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    MrBlahBlah: no optical = killer more »
    nat lyon: It looks really flimsy. Worse- the black plastic look is old, tired, and very cheap looking. Would be nice if they could offer some optional shells. more »
    snoop-blog: I'd carry this kind of stuff around with me when I was a kid and got dubbed "Gadget Boy" by my older brothers. That pretty much stuck until I took tae... more »
    OMG! Ponies!: So I put a pack of Juicy Fruit in the top and it plays music? What will they think of next? more »
    1 DVS BSTD-Its off the Hizzle fo $hizzle My Dizzle: prtty slss f y sk m more »
  • #reviews

    Lightning Review: ZVOX 550 Speaker System and Flat Panel Stand

    The gadget: The ZVOX 550, the only speaker system we've ever seen designed to hold a 50" flat panel TV while packing a 60W amp, 5.25" sub, and five 2" speakers in one frame.
  • #speakers

    iLuv iSP200: A Pretty Soundbar with Clever USB Hub

    While soundbars are becoming ever more popular in home theater use, the iLuv iSP200 speaker is a fairly novel design for the PC industry.
  • #fieldguide

    The Field Guide to Faux-Surround Soundbars

    OK, we're calling it: this is the year of the sound bar, those long, slender speaker boxes that you see freakin' everywhere. (Today alone we mentioned three companies introducing a total of six new models!) When our very own Brian Lam was at CES this past January, he heard the editor-in-chief of a top home Audiophile/Videophile magazine tell one of his lead sound gear writers "audio is just dead." That kind of talk is not unexpected—it's about as shocking as a French wine critic calling Australian shiraz "the end of civilization." We all know sound bars have a place, but what have they done to 5.1? As you may have noticed, not all sound bars are surround bars. Here's the breakdown of most currently available models: More »