Hasta La Gadget!

Skullcandy seems to have come to an agreement with Apple, where their latest device on offer on an exclusive basis at Apple Stores and Apple.com would be the Skullcandy Navigator. Sporting a $99 price tag, it is rather strange that the product page link which was found in its press release resulted in an Error 404. Without much further ado, the Skullcandy Navigator comes in a rather small on-ear package that is pleasing to the eyes.

Carrying collapsible earcups which feature flat earpads and a metal construction, there is a fake leather-wrapped headband that is accompanied by a flat tangle-resistant cable which can be detached. The cable will also carry a three-button remote and microphone that is compatible with select iOS-powered devices. You will be able to choose from black or black with blue lenses earcups if you are interested. What are some of the other earphones or headphones that you would recommend our other readers at that particular price point?

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Remember the opening scene from Back to the Future where Marty plays his guitar through that giant speaker in Doc Brown’s lab? Well, a group of engineers at the University of Wisconsin sure do, and they decided to try and recreate the experience with their own enormous speaker.

Kyle Hanson, Dan Ludois and a team of students at UW created this this 8-foot-tall speaker last year for the UW Engineering Expo. They had to create a huge voice coil driver out of fiberglass, wrapped with 18 gauge copper wire, and then attached it to a large speaker cone made from polycarbonate. Though this giant speaker isn’t capable of launching Michael J. Fox across the room – it actually can play sounds. Dan says it works best from only about 5Hz up to 50Hz, so it’s really an enormous subwoofer.

I like how it’s been embellished with rope lights in tribute to the design of the flux capacitor.  The total budget for the build was just $600, which is pretty impressive when you think about just how massive this thing truly was. You can read more about the build and check out more pics over at Dan Ludois’s website.

[via MAKE]

You might recall late last year when we talked about the gigantically massive Behringer iNuke BOOM that packs 10,000 watts of power and was the biggest speaker dock we’ve ever seen for the iPhone. If you thought that speaker dock was pretty cool, but wanted one small enough to actually fit in your room the company is back with a junior version. The new speaker dock is called the iNuke BOOM Junior.

The Junior is significantly smaller than the original from last year, measuring just 8.7 ” H x 16.5 ” W x 9.8″ D, and weighing about 10.6 pounds. That makes it a 1:23 scale version of its big brother. The little box should still provide impressive sound with a pair of one-inch tweeters, two three-inch midranges, and a single 5.25-inch woofer, though it doesn’t have anywhere near 10,000 watts of amplification.

The device has an iPod dock on top as well as a line in and an auxiliary input with stereo RCA connectors. It also has a video out and supports the iPhone, iPod, and iPad – though not the iPhone 5. The iNuke Boom Junior sells for $179.99(USD) over at Costco.

Complicated legal systems and copyright laws put aside, on a basic level it makes sense to think that if you were to purchase an item, it would be yours to do as you see fit which includes reselling it, right? That’s pretty much how websites such as eBay and Craigslist work where people put up second hand (and brand new) items for sale. However when it comes to digital goods, that’s when things start to get a bit complicated and a US court is set to hear a case which will determine whether digital media files can be resold which could also set a precedent for future cases. (more…)

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B&O PLAY has just announced their newest active speaker system to hit the audiophile market, and we are referring to the BeoPlay A9 here which will integrate an all-star line-up of dedicated components while carrying the signature provocative design that is often associated with Bang & Olufsen’s name. The BeoPlay A9 was specially concocted to deliver a complete sound solution which is easy to listen to, without being an eyesore in your living room (or wherever you decide to place it). Just what will the BeoPlay A9 come with?

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