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Rotaliana Diva

Posted 04/28/2010 at 9:17am | by Jon Phillips

“’80s coke dealer.” That’s how one Mac|Life staffer libeled the Rotaliana Diva when trying to describe its visual statement. True enough, this multitalented iPod dock--brazenly slick and swoopy, unapologetic in its design flamboyance--does look like the kind of thing that Tony “Scarface” Montana might place on an end table in his Miami mansion. Are the Diva’s lines too over the top? That’s for you to decide. What we can tell you is that a host of interesting features make this ostentatious obelisk a compelling bundle of functionality.

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Roth Music Cocoon MC4

Posted 04/19/2010 at 10:52am | by Paul Curthoys

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Like X-ray glasses and sea monkeys, vacuum tubes are the stuff of 1950s pulp-fiction cool. They even glow in the dark! And it turns out that they can improve the sound of modern digital music--if you stick with high-quality, lossless files, that is.

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Yamaha EPH-30

Posted 04/13/2010 at 10:06am | by Ray Aguilera

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Great-sounding headphones that don’t cost an arm and a leg are kind of like aliens--you’re pretty sure they’re out there somewhere, but they’re really hard to find. Yamaha’s EPH-30 earbuds should come packaged like a flying saucer--they offer a terrific listening experience at an affordable price.

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Yurtopia Yurbuds

Posted 03/25/2010 at 9:41am | by Ray Aguilera

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iPods are fantastic, but the most important part of any mobile music experience is the earbuds or headphones that you connect to your device. Plenty of people are happy to use the stock Apple iPod earbuds, but many are less than thrilled by their sound quality--or the fact that those hard plastic ’buds aren’t the most comfortable things to stick in your ears. Yurbuds are soft rubber eartips meant to work with your existing phones, offering better fit and improved performance.

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Cy•fi Wireless Sports Speaker

Posted 03/23/2010 at 10:19am | by Jan Hughes

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Lately, our Sundays have been spent enjoying the latest trend in urban cycling: group bicycle parties. So it seemed a logical extension to add music to the festivities with Cy•fi’s Wireless Sports Speaker.

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Vestax Spin

Posted 03/16/2010 at 10:16am | by Roberto Baldwin

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The recent spike in sales of vinyl and turntables brings a warm glow to our hearts. We love our technology, but vinyl is just a beautiful format. Having said that, vinyl records aren’t perfect. They’re bulky, fragile, and easily scratched, and those milk crates filled with your block-rocking jams can get heavy. Fortunately, DJ software is a rock-solid alternative for amateurs and pros, and one of our favorites, djay (5 out of 5 stars, Jan/10), just got a sweet dedicated hardware controller, the Vestax Spin.

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Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Mini

Posted 03/11/2010 at 11:08am | by Ray Aguilera

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The Zeppelin Mini from Bowers & Wilkins is certainly a sight to behold. This elliptical iPod speaker dock slickly incorporates a pair of three-inch drivers with a swiveling dock connector that allows you to rotate your device 90 degrees, which makes it easy to take advantage of Cover Flow navigation. It’s beautiful and well designed, and though the sound performs equally well, the bass on this $400 dock is a bit underwhelming.

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Dew Motion Quiver

Posted 03/03/2010 at 11:18am | by Ray Aguilera

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I love my iPod, and I use it every day. But between earbud cables, straps for my laptop bag, and a jacket (even in summer… it’s San Francisco), things can get pretty cumbersome. Dew Motion’s Quiver iPod sash (for lack of a better term) aims to keep you from getting tangled in your own wires and makes it easier to control your iPod.

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Sonos ZonePlayer

Posted 02/15/2010 at 12:32pm | by Zack Stern

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You might be familiar with Sonos’ high-quality music gear, which lets you stream tunes anywhere in your home over its own Wi-Fi network. The new S5 is a set of self-contained powered speakers that can expand an existing system or serve as the starting point for a new one. Intriguingly, the S5 lets you take a pass on Sonos’ effective (but pricey!) $349 dedicated remote, offering a free iPhone app to control all your Sonos gear.

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Logitech Squeezebox Radio

Posted 02/08/2010 at 10:57am | by Zack Stern

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Great design is often about subtracting unneeded elements. Logitech has taken the opposite approach, building up the Squeezebox Radio from a bucket of buttons and features like a child trying to attach every last Mr. Potatohead part. As we navigated clunky menus and pecked at the various controls, we were disappointed with many aspects of this music streamer. But after we got it going, the Squeezebox Radio did a good job of booming out an unlimited supply of tunes and talk in spite of its misfires.

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