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Kevin Hunt: Bowers & Wilkins Z2 Speaker Dock Review

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:23:00 GMT

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The aerophobic Z2, the first speaker dock from Bowers & Wilkins that doesn't look like a dirigible and doesn't cost $600, would still be easy to pick out in a police lineup of compact, midpriced systems.

Kevin Hunt: Nuforce HP-800 great headphones for the price

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Tue, 07 May 2013 20:07:00 GMT

What's the definition of "studio-monitor" headphones?

Kevin Hunt: Split personality for Bem Wireless Speaker Trio

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:25:00 GMT

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The Bem Wireless Speaker Trio, as threesomes go, seems to have traces of The Three Tenors and The Three Stooges in its electronic DNA.

Kevin Hunt: WD TV Play a Roku rival for HD streaming?

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:36:35 GMT

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Western Digital's WD TV Play has your number. You're 18 to 55 years old, technologically savvy, a Windows user with movies and music in assorted formats and assorted resolutions on a PC or external hard drive.

Kevin Hunt: Denon's Cocoon Home speaker dock not quite ready to fly

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:02:00 GMT

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Oh, the beauty of the insect life cycle. Let's see if Denon's Cocoon Home, stuck in the pupal stage of speaker-dock metamorphosis, someday emerges as a newly molted ... Zeppelin Air?

Kevin Hunt: iTunes 11 Tricks

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:06:44 GMT

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There's something for almost every traditionalist to dislike about iTunes11, introduced around Thanksgiving and updated for the second time in February.

Kevin Hunt: Wireless HD: Confusing Formats, But Nyrius Aries Makes It Work

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:55:00 GMT

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For this week's column, we'll ask 3D HDTV to please remain seated while we introduce an even newer technology, wireless HDMI, that has struggled despite its marriage of two contemporary digital heavyweights: wireless and HDMI.

Kevin Hunt: Earphone value, via Glasgow, from RHA

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:58:00 GMT

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It's a long way from Glasgow, Scotland, to your Apple Store, but it shows how far RHA has come since it started making value-priced earphones and headphones in 2011. Here's a look at three models:

Kevin Hunt: DIY 'Cloud' Storage (Cheap) With Pogoplug

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT

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A little space in the cloud doesn't cost a lot. The first five gigabytes, in fact, are usually free from services like Amazon's Cloud Drive, Google Drive and Apple's iCloud.

Samsung Galaxy A Camera With Smartphone Smarts

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:56:47 GMT

How smart is a smartphone without the phone? Here are two mutant electronic devices that try to find out.

Kevin Hunt: Smart LEDs, A 1TB Jump Drive And A 'Connected' Fork

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:52:32 GMT

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Here are a few things, technologically speaking, sure to arouse interest, awe, suspicion or ridicule in 2013:

Kevin Hunt: A Bargain-Priced DIY Desktop System

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:11:00 GMT

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To cure a bad case of winter frugality, I'm prescribing a hearty dose of homemade chicken soup and these bargain-basement audio components that will brighten any home office or den.

Kevin Hunt: Behringer's iNuke Boom Junior: A Bang-For-Buck Speaker Dock

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:52:00 GMT

Let there be no doubt who built the biggest, loudest speaker dock on the block.

Kevin Hunt: Onkyo's CS-355 A Throwback Compact Stereo, With Bluetooth

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:46:00 GMT

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The couple who once shared a stereo minisystem in a cozy, wood-paneled den are now more likely shopping for a pair of his-and-hers Dr. Dre headphones.

Kevin Hunt: A Big-Time Soundbar: Definitive Technology's SoloCinema XTR

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:24:00 GMT

Definitive Technology's SoloCinema XTR, a long and appropriately lean soundbar with a wireless subwoofer, costs more ($1,999) than the everyday HDTV and looks equally striking in its slick black finish. Definitive Technology has somehow put its soundbar on a diet to match the best HDTVs: It measures less than 2.5 inches deep while spanning 43 inches wide and slightly more than 5 inches high.

Are tech deals really worth it?

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:48:52 GMT

We look at a subwoofer with big promises and a small price tag, plus five other tempting bargains

Today I'm playing the sucker so you don't have to, or at least that's what I figured when I ordered a $25 deal-of-the-day subwoofer online recently from Best Buy.

Kevin Hunt: With a new solid-state hard drive, an old laptop is reborn

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:48:52 GMT

A technologically dated computer isn't as lucky as an old smartphone. Instead of becoming a trade-in, then reused, it's a hand-me-down, basement clutter or electronic waste.

Kevin Hunt: Your Own Drone And Other Tech Gift Ideas

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:48:51 GMT

Need a gift that will short the circuit boards of your tech-inclined loved one? Look no further. Here's another Hot 10 list of holiday gift ideas from Santa Grouch.

Kevin Hunt: Blue Microphones' Mikey Digital Turns iPhone Into High-Grade Recorder

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:48:51 GMT

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No, that is not a black-with-silver-trim tumor growing from my iPhone's 30-pin connector. It's Mikey Digital, a snap-on stereo microphone from Blue Microphones that, using the right app, records at CD quality — including, with the included adapter, your amazing shred-guitar virtuosity.

Kevin Hunt: Edifier's dramatic design, sound of Spinnaker multimedia speakers

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:48:51 GMT

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Edifier's new Spinnaker e30 multimedia speakers make a statement even when they aren't making a sound.

Kevin Hunt: Post-Squeezebox, Logitech Shifts To UE Smart Radio And Boombox

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:48:51 GMT

Only die-hard loyalists noticed when Logitech quietly killed its Squeezebox media players in August, which probably explains the snuff job.

Kevin Hunt: Audioquest's DragonFly converter brings high-end sound to laptops

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:48:50 GMT

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Aside from being a potential stunt double for the on-location filming of "The USB Flash Drive Story," the AudioQuest DragonFly is an unlikely gateway device for the music lover who stashes tunes on a computer.

Kevin Hunt: Why Is Music Stuck At Low-Rez In World Of Hi-Rez Video?

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:50:00 GMT

What happened to the career trajectory of audio and video, for decades members of the same club? When quality counts, video is the superstar.

Kevin Hunt: Music Goes Wireless With Harman Kardon's BTA 10; JBL's Surprising Micro Wireless Speaker

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:11:00 GMT

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Apple's ubiquitous 30-pin connector, replaced by the svelte eight-pin Lightning, was among the notable technological deaths of 2012.

Kevin Hunt: Braven 650 combines speakerphone with mobile charger

Kevin Hunt - The Electronic Jungle — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:19:37 GMT

For the talent competition of the Bluetooth-speaker pageant, the Braven 650 brings something to the stage besides the usual wireless audio reproduction and speakerphone capabilities.