WHAT YOU NEED

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Represent with these speakers of the house and beyond

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PARROT BY
STARCK ZIKMUS
Dock your iPod on one
of these elegant conical
towers and the speaker
wirelessly communicates
with its partner to ll any
space with 360 degrees
of audio. You can also
link your computer or
Bluetooth-enabled
phone into
its invisible
network.
parrot.com,
$1,500

Nokia MD 8 Mini Speakers This compact, battery-powered stick ips open like a lighter to provide remarkable stereo sound for any device with a headphone jack. nokia.com, $50

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Nixon Master Blaster This model, from the watchmaker’s line of headphones, boasts buttery leather padding and terri c sound quality. nixonnow.com, $200

B&W 685s For budding audiophiles, the sound quality of these bookshelf speakers is as rich and balanced as models twice the price. bowers-wilkins.com, $650

Lasonic X Rap-Up Ghetto Blaster This limited-edition boom box big-ups ’80s nostalgia with a pop-out iPod “cassette” dock and an AM/ FM tuner. lasonic.com, $170

MiniGod MG2 Mexico Graf- ti artist Marka27 turned his Aztec-inspired illustrations into collectable 17-inch gures embedded with a full-range speaker. crewest.com, $120

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PHOTOGRAPHS BY TOM MEDVEDICH