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Ultimate Ears 350 Review

Ultimate Ears 350 Review

David Liu April 9, 2011 0

  In my Ultimate Ears 600 review last week, I mentioned—entirely as a facetious, throwaway comment—something about having “a 10″ subwoofer surgically mounted in the back of your head.” For those of you who

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Ultimate Ears 500 Review

Ultimate Ears 500 Review

David Liu April 5, 2011 2

Impressed with the Ultimate Ears 600 headphones, I had similarly lofty expectations for their highest-tier dynamic-driver set, situated one step below the 600 and aptly named the 500. In short, I wasn’t disappointed. The

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Ultimate Ears 600 Review

Ultimate Ears 600 Review

David Liu April 1, 2011 2

The balanced armature vs. dynamic driver debate stretches back as far as Coke vs. Pepsi, Ford vs. Chevy, and Bad Boy vs. Death Row. Those who swear by balanced armatures cite the twitch-quick response

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MEElectronics M21 In-Ear Headphones Review

MEElectronics M21 In-Ear Headphones Review

David Liu March 29, 2011 0

Last week I reviewed MEElectronics' RX11 headphones and came away pleasantly surprised by them. I liked the way MEElectronics hadn't fallen into the trap of making something that looks and feels stylish but lets

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Sentey Arvina GS-6400R Case Review

Sentey Arvina GS-6400R Case Review

David Liu March 26, 2011 0

Sometimes, you need a compact, unobtrusive, quiet case. Perhaps you’re building an HTPC to sit in a cabinet under your TV, or maybe you’re putting together a box for use in the kitchen. It

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MEElectronics RX11 In-Ear Headphones Review

MEElectronics RX11 In-Ear Headphones Review

David Liu March 22, 2011 0

I'll be the first to admit it: before today, I'd never heard of MEElectronics (AKA MEE). But the young Californian company's self-stated goal of better sound at a lower price seemed promising enough. At

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Paramount teams up with BitTorrent to distribute a movie

Paramount teams up with BitTorrent to distribute a movie

David Liu March 18, 2011 0

If you told me a week ago that a film industry giant like Paramount–notorious for its anti-pirate stance–would be willing to work with any group even remotely advocating piracy in order to release and

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The Zune is dead, long live the Zune!

The Zune is dead, long live the Zune!

David Liu March 15, 2011 0

Microsoft's Zune was never a serious competitor to Apple's iPod–not in terms of sheer sales volume, at least. And after barely five years of sluggish, mediocre sales, the Zune hardware has, reportedly, been killed

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Google rolls out Person Finder tool after Japan earthquake

David Liu March 11, 2011 0

In the wake of the earthquake/tsunami one-two that hit the coast of japan today, Google has created a simple, easy-to-use, effective tool for all those whose families or friends might have been affected. Those

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Android’s App Kill Switch

David Liu March 8, 2011 0

The past few weeks, we've heard lots about the catastrophic effect of Internet kill-switches like those implemented in Egypt and Libya (and the one under debate in the US senate). This weekend, however, Google

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