Blame it on my slight sunburn from a day spent at the beach over the long weekend or even that it was my favorite childhood color, but I am seriously loving red accessories in the home right now… More

Product: Philips Fidelio SoundCurve Airplay Speaker
Price: $399.99
Rating: *Recommend

"It sure would be nice to have an outdoor speaker." If that thought crossed your mind during the Memorial Day holiday this past weekend, then fret no more. Today's Test Lab gives the lowdown on one of the likely contenders with the Philips Fidelio SoundCurve AirPlay speaker. We open it up, put it through the paces, and let you know if it's worthy of being added to your gadget list. More

C Wonder Portable Speaker
• $24.00
• C Wonder

The C Wonder Portable Speaker isn't going to wow anyone in the audio specs department, that's for sure. It's more toy than tech. The speaker is not wireless, nor equipped with components meant to fill the room during a party. But there's no denying the stylish charm of this companion piece for your smartphone, tablet, or laptop; the 2 AA powered device is affordable, pocketable, and wouldn't mar a Pinterest-worthy home office setup. Available in multi-stripe and orange.

Feel that? Brisk spring temperatures are beginning to give way to warmer summer weather, and that means opportunities for balcony dinners, picnics in the park, and BBQs in the backyard. And even though outdoor entertaining means different things to different people, depending upon the amount of space you call your own, almost any party benefits from adding music to the mix. In the age of MP3 your smartphone can become the ultimate party DJ when partnered with the right portable speaker (and a well curated playlist), so we've gathered the best of the portable and wireless available now and coming soon... More

Owen & Fred are offering cigar and audio aficionados a way to combine their two interests in one form factor: Sweet Cigar Box Speakers. Made from genuine salvaged wood cigar boxes, the handmade cedar cigar box house a 2.5" aluminum cone speaker with a self-powered with an internal 10 watt per channel amplifier inside... More

A few episodes back during an otherwise tense episode of Mad Men, Pete Campbell was grinning ear to ear while showing off a brand new console hi-fi stereo system and the "tiny orchestra" playing inside the basketball player length setup. For the most part, in the era of mobile audio, these type of setups have gone way of the tail-finned Caddy... More

I've got a friend who still swears by the analog sounds of an old timey dial-style AM radio even in this era of Bluetooth and Airplay audio devices. He says he likes the quality of the mono sound, and probably more importantly, he holds a flame for a bygone era where audio equipment borrowed many the stylings cues from home furnishings. But even a time traveling day dreamer like my friend owns an iPhone and listens to MP3's, thus he might be a candidate for one of these elegant retro-styled radios engineered that look like yesterday, but work with today's mobile music devices... More

I'm in the market for new iPhone speakers and a charging dock, but this time around I want function and style. Really, with so many products flooding the market, there's no reason you can't have both. I'm drawn to simple, sleek wooden wares — hopefully they will be as functional as they are pretty. Here's a roundup of products for the iPhone or iPod that fit the bill. More

Audyssey Audio Dock Air
• $349.99
• The Ghostly Store

If you're invested in Apple audio, Airplay enabled options have finally expanded enough to the point there's a healthy selection of wireless speakers to choose from. The Audyssey Audio Dock Air is notable for a two-sided design where dual 3/4" tweeters, 3" woofers, and 4" passive bass radiators that can serve uncompressed, wireless streaming sound to two sides of a room at once in unassuming fashion from your iTunes library (from your computer or iOS device). And unlike some Airplay speakers, the Audyssey BassXT brings the low end with enough bump in the trunk for bass heavy tunes, perfect for spring-summer BBQs...

ARIS Wireless Speaker
• $499.00
• Aperion Audio

Aperion Audio's SLIMstage30 sound bar was a fairly impressive apartment dweller-friendly home theater solution we tested about a year ago. And now they're back with a wireless wi-fi audio speaker designed for Windows 7 and 8 users, designed with music appreciation in mind. A full 100 Watts RMS total power for two 1" Neodymium and two 4" woofers means the ARIS speaker system should be more than sufficient for everyday listening...and then some. Visually, I particularly love the black brushed aluminum cabinet with dramatic angled red steel stand, a design statement communicating the ARIS is to be noticed both aurally and visually.