Being an audiophile in the modern digital world while also considering mobility is almost impossible. At uncompressed bitrates, single CDs can easily approach 600-900MB in size. With the standard MP3 player only containing ~16-32GB of storage, such a lifestyle doesn’t exactly bode well for diversity. But times are a changin’. Audiophile equipment is getting smaller and becoming more efficient. And slowly but surely, device storage is growing. But what if...

If you’re into the high-end portable audio scene, you’ve probably heard of Go-DAP before. They already have one successful battery + amp design on the market for the iPhone 3G/S. This week at CES, the company took the wraps off of their next generation of portable headphone amp and battery for the iPhone 4… The newly redesigned iPhone 4 specific Go-DAP features a 1,450mAh battery, OPA2338UA (Texas Instruments) pre-amp, TPA6130A (Texas Instruments)...

There’s something to be said about sitting down and spending a few hours listening and re-listening to a batch of your favorite music, picking out small nuances here and there that you’ve never heard before. Overall, it’s both rewarding and enjoyable, almost like an adventure built entirely out of music. What causes such feelings? That all depends on how you value the music you listen to. If you’re like me, you’re always on the lookout for...

Are you a musician, gadget nerd, outdoorsy person, or gear head? Most of the time you’re either/or without much overlap. For the sake of this article, we’re going to look at gadget nerd/musician. AmpliTube looks to be one of the easiest to use and fuller featured guitar/music apps for the iPhone platform that I’ve seen yet. Please, feel free to correct me. But what else could you call AmpliTube but “awesome” when you look at the...

Yes folks, it’s time for another somewhat-crazy-though-not-so-crazy-when-you-think-about-it-and-actually-kind-of-useful gadget. Today, we’re looking at the Orange Amps All In One Computer Amplifier Speaker made by, Orange Amps. This odd looking contraption is actually a fully working guitar amp and computer all-in-one. (Ok, I’m done with all the “-” nonsense…) As a computer, the specs don’t look half bad: 500GB hard drive, 4GB...