11 Cool New Gadgets to Keep on Your Radar
Catching you up on the past week's most notable product releases.
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Another week down, and, per usual, a bunch of new tech and gadgets have been announced.
This past week, Sony introduced its latest portable Bluetooth speakers for summer, Fujifilm revealed its vintage-inspired instant film camera, and Rotel announced its affordable stereo integrated amplifier. But that's just scratching the surface.
Below, we've rounded up all the most interesting new releases and announcements you might have missed from the past week.
$1,000 at Moon Audio
$1,000 at Crutchfield
$1,499 at Rotel
$200 at Sony
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$249 at Campfire Audio
$5,400 at Vertere Acoustics
$580 at Marshall
$499 at Audeze
$1,600 at Amazon (E15)
$2,000 at Amazon (E18)
$99 at Denon
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