Speakers

The $4 iPhone Paper Speaker Booster We Want To Hate But Kind Of Love

It can’t compare to the sound quality you’ll get from a hefty speaker dock, or even the compact Jambox, but neither of those options are as eco-friendly, or cheap, as this foldable paper cone that slips over the end of your iPhone 4. Made in Los Angeles out of “FSC Certified 100% Post Consumer paper”…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Pioneer XW-SMA4 Ears-On: An AirPlay Speaker That Plays Nice With HTCs

AirPlay speakers are fantastic if you happen to be an Apple adherent. Otherwise, your best choice for wireless audio is crappy Bluetooth. Yesterday, HTC introduced its AirPlay competitor, HTC Connect, and Pioneer is the first company to offer products equipped for the standard. But is it any good? The Pioneer HW-SMA4 is an AirPlay Speaker,…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Rugged Motion-Controlled Bluetooth Speaker Is Ready For Mother Nature’s Abuse (and Your Jedi Impressions)

When we last saw Philips’ Shoqbox it was nothing more than a basic MP3 player with a set of decent speakers for sharing. But now that Bluetooth is all the rage, it’s been re-born as an extra-rugged portable speaker complete with motion sensitive controls. https://gizmodo.com/philips-shoqbox-reviewed-verdict-roqin-115559 As far as wireless speaker functionality goes it comes with…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

You Can Hear Dolby’s New 64-Speaker Audio in Pixar’s Brave

This weekend, the world will get its first chance to experience the latest sounds from the cinema audio nerds at Dolby. Pixar’s new animated feature, Brave, is the first film to use Dolby’s new Atmos technology, which makes 7.1 sound on Toy Story 3 seem pathetic. https://gizmodo.com/dolbys-new-atmos-system-will-pipe-128-channels-of-audio-5904802 The new technology allows sound designers to mix…

Movies Mario Aguilar

Braven 625s Lightning Review: A Light, Cheap, Loud Little Bluetooth Speaker

The Braven 625s is a tiny block-o-sound similar to Jawbone’s popular Jambox. It’s cute, portable, and wireless. It sounds decent, and it’s cheap. Actually, the Braven 625s is even cheaper than the Jambox. Plus, it adds convenient USB charging. Is the 625s a better buy? https://gizmodo.com/jawbone-jambox-dont-stick-this-in-your-ear-5681256 What Is It? A $180 portable Bluetooth speaker. Who’s…

Reviews Mario Aguilar

Lovely Ultra-Thin Speaker: Some Folding Required

If this is the kind of design that Royal College of Art student Hannes Harms is producing while he’s still in school, he has a long lustrous career ahead of them. Because this flat, foldable boombox is already something worth lusting over. Made from half-millimeter thick laser cut stainless steel backed by an ultra-thin electrostatic…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

If Only Nixon’s Audio Gear Sounded As Good As It Looks

Nixon is best known for its designer watches. And while the company’s audio gear shares the same design sensibilities that go into its fashionable timepieces, we’ve found they don’t actually sound that great. Which is unfortunate, because this TPS speaker is lovely. Back in November we pitted Nixon’s Apollo ear goggles against other budget headphones,…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

If Astronauts Designed Speakers in the 1960s, They’d Look Like This

The Eclipse TD508 Mk3 speakers are the cure for the epidemic of boring black boxes. If they weren’t so compact they’d look like the they might blast off their stands. turns out they’re engineered as precisely as jet engines too. According to British designer the speaker’s egg-shaped design helps eliminate the distorting effects of standing…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

These Sweet-Looking Skinny Speakers Are More Than Just Shelf Candy

Upon first glance, these In2uit Filo portable Bluetooth speakers might seem more style than substance. Nope. The svelte profile is a direct result of function. The Filo uses electrostatic speakers instead of fat, magnetic drivers. The wee boombox is only 2.5 inches thick and just 1.5 pounds. Uncannily thin. Combine that with a 10-hour battery…

Gadgets Michael Zhao

Faux Boombox Cabinet Won’t Wake the Neighbors

It might look like the classic stereophonic sound system your old man had set up in the basement, but this stereo is all bark and no bite. In reality, it’s just a stylish cabinet with a lovely set of boombox graphics applied to each door. And even though it’s made from MDF with a completely…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

NuForce Cube Speaker: Jack of Many Trades, Master of None

Fitting quality audio components into slim laptops and tiny smartphones takes nothing short of a herculean effort, and as a result, is something often overlooked by hardware manufacturers. Realizing this, NuForce has spent the last year developing a line of products meant to enhance the tech we use daily, geared towards the not-quite-an-audiophile consumer who…

Reviews Adrian Covert

The Best AirPlay Speakers

AirPlay is the way digital music should be. If you have WiFi, you have music. But you also have a tough choice. More and more speakers come equipped with AirPlay, ready out of the box to blast music wirelessly from your preferred Apple gizmo. In a test of four speakers, the one that sounded sweetest…

