Quick: Name a luxury automobile. Maybe you thought of Bentley, or Rolls Royce, or something sportier like Aston Martin or Ferrari. Now, name a high-end watch. You probably thought of Rolex or maybe Breitling or Patek Philippe or Cartier. How about a luxury kitchen appliance? There’s Viking, Sub-Zero, Thermador, or Wolf… Maybe even a high-end more »

In the final installment of our exclusive interview, Noel Lee, the Monster chief executive known as the Head Monster, talks to Dealerscope and CustomRetailer’s Krissy Rushing about the company’s new headphones. In this video, Lee talks about Monster’s headphone partnerships with Earth, Wind and Fire and Daft Punk. [See the video link here.]

Jeff O’Heir at our sister publication Dealerscope has a follow-up to a story we reported on a few weeks back about Target’s efforts to combat “showrooming.” From Jeff’s rebuttal: Face it, mobile payments, mobile advertising, price comparison apps and social commerce are quickly becoming the norm and will all play an essential role in how consumers shop for more »

Is it a boombox? Is it a vintage suitcase? Yes, actually, it’s both. Hat tip to my buddy Steve for turning me onto BoomCase, a company that turns old suitcases into one-of-a-kind portable works of audio art. From Steve’s blog, the Audiophiliac: Each BoomCase is a unique creation, so if you see one on Odbert’s Web more »

I’m a music lover who resisted buying an iPod for over seven years. I thought, I can only listen to one album at a time, so what good is having my entire music library at my fingertips? How times have changed. As I type this post, iTunes is open in the background, and I take comfort more »

Rap Music apparently has more than phat beats and fresh rhymes. The thumping bass that drives your crazy at the traffic light might actually save your life in the future. The press release explains more: The heart of the sensor is a vibrating cantilever, a thin beam attached at one end like a miniature diving more »

When you’re having a Barbeque, just shoving your speakers into the rear windows isn’t exactly an elegant solution. Thankfully, Niles’s new line of outdoor speakers are designed not only to unobtrusively blend into your backyard decor, but to stay there for years to come. Constructed from ABS plastic that has been balanced to resist UV damage, more »

In an exclusive one-on-one interview with CTPG, Head Monster Noel Lee tells Krissy Rushing about the company’s new line of fashion-forward headphones and the company’s transition away from the Monster Cable name. Click on the image below to check it out: Via: [Dealerscope]

Procella Audio is exhibiting at the 2012 Integrated Systems Europe conference and has announced two new speakers: the P860 biamplified three-way, full-range screen channel speaker, and the P610, a full-range three-way biamplified high output speaker. The P860 is six feet tall and capable of producing peak output levels of 138 dB. The speaker’s driver complement includes a 1.5-inch more »

Well, the fat lady has sung, the curtains have been closed and CES 2012 is officially a few days in the bag. After several days of decompressing and detoxing — there is a LOT of drinking in Vegas — and reflecting, I thought I would share my list of Best, Worst, Coolest, and other superlatives more »