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Fountains of Bellagio for the Pyro

The Bellagio Hotel and Casino has as its landmark a water showcase. The Fountains of Bellagio features an open to the public display of choreographed water fountains with light and music. Truly a must see for the Vegas crowd. What if water just doesn’t do it for you? Bring music to life with …. Fire.  A company by the name of Live Spark can help the pyro-audiophile create a fireplace, sculpture, or lounge centerpice that “makes fire move in response to every snare hit and every melody, creating real-time fire …

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Etymotic hf5 earphones review

Etymotic hf5 earphones review – I’ve had a really tough time finding good ipod or iphone earbuds. The ones that came with my iphone didn’t stay in my ears and sounded lousy. I bought some higher-end ones and felt like I needed to crank the volume up way to much to get good sound, very  likely because of the ambient noise.   It also seems as though there is a glut of earphones available in the $10-$80 that simply sound terrible.  
Becasue I’ve heard so much about them …

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How to build a speaker for way less than a dollar

I have to admit that I’m a fan of good-sounding audio equipment. Through the right amplifier and speakers, I can almost see the music (pharmaceuticals not needed). That being said, When I see things like the following videos describing  how to make a speaker on the cheap it really makes me smile.
As long as you have some regular household items and don’t mind cutting up a minijack cable, the total cost of this DIY speaker is actually 1 cent.

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The most expensive speaker cable in the world?

$21,000. It could buy you a car, it could be a down payment on a house, you could take off on a couple of amazing vacations, have a really nice wedding, or it could pay for your sick mom’s liver surgery.  Better yet, how about 3 meters of speaker cable?

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Audiophile Stupidity – the CD lathe

Ok everyone, far from me to write about something that might start an argument, but here goes: The item below was found for sale on a New Zealand auction site.