Speaker docks outfitted with Apple's Lightning dock connector seem like kind of waste these days. Wireless music is the future, homie! But does this new beauty from Bowers & Wilkins look like a dock? Where's the port? It's hidden by clever design. Read More >>
Featured comment by Graucho Giggles:
"Nice B&W stuff but pity it's not stereo... Great single boxes I suppose, tho I bet nowhere near as good as the Dynaudio Xeo, or the mega tasty and..." More »
Bowers & Wilkins makes some of our favourite audio hardware. We also happen to love AirPlay—so the union of the two should be terrific, right? Sort of. The A7 speaker is tremendous—but it's just so, so expensive. Read More >>
Featured comment by gauntatronic:
"Sure the B&W is awesome, and I'm not really answering your question however the Sonos system is pretty good now. I bought the Play:5 and Play:3 fo..." More »
Google's next assimilation target is Apple's AirPlay media streaming and networking solution, with the Android developer said to be working on its own, open, method of pinging music, videos and other data to and from wireless devices. Read More >>
You might live in a small flat now, and really only need a single wireless speaker to handle your music needs. But then you move into a bigger flat, with a big, beautiful TV and need more audio power. Instead of relegating your trusty AirPlay speaker to second-class status and starting ove on the audio front, you could take a speaker like UnMonday's 4.3L and repurpose it into a single satellite as part of a 5.1 dolby digital surround sound system. Read More >>
There will be wireless speakers in the future. Whether they will use DLNA, AirPlay, or Bluetooth isn't certain—none of those technologies are quite perfect yet. But some, like Libratone's new Zipp AirPlay speaker, are very close. And it's better the previous Libratone Live in nearly every way. Read More >>
Libratone's last AirPlay outing was a beautifully designed dud—it was just way, way too expensive. But their next stab, a compact cylinder wrapped in wool, has the chance to be the best take on AirPlay we've ever seen. Read More >>
If you want quality wireless audio, AirPlay is the only way to go. There are plenty of AirPlay speaker systems to choose from, but on style alone the new Bowers and Wilkins A7's handsome design has us sold. And they're freaking powerful too. Read More >>
Everyone really likes AirPlay, Apple's Wi-Fi streaming standard that lets you send movies and music from, say, your iPhone to your speakers or Apple TV. Now there's a new standard out to do pretty much the same thing for everyone else. But how is it different from previous attempts? Read More >>
Featured comment by professore:
"Isn't the main point of a "standard" something that many companies agree upon and use in their products to mutual benefit - in contrast to "proprietar..." More »
Featured comment by grovestreet:
"It was a half arsed joke, couldn't really care.
I was laughing at this part:
"New Version of AirPlay that Doesn’t Need a Separate Wi-Fi Network"
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Russound makes speakers camouflaged as rocks to sit out by the pool at your mansion. Their tough outdoor products, it turns out, can also survive over five months on a Brooklyn fire escape. The sound might not be the greatest, and the product may be inelegant, absurd, and expensive, but the weird AirGo Outdoor Speaker is brutally tough and undeniably effective. Read More >>
Featured comment by Westyfield2:
"Might be useful to use the current Airport Express in the review (form factor is different) rather than the superseded one." More »
If you hate the thought of having a set of speakers mucking up the minimal aesthetics of your home—but still love to entertain—this simple glass-topped wooden table doubles as an AirPlay compatible speaker. It's just too bad the cost of keeping your electronics out of sight is a whopping £3,700. Read More >>
Featured comment by Josh:
"That's my point. They made the technology to work with the new tech. If they wanted to, they could have found a way to make it work. Not that I'm that..." More »
AirPlay speakers are fantastic if you happen to be an Apple adherent. Otherwise, your best choice for wireless audio is crappy Bluetooth. Just yesterday, HTC introduced its AirPlay competitor, HTC Connect, and Pioneer is the first company offer products equipped for the standard. Are you ready for an HTC Connect speaker? Kinda sounds weird, huh? Read More >>
Featured comment by Glenbot3000:
"range on bluetooth is more than adequate for speaker systems, baring in mind you're always gonna be close enough to hear them. I think it's just compa..." More »
For many Windows devotees, the first experience with an Apple product came in the form of the Windows iPod. For starters, Steve Jobs made sure that the Mac faithful were the first ones to use the iPod, iTunes, and even the iTunes Music Store -- in fact, he resisted making them available on Windows at all. Luckily for Apple, cooler heads prevailed, and iPod/iTunes became a little Apple oasis on Microsoft's operating system starting nearly ten years ago, in July 2002. Read More >>
AirPlay is the way digital music should be. If you have WiFi, you have music. But you also have a tough choice. More and more speakers come equipped with AirPlay, ready out of the box to blast music wirelessly from your preferred Apple gizmo. In a test of four speakers, the one that sounded sweetest was also among the cheapest. Read More >>
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