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Enlighten
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Name: case-mate Enlighten Price: $79 Rating: Weak Recommend* My Kindle 2 and I are rather inseparable. A late adopter to the digital book scene, I continue to be surprised at just how much I conti...

Music Hall PH25.2 Tube Hybrid Headphone Amplifier
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Product: Music Hall PH25.2 Tube Hybrid Headphone Amplifier Price: $400 Rating: Recommend* After massaging our ears with crisp, clear sound from Music Hall's DAC 25.2 last month, we've been on the l...

Philips Wireless HDTV Link Untethers High Def Content
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Name: Philips Wireless HDTV Link Price: $799 Rating: Strong Recommend* We review a fair share of our products here at Unplggd that impress us aplenty from a technical/home electronics perspective. ...

Rowenta Precision Valet Steamer
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Product: Rowenta Precision Valet Steamer Price: $180 Rating: Strong Recommend* I've never felt the need for a steamer until I started buying more and more clothes online and at thrift stores (hello...

Jamo A804 Speakers with Scary SUB 800
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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...

SimpliSafe Home Security System
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Product: SimpliSafe Security System Price: $249.99/$299.99 Rating: Strong Recommend* For apartment dwellers, home security usually means a couple of strong deadbolt locks, perhaps a mean German She...

The Knoll Generation Chair
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Product: Knoll Generation Chair Designer: Formway Design Price: Starts at $777 Rating: Recommend* Maxwell and Sara Kate have been sitting in the new Generation Chair for the past month, and they r...

Sonoro Eklipse
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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 ...

Dymo LabelWriter 450 Twin Turbo
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Product: Dymo LabelWriter 450 Twin Turbo Designer: Dymo Price: $209.99 Rating: Highly Recommend Here at Unplggd headquarters (aka our home office) we send and receive a steady amount of postal mate...

Re(al)view: Rockin' RP-HTX7 Headphones from Panasonic

Oh headphones, how we love thee! To listen to music in one's own little world on one's own little terms is pure auditory bliss... if done correctly. We here at Unplggd Audio Labs are on a constant...

Re(al)view: Music Hall's DAC 25.2

Not only does it look sexier than Rod Stewart's hair on a Monday morning, Music Hall's 25.2 digital to analog converter (recently featured in our tutorial on turbocharging your Airport Express) promis...

Dyson Air Multiplier & Table Fan
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Product: Air Multiplier/Table Fan Designer: Sir James Dyson & Team Price: $299 for 10", $329 for 12" Rating: Recommend Yesterday we broke news about the Dyson Air Multiplier at the conclusion of the...

Re(al)view: On Ear with NuForce UF-30 Headphones

Earbuds are often painful in both the way they deliver sound and the way they fit your ears. Most of us just deal because they are small and they come with the player. If they get lost or broken, ...

Product Re(a)lview: Vers Audio 2X

If not for the $4 licensing fee that all 3rd party manufacturers must pay to Apple to use their connectors, iPod docks would actually be a dime a dozen. There are so many to choose from at such l...

Product Re(al)view: Blackberry Desktop Manager for Mac

If you've owned a Blackberry and a Mac you know that the relationship between the two devices is tense, hairy, and oftentimes nonexistent. With that kind of dysfunction it's a surprise if your mobile...

Inspired by Design: Nissan 370Z Roadster

We have a little design fetish here at Unplggd.com. We love all things bright and beautiful, as long as they do something that enriches our lives. We've noticed a trend recently in design that we thin...

Re(al)view: The Electrolux UltraSilencer Green Canister Vacuum

Reviewers: Emily and Robert, Upper West Side, Manhattan Product: The UltraSilencer Green Canister Vacuum Designer: Electrolux Price: $299 Rating: Recommend* When Cambria suggested that my Manhatt...

Re(al)view: Eureka Whirlwind Plus

The Eureka Whirlwind Plus upright vacuum is a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde from our experience with it. On one hand, the vacuum comes fitted with so many cleaning options, the vacuum should be standard i...

Re(al)view: Firestone Fubar 111 USB DAC / Headphone Amp

It seems there is no end to the fabulous, tiny products from Firestone. We have talked a lot about them over the past few months and this week we audition the Fubar 3 DAC and headphone amp (which i...

Re(al)view: Panasonic NN-SD688S Prestige Microwave

It's literally been years since we last owned a microwave. So long, we had to throw out the question of what to use the convenient kitchen appliance for besides reheating food and boiling a cup of wa...

Best Products: I Heart My Mitsubishi Mr. Slim AC

This may seem like an absolutely boring post to some of you, so I'll apologize in advance as I can't help myself. It's been really hot lately, so we've come to rely our air conditioner at night. In...

Re(al)view: Audioengine W1 Wireless Stereo Adapter

Last week, we wrote about Audioengine's W1 wireless audio streaming solution. Boasting a software-less install, intuitive plug-n-play interface, and CD-quality sound up to 100 feet, we were more than ...

Re(al)view: Rain Design mStand for MacBook Pro

I've been suffering from some mild symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome in last month or so, and I knew part of the problem was how I had set up my laptop in front with an additional LCD monitor on the ...

Re(al)view: Firestone Big Joe 3 Digital Power Amplifier

Firestone has been kind enough to send us a few of their products recently and today we take an in-depth look at a new digital amplifier. The Big Joe 3, as its numerimacality suggests, is the third g...

Best Product: Audioengine A2 Desktop Speakers

After making several appearances here on Unplggd and trying it out ourselves at our local hi-fi shop to confirm the reviews, the champion from back in 2008 comes back again to take its crown as the be...