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This electronic piano comes with speakers. In drones. That fly.

January 7, 2023January 7, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Drones, Electric Piano, Roland

Roland is one of the most respected manufacturers of electronic keyboards, drum machines, and other things that can be programmed.

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Miss your old iPod? This site will allow you to bring it back. Sort of.

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023 Alan Cross 1 Comment Emulator, iPod

Twenty years ago, everyone wanted an iPod. It was the device that revolutionized how we consumed music on the go.

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Cool! Gadgets 

Having trouble finding a name for your new band? This site may be able to help.

November 22, 2022November 22, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Aristator, Band Name Generator

Finding a name for your band is a torturous process. Consider: In the old days, everyone had to argue until

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If you like big bass with your music, you gotta look at this

October 29, 2022October 29, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Audio Gear, CEDIA, Speakers, Subwoofer

You call that puny thing you have in your home a subwoofer? This is a subwoofer.

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iPhone vs. Android: What do musicians prefer?

October 16, 2022October 16, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Android, athletes, iPhone, Musicians, Politicians

The most popular operating system on smartphones is Google’s Android. But because Android is infinitely customizable by manufacturers and telecoms,

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Gadgets 

Holy crap! Is this the most advanced factory car audio system ever?

October 14, 2022October 15, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Audio, Bowers and Wilkins, Infotainment System, Polestar, Volvo

Factory audio systems in cars have come a long way from the old Delco AM/FM/cassette radios that passed for state-of-the-art

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Meta unveils another part of its view of the metaverse with a new AR/VR headset

October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Facebook, Headset, Meta Quest Pro, Metaverse, VR

Meta–what we’re supposed to call Facebook now–would have you believe that it’s building THE capital-M metaverse. It’s not. It’s building

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Funny/Weird Gadgets 

This is the weirdest audiophile accessory I’ve seen in a while.

September 20, 2022September 20, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Audiophiles, Fragrance Diffuser, Olafactive Stereophonique

So you want to sit down and listen to some music. But what happens if your music room stinks? Then

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Gadgets 

This garage band is releasing a vinyl record that doubles as a guitar pedal. No, seriously.

September 15, 2022September 15, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Brother O Brother, Guitar Pedal, Romanus, Vinyl

You gotta hand it to Romanus Records and Audio Disruption Services for coming up with yet another interesting twist on

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Gadgets 

This indie record label wants to fill a hole in the market by reissuing albums on 8-track.

September 3, 2022September 5, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment 8-Tracks, Sacred Bones, Tape, Townes Van Zandt

You know how the whole premise of the Jurassic Park franchise was based on extracting some DNA of an insect

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Gadgets 

Want to connect CarPlay or Android Auto to your car? Check out this gizmo

August 23, 2022August 23, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Android Auto, CarPlay, CarrGenie, Infotainment System, Smartphones

Every time there’s a change in auto infotainment technology, there’s always a period where people have to MacGyver ways of

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