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q-acoustics q-tv2 adds serious sound to flat screen tvs

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While plenty of flat screen televisions have decent built-in sound, you really need to add on a separate speaker system if you want some real stereo separation and bass thump. The new Q-TV2 speaker system provides a unique way to improve your TV’s sound without cluttering your room with extra boxes and wires.

Created by Q…

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November 5th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio home entertainment technology

sound egg chair gets full 5.1 surround upgrade

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This egg-shaped chair may look like a serious throwback to the 1970s, but it’s actually a brand new home entertainment plaything designed to be integrated with modern media rooms. The Sound Egg chair is a completely self-contained 5.1 listening booth, perfect for a private home theater watching experience.

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November 4th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio home entertainment retro strange + wonderful technology

table of sound integrates speakers into its legs

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Everyone has surely heard of bookshelf speakers. But have you ever heard of coffee table speakers? Well now you can say you have.

The innovative Table of Sound (ToS) coffee table was created by designers Wout Fierens and Miquell van Meelen of Wondering Boys for a recent competition over on designboom. The ToS provides a…

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October 22nd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio design home entertainment

ugliest speakers yet: (evil) clown sounds!

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We’ve featured some weird and ugly speakers here over the years, but this is definitely the one to buy if you’re looking for something really hideous to listen to your tunes on.

I feel like the only thing you should be playing through these awful looking clown speakers is some sort of disturbing, scratchy carnival…

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October 12th, 2009 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio strange + wonderful technology

lacie sound2 usb speakers look like giant earphones

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LaCie’s Sound² speakers are perfect for ogres, ents and Michael Clarke Duncan. Designed by Neil Poulton, the Sound² kinda look like flattened earphones. Huge flattened earphones.

Each speaker measures 7.87 x 5.51 in. LaCie backs up Poulton’s design with French audio company Cabasse’s technology. Sound² speakers are equipped with a Class D digital amplifier, magnetic shielding and a…

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October 5th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: audio design technology

little horn speakers: nothing little about them at all

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Little Horn speakers pack an audiophile’s wet dream into an elegant form. According to makers Specimen Products, the speakers’ supersized phonograph-like horns “posses a life-like soundstage unlike anything ever heard.” I don’t know what a soundstage is, but it seems that the way the horns are shaped enables lower frequency sound to spread out in…

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September 28th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: audio design home entertainment strange + wonderful technology

ceramic speakers: don’t play anything too heavy

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This beautiful pair of ceramic speakers, designed by Joey Roth, “are designed to leave the sound untouched, warm, dry, and detailed.” The handcrafted 4″ speakers are made of porcelain and cork, which the product’s page calls “acoustically dead.” I think that’s a good thing.

I’m seriously  wondering if the speakers will break if it plays…

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September 14th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: audio design home entertainment technology

papercraft speakers crank out modern tunes in retro form

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Who says your speakers have to be made out of wood, plastic or metal? These retro mini speakers prove that papercraft speakers look just as good.

Each one of these miniature speaker kits from Japan’s Princeton is a DIY papercraft project. You’ll need glue, scissors, and X-Acto to assemble these models for yourself (assembly manual…

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September 12th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio design just plain fun technology

nanotv turns your old ipod nano 3g into a tiny television

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Got an old iPod Nano 3G lying around gathering dust? Why not turn it into a miniature television set?

Homade’s NanoTV provides your old Nano 3G with a cozy home inside a tiny TV cabinet. The mini TV completely conceals your Nano, and magnifies the screen from the original 2-inches up to a whopping 2.8-inches…

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September 4th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun media players technology video

puppy dog speakers are perfect for your maw-maw deccor

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I’m not sure how I missed these when they hit the Japanese tech circuit earlier this year, but these little doggy speakers were just too kitschy for me to pass up.

Made by the wacky folks at Japan Trust Technology, these puppy dog speakers will almost certainly evoke an “ooh” from those who think they’re…

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August 31st, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio strange + wonderful

salk sound ht4 giant bamboo speakers: bamboom

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Salk Sound’s latest speakers, unofficially called the HT 4 to indicate it’s supremacy over the current HT 3 line, weighs in at a whopping 155 lbs , stands about 42″ high and are said to be capable of delivering “a very accurate recreation of what you would hear in a concert hall or other live…

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July 7th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: audio design home entertainment technology

philippe starck zikmu parrot speakers: sleek. tall. modern. wireless. ridiculously expensive.

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Designer Philippe Starck is known for creating goods with style, panache and a clean modern sensibility. Now the iconic designer has put his stamp on a home sound system designed specifically for iPod, iPhone and other digital audio sources .

Created in collaboration with audio manufacturer Parrot, the oddly-named Zikmu (bless you!) speaker system features…

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May 2nd, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio design home entertainment media players technology

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