wireless

Many headphones come in and out of the doors of our elektro offices in search of glowing reviews. Some fall short of expectations; headbands are too tight, sound is too patchy, the buds keep falling out of your ears. However, there are the few and worthy that step up their game and rise to the challenge...

SOL REPUBLIC and Motorola has teamed to create new products that are aimed to be revolutionary and essential to an audiophile’s treasure chest of goodies. The two technology and lifestyle giants announced this partnership with the release of their first collaborative product, the DECK Wireless Speaker...

Pioneer is launching their latest product, sure to join your favorite DJ’s arsenal of performance tools, the XDJ-R1. Its major selling feature is its wireless control allowing for control of your mixing devices via an iPad, iPhone, or iPod thanks to Pioneer’s “remotebox” app, even when there is no Wi-Fi available (available on the Apple App Store as of May 30th)...

From ThinkGeek comes the Princip Cube, which offers users a unique and mentally stimulating gaming challenge. The Cube comes with 54 multi-color LEDs, audio, and wireless connectivity, responding to taps, speech, and rotation (via accelerometers)...

Yantouch’s Black Diamond 3 bluetooth wireless speaker differentiates itself from other iPhone speakers by also doubling as a color changing lamp, which reportedly delivers over 16 million colors. Think of it as a physical interpretation of winamp’s skin mode...

Here’s another neat project funded by Kickstarter. Oregon-based NEW has created the Zooka, a wireless speaker bar, that attaches to your tablet, laptop, or phone (without scratching it) and serves as a true, high-quality portable sound device...

Beats continues its lateral innovation in the audio industry by introducing the Pill, a portable speaker seeking to challenge Jawbone’s Jambox. Its physical appearance is that of an enlarged, red/black/white gel capsulel versus the box shape of the Jambox...

Here’s one for those who have been stranded with useless devices due to the nonstandard hardware in Apple products and incompatibility with other products (or just want a simple wireless docking device). Kickstarter backed Auris bluetooth audio receiver is a compact device that allows you to wirelessly play, listen, and control music via any Bluetooth enabled device through the music dock... Read

For those seeking to have their speakers double as a stylish piece of furniture, look no further than Bang & Olufen’s A9 speaker. There are three positions the A9 comes in, depending on your preference: free-standing, corner, or mounted on a wall...

From British Audio firm Bowers & Wilkins comes the A5 and A7 Wireless Music Systems. The devices stream music directly to speakers via Apple’s AirPlay. The A7 is the premium entry out of the two, coming in almost 50% larger with an additional drive unit and a 6 inch subwoofer...