Tech News Sam Biddle

At Last, an iPad Speaker Dock That Isn’t Totally Awkward-Looking

The iPad’s built-in speakers aren’t exactly mindblowing, so if you find yourself using it mostly as a stand-in for your TV, Beoplay’s new A3 dock is a gorgeous solution to its sound woes—even if it costs more than the tablet itself. With a price tag expected to fall somewhere around $730 the A3 costs considerably…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Oswald’s Mill Audio: You’ve Never Heard Music Sound This Good

Walking into the showroom of Oswald’s Mill Audio is like entering into another dimension where music is no longer what it was outside the walls of the airy Brooklyn loft. The sheer presence of the equipment in the room teases your senses in anticipation of the sound that’s waiting to burst out. Bespoke Audio Equipment…

Tech News Michael Hession

Jawbone Big Jambox Review: A Loudspeaker Grows Up

Too. Many. Wireless. Speakers. Still, among the best products to come out in the past two years is unquestionably the Jawbone Jambox, a portable Bluetooth speaker with great sound and telephony too. Now it goes to eleven. Meet Big Jambox. Why It Matters Big Jambox is Jawbone’s follow up to its smash hit Jambox. The…

Tech News Mat Honan

The Best Way to Mount Rear Surround Sound Speakers

You’ve spent thousands on your incredible James Cameron-certified home theater. Movies look beautiful; the sound is amazing. But every time you step out to refill the popcorn bucket, you risk knocking over those damn stands jammed in the back of the room, holding your rear-channel speakers. Time to get those suckers off the floor and…

Tech News Stuart Deutsch

An iPad Dock That Actually Looks Better Than Your Tablet

Because they seemingly outnumber the stars in the sky, speaker docks for iOS devices are rarely worth a second glance. But Jarre’s new AeroPad Two dock manages to do the near-impossible with a beautiful design that almost makes it feel like docking your iPad will muck it up. A standard 30-pin dock connector lets you…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Dolby’s New Atmos System Will Pipe 128 Channels of Audio Bliss Into Movie Theaters

It will take a few years before the technology trickles down to home theaters, but at CinemaCon this year Dolby introduced a new surround sound system called Atmos that promises to create the illusion that sounds are coming from everywhere inside the theater. Using improved sound rendering algorithms and additional speakers located in the middle…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

How To Set Up a Complete Home Recording Studio for Under $2,000

Developments in audio mixing and editing software make it easier than ever for a talented, technically capable musician to add professional polish to amateur audio. No degree in sound engineering? No problem! Of course, building a home studio takes more than just user-friendly software—you’ll need microphones, a headset, instruments, cables, a way to record drums,…

Tech News John Brandon

Non-iPad Speaker Dock Says the Kindle Fire’s Finally Arrived

It’s a rarer occurrence that spotting bigfoot riding the Loch Ness monster, but Grace Digital Audio has just announced a speaker dock designed specifically for the Kindle Fire. You read that right, the FireDock won’t even acknowledge the iPad’s existence. Instead of the Apple dock connector included on 99.99 percent of the speaker docks available…

Commerce Andrew Liszewski

The $4 iPhone Paper Speaker Booster We Want To Hate But Kind Of Love

Pioneer XW-SMA4 Ears-On: An AirPlay Speaker That Plays Nice With HTCs

Rugged Motion-Controlled Bluetooth Speaker Is Ready For Mother Nature’s Abuse (and Your Jedi Impressions)

You Can Hear Dolby’s New 64-Speaker Audio in Pixar’s Brave

Braven 625s Lightning Review: A Light, Cheap, Loud Little Bluetooth Speaker

Lovely Ultra-Thin Speaker: Some Folding Required

If Only Nixon’s Audio Gear Sounded As Good As It Looks

If Astronauts Designed Speakers in the 1960s, They’d Look Like This

These Sweet-Looking Skinny Speakers Are More Than Just Shelf Candy

Faux Boombox Cabinet Won’t Wake the Neighbors

NuForce Cube Speaker: Jack of Many Trades, Master of None

The Best AirPlay Speakers

At Last, an iPad Speaker Dock That Isn’t Totally Awkward-Looking

Oswald’s Mill Audio: You’ve Never Heard Music Sound This Good

Jawbone Big Jambox Review: A Loudspeaker Grows Up

The Best Way to Mount Rear Surround Sound Speakers

An iPad Dock That Actually Looks Better Than Your Tablet

Dolby’s New Atmos System Will Pipe 128 Channels of Audio Bliss Into Movie Theaters

How To Set Up a Complete Home Recording Studio for Under $2,000

Non-iPad Speaker Dock Says the Kindle Fire’s Finally Arrived

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