stereos
Science
Fighting Mormon Cricket Invasions With Hard Rock and Boom Boxes
3:00AM Jesus Diaz | Mormon crickets are insects with multiple wives who live in Utah, travelling to Nevada to eat crops and play craps—or something like that. I’m not David Attenborough, OK? One real thing: They hate rock music. More »
Music
Generic $US25 Stereo Beats $US1,100 Sound Systems
10:30PM Jesus Diaz | Proving that more expensive is not always better, a $US25 “value” stereo system has obliterated $US1,000 equipment from Sony and JVC in a British customer choice award as voted on by 500,000 people. More »
Music
Pump Up The Dial: Photographic Daps for the Iconic 80s Boombox
10:00AM Adrian Covert | Boomboxes. Synonymous with hip-hop. Synonymous with loud. Its standing in the cultural zeitgeist has faded over the years, but its past glory and appetite for D batteries will always be loved and adored by me. More »
Music
Listening Test: Gizmodo’s Week Long Tribute To Music Tech
11:17AM Brian Lam | I once read that music has more impact the louder you play it. On that note, I’ll tell you the story of the summer I got addicted to very loud car audio equipment. More »
Music
The Deaf Barn: 6400 Watts of What Recession??
11:40AM Mark Wilson | There are those who appreciate a good stereo, and there are those who appreciate destroying their hearing one sweet watt at a time. Todd Whitworth falls into both categories, but mostly the latter. More »
Music
Sony’s Super iPod Dock Appears in Leaked Photos Looking Pretty Nice
11:00AM Adrian Covert | Sony Insider has happened upon some leaked images of the CMT-Z100iR mini-sound system, which, if real, suggest this respectable-looking system has an iPod dock, CD player and USB port to complement the 20w speakers. More »
Gadgets
AT-AT Walker Boombox Is So Awesome I Want to Cry
12:40AM Matt Buchanan | The only way this stunning AT-AT walker boombox could produce a more forceful nerdOMFGasm is if it was being straddled by Scarlett Johansson in a Princess Leia bikini. More »
Entertainment
Alpine’s iXA-W404 Touchscreen iPhone Compatible Car Receiver Hands On
11:06AM Gizmodo US Edition | Alpine’s iXA-W404 with its 4.3-inch QVGA touchscreen and iPhone compatibility is fully capable of navigating all your iPhone’s music, movies, tv shows, and more by the touch of your finger.
Music
Linksys Wireless Home Audio System Streams All Around Your House, Secretly Aspires to Kill Sonos
3:00PM Adrian Covert | Linksys’ new Wireless Home Audio system is very similar in function to Sonos’ streaming home audio system, and on specs alone, manages to out spec the latter in some areas. More »
Peripherals
