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Posts tagged “speakers & headphones”

Folding Speaker

We're big fans of unique, funny and whimsical designs &mdash especially when they transform an average item into something above average (whether it's aesthetically or technically). We've been know...

Samsung Employee Shows Off His Branded Living Room

Gihun Chang works for Samsung in Suwon, Korea so he's got an added advantage of an employee discount and deep knowledge of consumer electronics. It's no surprise then that he built a pretty sweet hom...

The Spica Speaker Merges Water and Sound

We weren't quite sure what Yuki Yamamoto's Spica speaker was all about when posted over at Moco Loco. But then we saw the video below the jump and it all started to make sense: it's an audio version o...

Bowers & Wilkins MM-1 Computer Speakers

Bowers & Wilkins has announced the upcoming release of computer speakers that should appeal to the discriminating aesthete and audiophile (at least from what we can tell from the specs and photo...

Nixon Headphones are Understated Works of Art

Like pieces of ceramic sculptures from your local museum of modern art, these two newest editions to the Nixon line of headphones boast a simple, yet elegant style. Available in variety of colors, ran...

ReVerb: Speaker Powered by Light

We're looking for good quality speakers to incorporate into our home; one of us doesn't care about aesthetics &mdash only quality of sound. The other one cares much more about aesthetics than sound...

VW Bus Goes from Turntable to iPod Speaker

The original VW bus record player came out in the 70s, dubbed Soundwagon. Now the camper graduates to the digital age, as a speaker plug-in for the iPod. Urban Outfitters is selling the revamp for $1...

Urbanears Headphones

In the last few years headphones have become an extension of fashion for a lot of younger, iPod-generation music listeners. Although this may horrify the older, discriminating set (oh, youth!), the ...

Heritage Is A Retro-Styled iPod Dock That Does Plenty

Revo's nice-looking new retro-styled iPod/iPhone dock might look old, but it's filled with great features, making this a most interesting dock to have in your home. ...

Compact $10 Desktop iPod Speaker

We don't mind shelling out cash for a great product. We're not always looking for the cheapest tech, but tech that gives us the best value. In the market for a simple, no-frills iPod dock to keep the ...

Mint's Wireless Speakers Enable A Multi-Room Setup

At Unplggd, we're always trying to go wireless. It's not easy, but more and more systems are appearing on the market to cater to wireless fanatics like us. Let's be honest, unless you're willing to dr...

Audioengine Goes Passive with P4 Speakers

You can say I've been a little spoiled with my Audioengine A2 powered speakers in my home office. But while having peace of mind having to never worry about external amplifiers and wire forests is nic...

Hot or Not?: Sound Egg Chair

We've never met a person that hasn't had some sort of love for the Ovalia Egg Chair (it's a classic!), but it seems nowadays; anyone and everyone is trying to expand upon the original by adding soun...

The i24R3 Portable Speakers

Another home electronics design concept from Hong Kong designer Michael Young, this time a wireless speaker system, the “i24R3 Portable". The circular, lightweight speaker was designed for EOps, m...

Great Little Card Reader Sticks to Metal Surfaces

There is just something about simple and efficient solutions to problems. For example, it's really hard to go without a USB card reader. These small devices are used to read the cards from your camera...

Wall Of Sound

There are plenty of erroneous pieces of technology floating around the world and we believe this may be another one. We completely understand the need for a very loud sound system, but an iPod dock t...

A Music Lover's Impressive Home Theater
Close-Up

Klaas Jan Guchelaar loves music. So much so that he's found a career as a concert photographer in the Netherlands. When he's not snapping priceless moments at Living Colour concerts he's sitting back...

Jamo A804 Speakers with Scary SUB 800
Unplggd Test Lab

When we were kids, we had a pair of Jamo speakers that were probably the worst we have ever owned. Maybe just a notch above some speakers that came shrink-wrapped to a magazine bought in Spain a fe...

GP400n iPod Speaker

Ever been somewhere and need to listen to your iPod Nano and don't have headphones? Well then you better listen up, because this pertains to you!...

Inspiration: Deltalab Recording Sutdio

DeltaLab Recording Studios, "the world's first designer recording studio", was founded in 2001 by 19 year old Thomas Troelsen and has recorded the likes of Bryan Adams. In 2007, they upgraded and re...

Technicolor: Brown

Brown has been used in electronics as far back as we can all remember. Our homes all had giant speakers with wood grain veneer wrapped around them. Thank goodness the brown and wood grain electron...

Sonoro Eklipse
Unplggd Test Lab

Product: Eklipse Designer: Sonoro Price: $499.99 Rating: Weak Recommend I live in a 300 square foot studio, yet I have a stereo amp that could fill a large dance club -- 770 watts. Despite all that ...

Speakers Integrated Into Furniture Concepts
designboom

Designers Wout Fierens and Miquell van Meelen of Wondering Boys created the Table of Sound for the recent designboom sound innovation design competition. The design didn't win, but we like the concept...

Yamaha's S-Airplay Rival: The yAired iPod Dock

Similar to their S-Air, announced last year, Yamaha's PX-60 Wireless iPod/iPhone allows users to dock their media player into a wireless cradle that magically streams tunes over to its dedicated speak...

Take Rock Band to the Next Level With Stage-Gig Amp

Every Tuesday night, the living room becomes a rock venue. Tons of people are getting together to hang out and play games with everyone-can-play titles like Rock Band—and this Amp from speaker g...