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Posts tagged “speakers”

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...

Survey: What Do You Use Your Media Console For?

Whether you're hunting for the perfect media cabinet or simply in the market for one, everyone's got their own special approach on how one should function around his or her apartment design. Some pref...

Flickr Find: California Casual Home Theater

This self-proclaimed Cali Casual home theater is certainly clean and simple, but does all the high-tech gadgetry in the otherwise sparse room overwhelm the potential calmness that you'd want in your l...

Inspiration: Speakers In Strange Places

Yeah, yeah.. we get it. Speaker location super important when it comes to proper stereo imaging, but what if you don't care about all that? What if making your place feel welcoming trumps having a pa...

Klipsch Heritage Series Speakers

Like a well tailored suit, Klipsch is now offering bespoke speakers with their Klipsch Heritage Series line. Built to order, handmade in the US in Hope, Arkansas with a 4 weeks turnaround time, the ...

DIY: iPod Dock From Reused Parts and Leftover Chicken 2

Hi. Last time I went over some of the reasons for creating this dock and went through some of the initial cutting and rough stuff. I cut some mahogany, routed out some speaker depressions, and fram...

Look! Speakers That Can Be Used As Shelves

Speakers tend to stick out in any room, no matter how thin they are. Sure, you can camouflage them a bit, but at the end of the day, they will be quite visible and they might ruin the look of your pla...

DIY Monster Speakers Scare and Charm

OUr favourite DIY site Instructables held what they called the Art of Sound contest, where participants are being asked to create a project that "creates something beautiful with or around sound". C...

Devotec Industries Solar Sound Bluetooth Speakers

You're at a picnic and you've got your music collection on your iPhone and want to share your tunes at a social occasion where wires and outlets are not readily available. What to do? The Devotec In...

Joel's DIY Wi-Fi Speaker System Solution

Joel Pirela of the always inspiring Blue Ant Studio sent us his most recent project showcasing a wireless speaker system which he put together using an Airport Extreme, JBL "Spot" speakers, a Kartell...

Re(al)view: NuForce W-1 Subwoofer

We have talked a bit about Nuforce here before. We love their design for its minimalism and its refined detailing. A few months back we took a look at their now famous Icon with S-1 speakers. The...

Omnidirectional Sound From Modern Speaker Table

Some tables are just tables. Four legs holding up a surface where you can set books, drinks and maybe the occasional arrangement of flowers. Others, like this one, just happen to feature an entire lux...

Crazy Sale on Industrial-Chic Sonic Integrity Speaker Dock

Great tech don't come cheap. For something with great sound that is as awesomely cool-looking as this Sonic Integrity MP5-DS iPod docking station sound system, you can expect to shell out top dollar. ...

Good Questions: Need New PC Speakers, But I'm On A Budget...

Keith asks: Hey, I'm tired of my aging Logitech Z-3 set of 2.1 speakers which are noticeably worse than they were new. I looked around for a bit and was deliberating between a set of Logitech Z-2300s ...

Coil Your Outdoor Cords In Plastic Waste Baskets

If you're planning to show a midnight movie outdoors on the projector screen or wire up your deck with great sound, you're going to have a lot of heavy duty outdoor cords working their way through you...

What's the Best Spot in the House for Rocking Out?

I've got to say that I adore my iHome iPod dock. I leave it in the living room of my apartment and it sits patiently and unobtrusively on the side table. That is, until I come home, yank off the iTrip...

The Perfect Bedside Accessory: Stylish Eklipse Clock Radio

Admittedly, this gadget isn't bringing any mind-blowing new technology to the iPod-dock-slash-alarm-clock market. But hot damn if this isn't the sexiest thing to hit your nightstand since you bought a...

iStand Notebook Media Bundle

From the professionals who dominate the iPod-dock, iHome, comes a product bundle that will take your compact laptop and transform it into an entire desktop work and listen station that's still sleek, ...

How to... Paint a Ceiling Speaker Grill

So you're finally the proud owner of a home and you're ready to set up the most rocking home theater that anyone on the block has ever seen. You've installed an enormous pull-down projector screen and...

Weather Resistant Wireless Speaker from Brookstone

As we celebrate the great outdoors this month, we're on the lookout for gadgets and gizmos designed to help you improve the quality of your outdoor space- this weather-resistant, indoor/outdoor wirel...

Richard Hunt's Sound Seed Ceiling Speakers

Normally we do everything in our power to hide away visible cables and wires springing forth from our home audio and video equipment. But in the special case of Richard Hunt's Sound Seed ceiling speak...

Universal Eco Speakers: Made Out of Cardboard

When you are on the go, you don't always need the best pair of speakers to share music with your friends. Most of the cheap speakers out there are made out of plastic, and plastic isn't the best green...

Kenwood Speakers Encase Your Sound in Glass

While the blue LED's are not quite our style, without the blue light, this glass and speaker combo from Kenwood could be a nice visually unobtrusive source of sound on a desk or bookshelf. Definitely ...

Gramo Solar-Powered Speakers: They Even Fit in Your Pocket!

When you are outside of your home, far away from any power source, you rapidly find out that power is really important to keep your gadgets going. Speakers need to be powered. The fact that the Gramo ...