MJ Approved: Audyssey Lower East Side Media Speakers
From your home system right on down to your desktop accouterment, everyone wants to be the dude with the clearest speakers. It doesn’t matter if you’re blasting Pumped Up Kicks or your favorite Stones album — if what’s coming from your speakers sounds like mush, no one wants to hear it. Now, thanks to Audyssey’s Lower East Side Media Speakers, you can enjoy crisp sound on a budget.
The LES system looks like typical PC speakers of yesteryear, but include a digital optical audio input that lets you plug these little suckers into your laptop, iPhone, Blu-ray player, gaming system, or Apple TV. And just in case your friends arrive for a spontaneous karaoke session, there’s still your standard analog input for plugging in a microphone. Named after the New York City ghetto-turned-hipster hood and its gritty music scene, these sound machines were powerful enough to blast Rihanna and Pearl Jam through my 800 sq. ft. apartment on the real LES — no bulky sub-woofer necessary.
LOVE IT: Audyssey engineers also build sound components for Land Rover and Jaguar. Know that warm, rich sound flowing through the speakers in your XK? That’s exactly what the LES system replicates. Also, setup is nearly instantaneous.
LEAVE IT: Despite their compact size, these speakers are outlet specific, so you can’t bump Biggie on your next ski trip unless you bring a wireless power supply along.
[$250; audyssey.com]
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Posted by Dania
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