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Who said that growing up means giving up your toys?

December 2009 Issue
 

1980s
Cassette tapes may have delivered crappy audio quality, but even they sounded great on a bass-thumping boom box. Now, so will your MP3s: A riff on the classic shoulder-slung stereo, the Mix outdoes the standard one-speaker iPod dock with tweeters, mid-range drivers, and a subwoofer that delivers party-starting beats that would make Slick Rick proud.
Altec Lansing Mix ($300, alteclansing.com)

Photograph by Brad Bridgers

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