While it can’t be the best sound – we think the Phonofone II from Science and Sons would be a great way to play old jazz or Django Reinhardt at any dinner party. Your iPod headphones provide the sound, which is amplified through all you see. Made of ceramic, there is even a placeholder for your iPod (of any size). Product is in production, pre-orders can now be taken. Even better, no electricity needed. $500. Buy. Read more »

The Gibson Baldwin Conertmaster Mark II is music taken to a whole new level. This system can be included with any Chickering, Wurlitzer, or Baldwin piano to make it a fully functioning high-tech player piano. High-tech? Well it connects wirelessly to your home network and downloads software updates as well as songs. You can even schedule it to wake you up in the morning to Mozart, actually being played on your piano. That works.

What every great apartment or home needs. The Sonos system allows you to break downyour home into “zones” controllable from one wireless 3.5″ color LCD clickwheel. Better than an iPod? You can put a player in every room, having each playing different music (or all the same), and control it all from the touch of one stylish button. Easy to use, and all wirelessly connected.