“The CD is dead.”
“MP3s don’t sound as warm as analog.”
“Wax is making a comeback.”
Listen for such sentences if you want to identity an audiophile amongst your family and friends. While their strange verbal goings on might bewilder you at time, the good news is they are always easy to buy for around the holiday. Good audio lovers are always happy with anything that makes their favorite music sound better — especially if that gadget offers their audio with new technology and convenience.
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Assembled below you’ll find a selection of audio gift ideas in a variety of price ranges and classes of audio devotion. Whether you want to give the novice something to up his or her audio game or send a music connoisseur something to make sure they’re hearing their sounds properly, you’ll find it here.
2015 Last Minute Holiday Audio Gifts
Music lovers are easy to buy for come the holidays as sharp audio gifts bring their favorite sounds to them with fancy new tech.
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Hercules WAE Outdoor 04PLUS Bluetooth Speaker
The Hercules WAE Outdoor 04PLUS Bluetooth Speaker is the unofficial audio buddy of the GoPro. It provides Bluetooth sound while clamped on to your mountain bike or anything else you want to attach it to out there.
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Jabra Sport Pace
While Jabra might be known more for Bluetooth ear pieces for cellphone use, the Jabra Sport Pace are serious training headphones built for military grade weather resistance.
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Amazon Echo
The Amazon Echo is more than an audio device that'll play tunes from the app of your choice. It's an experiment in artificial intelligence and how we'll interact with a constant tech presence a voice command away.
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Phiaton BT 330 NC Wireless Active Noise Cancelling Headphones with Mic
Phiaton specializes in strong audio products most folks can afford. They upped their technology with these BT 330 NC Wireless over-ear headphones — adding an inbuilt microphone and active noise cancelling.
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Thonet and Vander HOCH Bluetooth 2.0 Wooden Bookshelf Bluetooth Speakers
These HOCH midsize bookshelf speakers from Thonet and Vander are built tough and offer some of the best sound this reviewer ever took in from a Bluetooth device.
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Klipsch R6
Specially designed to isolate and block outside noise, the Klipsch R6 in-ear headphones wants to pull down the title of "best in class" sounds.
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Blue Lola
While known as one of the top makers of consumer microphones, Blue is in the higher end, over-ear headphones game with the new Blue Lola. Its designers build top level sound into an interesting, rear folding design.
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Paww SoundBox 10
The Paww SoundBox 10 looks to maximize the room-filling sound that come out of something about the size of a brick. The Bluetooth device can also function as a conference call station/speaker phone.
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V-MODA Zn In-Ear Modern Audiophile Headphones
Already a popular manufacturer amongst audio connoisseurs, V-MODA through all of the candy at their new Zn In-Ear Headphones – including an 8 mm driver, zinc alloy and special flex ear hooks.
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Paww WaveSound 2 Bluetooth Headphones with Active Noise Cancelling
A newer player in the audio game, Paww offers over-ear sound with the cordless freedom of Bluetooth with the Wavesound 2.
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Braven Fuse
Getting away from headphones and speakers for a moment, Braven declared their new Fuse device the world's first wireless audio mixer. It allows the user to adjust sound levels on the fly from the palm of the hand.
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Pear Stride
With a free connected app, the affordable Pear Stride Headphones will provide real time fitness coaching and updates, while staying in the ear thanks to a their special ergonomic design.
