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Kevin Hunt: Bowers & Wilkins Z2 Speaker Dock Review
May 17, 2013
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.
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Kevin Hunt: Nuforce HP-800 great headphones for the price
May 7, 2013
What's the definition of "studio-monitor" headphones?
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Kevin Hunt: Split personality for Bem Wireless Speaker Trio
April 22, 2013
The Bem Wireless Speaker Trio, as threesomes go, seems to have traces of The Three Tenors and The Three Stooges in its electronic DNA.
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Kevin Hunt: WD TV Play a Roku rival for HD streaming?
April 15, 2013
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.
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Kevin Hunt: Denon's Cocoon Home speaker dock not quite ready to fly
April 4, 2013
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?
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Kevin Hunt: iTunes 11 Tricks
March 29, 2013
There's something for almost every traditionalist to dislike about iTunes11, introduced around Thanksgiving and updated for the second time in February.
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Kevin Hunt: Wireless HD: Confusing Formats, But Nyrius Aries Makes It Work
March 25, 2013
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.
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Kevin Hunt: Earphone value, via Glasgow, from RHA
March 15, 2013
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:
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Kevin Hunt: DIY 'Cloud' Storage (Cheap) With Pogoplug
March 10, 2013
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.
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Kevin Hunt: Smart LEDs, A 1TB Jump Drive And A 'Connected' Fork
February 22, 2013
Here are a few things, technologically speaking, sure to arouse interest, awe, suspicion or ridicule in 2013:
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Kevin Hunt: A Bargain-Priced DIY Desktop System
February 18, 2013
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.
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Kevin Hunt: Behringer's iNuke Boom Junior: A Bang-For-Buck Speaker Dock
February 12, 2013
Let there be no doubt who built the biggest, loudest speaker dock on the block.
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Kevin Hunt: Onkyo's CS-355 A Throwback Compact Stereo, With Bluetooth
February 1, 2013
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.
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Kevin Hunt: A Big-Time Soundbar: Definitive Technology's SoloCinema XTR
January 25, 2013
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.
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Kevin Hunt: Why Is Music Stuck At Low-Rez In World Of Hi-Rez Video?
January 18, 2013
What happened to the career trajectory of audio and video, for decades members of the same club? When quality counts, video is the superstar.
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Kevin Hunt: Music Goes Wireless With Harman Kardon's BTA 10; JBL's Surprising Micro Wireless Speaker
January 11, 2013
Apple's ubiquitous 30-pin connector, replaced by the svelte eight-pin Lightning, was among the notable technological deaths of 2012.
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Kevin Hunt: Audioquest's DragonFly converter brings high-end sound to laptops
December 28, 2012
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.
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Kevin Hunt: Your Own Drone And Other Tech Gift Ideas
December 7, 2012
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.
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Kevin Hunt: Blue Microphones' Mikey Digital Turns iPhone Into High-Grade Recorder
November 30, 2012
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.
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Kevin Hunt: Edifier's dramatic design, sound of Spinnaker multimedia speakers
November 26, 2012
Edifier's new Spinnaker e30 multimedia speakers make a statement even when they aren't making a sound.
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Kevin Hunt: Post-Squeezebox, Logitech Shifts To UE Smart Radio And Boombox
November 16, 2012
Only die-hard loyalists noticed when Logitech quietly killed its Squeezebox media players in August, which probably explains the snuff job.
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Are tech deals really worth it?
November 2, 2012
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.
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Kevin Hunt: With a new solid-state hard drive, an old laptop is reborn
October 26, 2012
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.
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Kevin Hunt: Braven 650 combines speakerphone with mobile charger
October 19, 2012
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.
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Kevin Hunt: Fluance's FiTSD600 Talldock a towering presence
October 12, 2012
The search for the starting center on the all-dock basketball team is over, now that Fluance's towering Talldock is in the building.
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Kevin Hunt: iLunar Sound-In-Round, Paradigm Speaker System Developed With Apple Among Fall Highlights
October 5, 2012
Time for a little fall window-shopping, a quickie preview of what might tempt the serious gift-buyer in the next couple of months.
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Kevin Hunt: Why I Love Apple's Unsung AirPort Express
September 28, 2012
Another year, another iPhone.
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Kevin Hunt: Control 4 Home Automation Puts Lights, Electronics, Security At Your Fingertips
September 10, 2012
Among the few signs of intelligence from my dumber-than-a-driveway house is a cable-issued remote control that turns on the cable box, television and audio-video receiver with a single button.
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Kevin Hunt: Retro Geneva Model XS alarm turns back clock
August 31, 2012
The Geneva Sound System Model XS is an extra-small travel alarm clock that looks about as modern as "Mad Men."
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Two great options in headphones: Bowers & Wilkins P3, Audio-Technica ATH-ANC9
August 24, 2012
We're tuning out this week with two headphones, including a noise-cancellation model, that show how much you can get for $200 to $300.
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Kevin Hunt: Nuforce Cube's A Big-Time Little Portable Speaker
August 17, 2012
So what exactly did NuForce have in mind when it created the Cube, an almost-perfect 2.3-inch square portable speaker?
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Kevin Hunt: Harman Kardon's SB 30 soundbar with wireless subwoofer
July 6, 2012
A soundbar is nothing but a fake, an impostor. It's not a real surround-sound speaker system.
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Kevin Hunt: For concertgoers, it's V-Moda's Faders VIP earplugs
June 22, 2012
Landing a spot 50 feet from the outdoor stage is a summer-concert coup.
