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Big Boom Box
Behold, an iPod sound system with the presence - and the output levels - of a baby grand. The red (or black or white) lacquer on this slick plinth goes beautifully with whichever Apple music player you dock in its crown. Two 300-watt channels drive pairs of 1-inch tweeters, 5.25-inch midranges, and 8-inch subs to give you awesome output. Also tucked into the 66-pound cabinet: a radio receiver and a slot-loader for CDs. It’s loud, stylish, and much more versatile than a Steinway.
Geneva Sound System XL: $1,075, www.genevalab.com
Magic Fingers
Adjusting your MP3 player on the slopes used to require mashing tiny buttons with bulky gloves (argh!) or taking your mitts off (brrr!). Not so with Tévo’s gadget-friendly gloves. The thumb and index-finger tips are made of nylon strands coated with silver alloy, so you can work any capacitive touchpad (like the iPod click wheel). Go ahead, pump up the volume or change tracks - you’ll be warm and in control.
Tévo Gloves: $35, www.tavoproducts.com
Pathfinder
In downtown areas, many GPS navigation systems get blocked by skyscrapers and tunnels and lose their way. This one continues to map your progress by sensing turns with a gyroscope and tracking forward movement through your car’s odometer. It also plays MP3s and receives XM satellite radio. Its gi-normous 7.5-inch touchscreen is sized for the dashboards on 18-wheelers, but we think it’ll match the mammoth rims on any badass ride.
StreetPilot 7500: $1,938, www.garmin.com
Bright Light, Big Picture
Digital home projectors crank out crisp, larger-than-life images, but ambient light can make them hard to see. Before you install blackout curtains, check out this model. Its ultrabright 400-watt pure xenon lamp resists washout. Better yet, the hi-def 1,920 x 1,080 picture is produced by liquid crystal on silicon panels. Translation: superior color range to what you get from the tiny mirrors in regular projectors. Brilliant!
VPL-VW100: $10,000, www.sony.com
- Brian Lam
Geneva Sound System XL
Tävo Gloves
StreetPilot 7500
VPL-VW100
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