someone with the handle Giahy on the VNAV.vn forum has built one crazy speaker system. More » -
#listeningtest
Listening Test: Gizmodo's Week Long Tribute To Music Tech
I once read that music has more impact the louder you play it. On that note, I'll tell you the story of the summer I got addicted to very loud car audio equipment. More »
