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Waxed Canvas Briefcase | Emil Erwin

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22 oz. Tan Waxed Canvas, 6 oz. No. 93 Brown Horween Leather with 10oz. Havana Brown Bridle Leather handles and cinch. Copper Rivets. Solid Brass Hardware. Super-Duty # 10 Solid Brass YKK Zipper. Water Repellent. Handcrafted in Nashville, TN U.S.A. $750

Audez’e LCD-2 Headphones | Gear Patrol

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Using planar magnetic technology, essentially a thin-film diaphragm housed between two magnetic structures, and an arsenal of knowledge pooled from a cache of industry sound engineers Audez’e (pronounced “odyssey”) has managed to create what might be the smoothest pair of headphones we’ve ever auditioned. Sure, the Audez’e LCD-2 Headphones ($945) may cost a pretty penny, but that’s what you get for a bewilderingly smooth response across the board, adding no distortion or interference with source material (ours: The Social Network soundtrack, uncompressed) make them the perfect litmus to re-hear your entire setup and music collection. Mighty bass, revealing mid-range and accurate sound make them immensely enjoyable to listen to, actively or passively, for multi-hour jam sessions. $945+

HEX Code Wallet for iPhone 4

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Leather, elastic closure, business card pocket. $49.95

Herrlicht Wood Glasses

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Berlin-based designer Andreas Licht spends about a week handcrafting each pair of eyeglasses—from the lens holder to the signature four-pronged pin that enables the ease of swapping out lenses. Sculpted from several thin layers of wood and assembled using Japanese joinery techniques, the Herrlicht collection comes in maple, cherry, walnut or fumed oak in a variety of retro-inspired styles—every element of these frames (including the screws!) is made from wood. Quite durable, the frames have a slight flexibility and light weight that make them effortless to wear. Starting at $1,500

Panasonic reveals Wi-Fi'd Lumix FX90 camera | Crave

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It has a built-in 802.11n radio on the left side that can be used to connect to a Wi-Fi network of your choice, assuming the network uses WPS or you have a password; it doesn't seem to work with networks that make you agree to the service, such as those in airports and hotels.

Wireless aside, the camera sounds pretty decent with an f2.5 ultrawide-angle 24mm lens with a 5x zoom, a 12-megapixel high-speed CCD sensor, and a 460K-dot-resolution touch screen. It also has a one-touch record button for capturing clips at resolutions up to full HD in AVCHD format.

Pioneer Elite SC-57 Receiver | Uncrate

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Never mind the fact that it's quite a chore just to find 7.2-channel content for your high-end home theater — the Pioneer Elite SC-57 Receiver ($2,000) is ready to up the ante with a completely unnecessary 140 watts over nine channels, making it a 9.2-channel beast. Features include the ability to use those nine channels in one of ten configurations, a new Class D3 amplifier — "the most powerful amplifier of any multi-channel A/V receiver in the industry," according to the company — THX Ultra 2 Plus and AIR Studios Monitor Certification, HDMI switching, and AirPlay support so you can stream your music straight from your iPad or iPhone, no wires required.

Stanley Nineteen 13 Carbonated Drink Bottle | Gear Patrol

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The Stanley Nineteen 13 Carbonated Drink Bottle ($24) features a high-pressure design for keeping soda — or more importantly, beer — nice and bubbly no matter where you’re drinking. Twist off the lid to pour everyone a round, or use the bottle cap quick drink spout to take sips with minimal gas escaping. Of course, hot beer is never pleasant, so Stanley included an insulated outer wrap to keep contents chilled for three hours or more. Despite the name, it holds 32 oz. and is available in three colors. $24

Brooklyn Cruiser | Gear Patrol

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Cruisers don’t have to be costly. Case in point: the Brooklyn Cruiser ($499), a bike that strikes just the right amount of simple, retro styling we like in our cruisers — especially in black livery with cream tires and swept back handles. But the great price doesn’t mean a lack of features. Also included is a rear carry rack, dual-coil leather saddle and a Sturmey Archer 2-speed kick shift hub.

AW100 Nikon's First Rugged Cam | Gizmodo

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The AW100 is Nikon's first rugged point and shoot. Since we're pretty well behind all-rugged-everything, that's great to see. But what the hell took so long? Anyway, the AW100 is shockproof, waterproof (to 33 feet), and freeze-proof (whatever that means?). It packs a 16.1MP BSI CMOS sensor and has built-in GPS and internal mapping functions, like a travelogue to view your path. $430

Zyxel intros true 450Mbps dual-band router | Crave

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Zyxel announced today the NBG5715, its first router that offers the higher 450Mbps ceiling throughput speed on both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands at the same time. This is the second router to offer this concurrent high-speed feature, the first being the TEW-692GR from Trendnet.

The new 450Mbps standard is also known as the 3 by 3, in which the router broadcasts the signal in three spatial streams at a time, as opposed to the dual stream of most existing 300Mbps routers. While 3 by 3 Wi-Fi is not new, most other routers that support it, such as the Linksys E4200 and the Netgear N750, offer the technology only on the 5GHz band, leaving the 2.4GHz in the regular 300Mbps standard.

Zyxel says that, in addition to the higher speed, the NBG5715 also features two USB ports to accommodate sharing both a printer and a storage device over the network. The new router is equipped with Zyxel's SmartRange technology, which the company says pinpoints wireless clients like laptops and tablets and transmits directly to them and helps extend the range and enhance signal penetration. For the wired network, it has four Gigabit Ethernet ports. $250