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more about #stereo 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 » madlogik: more » GalacticPope: Their website is priceless. It takes some serious balls to sell magic magnetic stereo floaters. But to do so with a front page image of pulling fabri... 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 » 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 » Prostate of Grace: 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 » meatbag_pussrocket: what are the rod looking things i see attaching the plates? 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 » -
#oldgadgets
It's OK. I Love My Old Gear, Too
You'd think a guy who writes about tech all day would have the latest and greatest gear. Confession time: I don't. In fact, most of it's pretty old and I sort of like it that way. More » -
#hometheater
A Surround Sound Speaker, Not a Dartboard
The EOps i24R3 Portable isn't just the product of a design student and a 3D modeling program. It's a real, wireless, waterproof, single-speaker surround sound system that was just announced by Hong Kong designer Michael Young. How does it work? More » -
#music
Beatles Remastered: A Reminder of Why It Will Probably Rock
So tomorrow there won't be Beatles in the iTunes, but you will be able to get them carefully remastered in CD form. If you are a music fan, this is why you should care—especially about the mono version. More » -
#giz79
Sony WEGA Concept 51K All-in-One Stereo
This table top stereo by famed Frog founder, Hartmut Esslinger, has a turntable, tape player and tuner. It was huge—speakers were separate—but gorgeous. From 1976. More » -
#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 » -
#listeningtest
Audiophile Test: Speaker Wire, AC Power Cable, Record Demagnetizer
As promised, here are more details on the unscientific audiophile gear comparisons I did in Michael Fremer's audiocave. They range from the mildly crazy to the borderline batshit—and they were all fun as hell. More » -
#listeningtest
Sorry Stereo, But Beatles in Mono Rocks a Lot More
Beatles' record producer and arranger George Martin—the Fifth Beatle—once said: "You've never really heard Sgt Pepper until you've heard it in mono." As it turned out after hours of listening tests, it's completely true. More » -
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#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 » -
#alpine
Alpine's iXA-W404 Touchscreen iPhone Compatible Car Receiver Hands On
Alpine's iXA-W404 with its 4.3-inch QVGA touchscreen and iPhone compatibility is fully capable of navigating all your iPhone's music, movies, tv shows, and more by the touch of your finger. More » -
#ipoddocks
iLuv i9500 iPod Dock Has 4 CD Drives Too Many
This iPod dock by iLuv is not really an iPod dock, but a full fledged stereo with subwoofer. And four CD players. Is that right? I mean, I make fun of gadgets with just ONE CD player and this has four CD players. FOUR. [Gadgetreview] -
#internetradio
Sanyo R227 Internet Radio, Perfect Use for the Neighbor's Wi-Fi
The Sanyo R227 isn't an entirely new product, but it's new to us in the US. A Wi-Fi-based radio, the R227 allows users to scan for internet music just like they would FM. -
#speakers
EOps i24R3 Wireless Gesture-Control iPhone Speaker is Quite Beautiful, Actually
Just unveiled at Tokyo Designer's Week, EOps i24R3 is probably the best-looking speaker system for the iPod/iPhone I think I've seen. Plus it's jammed-full of wirelessness, so the iPod-dock, woofer-equipped base station is paired with two or more (up to eight) remote stereo speakers. And in the true spirit of iPhoneness it's gesture controlled— touch-free gestures too: you just wiggle your hand in front of the base station and control volume and equalizer functions. More » -
#audio
Binaural Beats Audio Played Through Noise Canceling Headphones Supposedly Gives You a Drug-Like High
The site I-Doser makes the seemingly remarkable claim that playing binaural beats—pulses of two different frequencies that are slightly different into both ears at the same time—can give you a high that's on par with taking drugs. The Jerusalem Post claims that the concept has been around since the 1830s, but has only been perfected with the introduction of noise canceling headphones and better audio reproduction. More »
