Bluetooth Speakers
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More than two years ago, Ikea announced a collaboration with Sweden's teenage engineering to develop a range of lighting and speaker modules. The limited edition Frekvens collection will now go on sale from February. -
Bluetooth speakers come in all shapes and sizes, from portables you can hold in your hand to mains-powered table-top belters. And then there are those from Denmark's Soundboks – suitcase-sized beasts with concert-level output.
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When connected together, the five units that make up the Air by Quirky form a single cylinder speaker. But each speaker can also operate separately for surround-sound placement or multi-room streaming entertainment.
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Bang & Olufsen's Beosound Stage is a stunning Bluetooth speaker, and a relatively affordable way to get sparkling B&O audio into your home cinema.
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Hong Kong-based Coolgeek has launched a 360-degree Bluetooth speaker that's a little different from the rest. A circular piece of glass has been plonked on top, turning the setup into a music-streaming coffee table.
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Some plastics can be recycled relatively easily, others like bubble wrap and stretchy pallet wrap may not be accepted by municipalities. Gomi design studio is looking to do something about that, and has created a portable wireless speaker that's made using recycled flexible plastics.
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CDs and vinyl once dominated living room music collections, now streaming rules the roost. There are devices aplenty to satisfy your wireless listening needs, but if you're looking for something to complement your commemorative McIntosh setup, then the new RS200 could be just the ticket.
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Sweden's Teenage Engineering is arguably best known for its mini synthesizers called Pocket Operators, but has been pushing design envelopes in other areas too. A collaboration with RISE researchers has yielded a loudspeaker encased in a kind of white wood that stays white as it ages.
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday offer amazing opportunities to update your audio gear. From a new pair of stylish wireless headphones to a power Bluetooth speaker, here are the best audio deals around.
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Korean audio house Phiaton has gone truly wireless with the successfully crowdfunded Bolt BT 700 earphones, which come with a charging case that rocks its own speaker so that you can share tunes with friends.
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China's Puppy Robotics is launching the puppy cube, a portable laser projector that turns any flat surface into a touchscreen, and one that has its own speakers and doesn't require its users to hold a stylus.
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When it was launched in 2015, Devialet's 750 W Phantom wireless speaker looked like nothing else on the market. Silver and gold editions followed, and last year the "basic" version got a bump to 1,200 W. Now a mini Phantom has been released, which is dubbed the Reactor.
