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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...

A Simple Media Center With Seamless Surround Sound

We love the sound we get from our surround sound speakers. But with the curse of being a renter, it's always tough to lay out the speakers and still keep everything looking fresh......

Good Posture Equals More Energy and Taking Time Offline
Unplggd Slinks for 10.26.2009

Better Posture Means More Energy at Work: Lifehacker (and Unplggd contributor) Sarah Rae Trover points out Real Simple's claim sitting with proper posture at your computer can help you breathe more ef...

Rocketfish Will Turn Your Sound System Wireless

If you can't wait to jump onto the bandwagon of the wireless revolution, then maybe you should consider the Rocketfish Rocketboost, which will turn your home theater system wireless. Here at Unplggd...

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...

The RotariPhone iPod Dock Concept

We were probably amongst the last generation who grew up with the rotary telephone in our homes. We remember the heft and satisfaction of dialing using the original phone dialing system, alongside t...

Technicolor: White

Many people see white as a lack of color; a blank canvas without blue or green splashed all over it. But we beg to differ. Sleek white gadgets can make just as big a statement as red, popping bright...

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...

Sonos Releases Lower Priced Home Streaming Unit

Despite being a young company, Sonos has built a following for being a premier solution for wirelessly streaming music from your PC to all of the rooms in your house. But they've always been pricey li...

Yamaha's Wireless iPod and iPhone Cradle

At Unplggd, we really like wireless stuff. Getting rid of the messy wires is part of our mission. That's why we were interested to find out that Yamaha's latest cradle is wireless. Sounds pretty cool,...

Neil Poulton Designed LaCie Sound2 Speakers

We've always been oh-so-tempted to order a pair of Neil Poulton's LaCie speakers due to their modernist aesthetic, but reports of some audio hiss always gave us second thoughts. Well, we now have a ...

Super-flat Wall-mount Speakers

We love serious speakers. But with superior sound quality comes speakerboxes the size of Lake Superior—and a tough road ahead as you figure out where in the apartment to put 'em. Wouldn't it be ...

ELAC's De Stijl Edition Speakers and Subwoofer

From those crazy Germans who last brought us the Rubik's Cube subwoofer, the De Stijl artwork of Piet Mondrian is the latest source of inspiration for Electroacustic's newest line of speakers and subs...

Stylish Kami Sound iPod Dock By Alvaro Uribe

In our quest to find great looking iPod docks, we are always confronted at how some of them just look awful while other ones look really good. It's hard to make a choice when there are so many on the ...

Getting Urban Chic with Electronics on the Floor

Keep that profile high while keepin' your receivers and other electronics low - that seems to be the newest trend going around. Though we would probably see some ghastly expressions when some audiophi...

Hot or Not: Focal Dome 5.1 Sound System

Focal Audio Dôme 5.1 home theater speaker system. ...

Moss: Stylish Modular Speakers

We've moved enough times in our life, to highly value an object's ability to be flexible. What resides in our home office one day, might need to end up in our living room the next. With the Moss s...

Final Frame: The Wave

The Wave by Villu Jaanisoo...

Waterproof iPod Stereo Case for Your Summer Pool Party

Every so often the postman drops off the Frontgate catalog (we once purchased some window film from them) and then we end up half an hour later thinking: 1) do we really need a a full size Halloween ...

Final Frame: Porcelain Speakers

Joey Roth's handmade speakers fashioned from "acoustically-dead" porcelain speakers, cork and maple plywood, available for $500....

Sound Carpet: Surround Sound and a Lounge

When I was a kid, there was nothing better to me than turning on the radio and laying on the carpet between my two stereo speakers. But now, even though I've upgraded to better music and better speake...

Manta Speakers Sweep Sound Under the Rug

We try to hide our mess by figuratively sweeping it under the rug. Plus, we literally hide across-the-room cords under rugs and carpets sometimes. So many things in our homes go "under the rug," so t...

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...