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OVER the ear-OUT of earshot...blocking out a packed rush hour with sounds and with noise canceling style this is soooooo true...but doesn't mean don't need some audio enablers to drown out the street noise... PLANTRONICS, GIBSON, URBANEARS,  BEATS by Dr. Dre,   NYC: Gobs of media and money is being thrown out the wrist real estate-i.e personal trainers, smartwatches etc...but as little as 11% of the population of the USA...wears one... We bet a heftier chunk of Americans wear some sort of headphones...and are unplugging with one of the latest offerings from PLANTRONICS, BEATS by Dr. Dre, GIBSON and URBANEARS... at a preview (available now) Backbeat™ Sense by Plantronics are richly audio serious, self adjusting headphones offering up to 18 hours of wireless use per charge, smart sensors that (nifty) automatically play/pause when you revoke headphones so you don't lose precious power... when engaging in a chit chat, are super light and luxuriously p...

New York City is inspiring the personal audio world with design collaborations … the new Urbanears -Marc by Marc Jacobs Humlan and Kransen headphones- in textures and  color waves inspired by  Berries, the Ocean and Oil... ...and the super fun BERLIN BOOMBOX x TRIBE NYC boom box…with  the collective New York Hip Hop crew celebrates the new YO! MTV RAPS BOOMBOX-which takes us back to our youthful days- without all the crime!!!! Love the graphics-by  BERLIN BOOMBOX designer Axel Pfaender   that perfectly captures the  original visual vibes of the legendary MTV show  (1988-1995). FYI: About Berlin Boombox This sound system is different! The Berlin-based designer and illustrator Axel Pfaender has combined his love of music and design and brought a cool sound system of cardboard on the market. The unusual design...

IFA/Berlin Speakers for personal electronics…are popular, and portable …and come in new large+small packages for consumers who always want their music- wherever . Pocket size and a first speaker ever-from COLOUD Headphones…this pint size packs 8 hours of listening, recharges via USB cable---and amps up -with multiple speakers-  via a 3.5mm daisy chain jack connector…that easily wraps around the triangular shape…with integrated stand keeps cords tidy! COLOUD BANG ($25)-delivers October 2nd in black, grey with neon pink accents-and in neon pink. www.coloud.com MORE INFORMATION coloud.com facebook.com/coloud twitter.com/coloudhp instagram.com/coloud   We thought the vintage looking speaker THE WOBURN from MARSHALL Headphones-terrific-early-60's RCA big amplifier inspired with inputs via cable options-but made for today (Bluetooth® compatible). ANALOGUE TREBLE, BASS and VOLUME KNOBS for custom sound…two stand-by modes-power-saver and standard. Very co...

In Our Inbox... With the colorful on-ear Headphone  RE: PLATTAN Urbanears-made from scraps parts from previous collections  (eco---YIPPY!!!)    launches the fourth model of the Urbanears Edition line, which offers extravagant headphones for discerning music lovers. Wear them and get noticed! The colorful patchwork look isn't the only plus... With each Re: Plattan Headphone one acquires the same five square meters of rainforest in Costa Rica --- How it works:  Each Re: Plattan is provided with a personal Pax ID code that allows you to log onto  getpax.com/urbanears to find the GPS coordinates of the rainforest saved...and other tidbits. Very cool. INFO: URBANEARS