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Aperion Audio’s Home Audio Link is already enabling content speaker owners to enjoy the spoils of wireless, but if you’re in the market for a set of bookshelf speakers, the outfit’s Zona system might just fit the bill. Essentially, these monitors combine high-end audio fidelity with the aforementioned 2.4GHz wireless technology, allowing owners to plug a transceiver into a USB source up to 150 feet away and shoot all sorts of sine waves over to their two speakers. Of course, we wouldn’t recommend these to casual listeners given the $499 asking price, but at least that gets you a pair of 20-watt Class D amplifiers, 4.5-inch woven fiberglass woofers, 1-inch soft dome silk tweeters and a feeling of pride that simply cannot be described in mere words. Or so we’re told.

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Aperion’s Zona wireless bookshelf surround system frees up your sound studio originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The headline really says it all, albeit in a rather school-boyish, innuendo-filled way. The product is the Bone Horn Stand, and it is an un-powered amplifier for the iPhone 4.

Working just like the old-style horn-speakers found on gramophones, the silicon speaker slips over the iPhone’s end and channels the sound through the trumpet-shaped tube. This, according to the specifications, “adds 12 decibels of sound pressure to your iPhone’s speakers.”

The speaker also works as a stand, supporting the iPhone in horizontal or vertical orientation, and even has a nubbin that will pass your presses on to the home-button beneath. Sure, it’s a little dorky-looking, but it could be just what you need to make movies watchable, and it doesn’t use a drop of juice from the battery. Available now, $25.

Bone Collection iPhone Portable Amplifier [Cyberguys via Book of Joe]

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Need a break? No chance, there are still so many more phones to look at! HTC’s sole Windows Phone 7 launch device for AT&T has just been revealed as the HTC 7 Surround. You’ll remember this as the sexily titled T8788, which made us gape back in August with its unusual design that incorporates a slideout speaker. We can now add an integrated kickstand to the multimedia-friendly physical design, while the spec sheet (available in full after the break) is consistent with the rest of HTC’s lineup. The 7 Surround offers a 3.8-inch WVGA display, a 1GHz Snapdragon chip from yesteryear, 576MB of RAM, 5 megapixel camera with 720p video, and Dolby Mobile and SRS Surround Sound technologies. This unconventional handset will be exclusive with AT&T in the US and Telus in Canada. Pricing in the US will be $199.99 on contract.

Continue reading HTC 7 Surround graces AT&T with a slideout speaker, Windows Phone 7 credentials

HTC 7 Surround graces AT&T with a slideout speaker, Windows Phone 7 credentials originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Look at this thing, now scope out Logitech’s Speaker Lapdesk N700 and come back to tell us the difference between the two. Not that we’d ever dare question the sanity of having two Speaker Lapdesk SKUs, but you’ve got to admit Logitech hasn’t really differentiated its new N550 — a two-speaker, heat-shielded pad for treating your thighs with more kindness and less calefaction — from its admittedly pricier predecessor. After doing some fine investigative journalism (i.e. reading the press release after the break), we’ve discovered that the N550 is designed for laptops with screens sizes up to 14.1 inches, and it also omits the USB-powered fan of the bigger N700. Good to know. Now if someone can explain to us why Logitech is announcing this game changer a whole three months ahead of its January 2011 release for £50 ($80), we’d be all set.

Update: Looks like the Americans will see it in October for $59.99

Continue reading Logitech Speaker Lapdesk N550 wants to protect you from netbook heat, tinny audio

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Announced just before CES, tested by us at CES, and launching… erm, right about now: the Tunebug Shake, everybody! This helmet-attachable speaker has certainly taken its time to reach a marketable state, but let’s look on the bright side — it’s now priced at $99.99, $20 cheaper than it was in January, and it remains a pretty unique piece of kit for the active gadget maven. The Shake uses SurfaceSound technology to channel vibrations into whatever it’s attached to, using it as a de facto enlarged speaker surface. We weren’t exactly blown away by the sound quality when we tried it, but time heals a lot of wounds (and product flaws). If you’re sufficiently intrigued, you’ll find video of the retail box contents after the break and orders can be placed at the source link below.

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Tunebug now ready to Shake your cranium for $100 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Sep 2010 05:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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