Polk Audio today said it was adding a 51-inch model today to its SurroundBar family of single surround sound speakers. The SurroundBar50 will be priced at around $1100 and should be available in October.

The Polk Audio SurroundBar50 is designed to match the width of 50-inch plasmas and LCD TVs. It is a slim, front-mounted speaker which lets one enjoy surround sound without the need for additional speakers. This speaker uses special image enhancing technology to enhance and produce a large stereo soundfield from a two-channel source. It also offers new drivers, a crossover design and larger enclosure for better bass.

The dawn of a new day brings us yet another iPod speaker system. This time around the folks at Macally, a computer accessory company, are unveiling the TunePro flat panel speaker system for around $130.

The Macally TunePro makes use of NXT flat panel loudspeaker and SRS WOW technologies to create what it says is a full, rich sound with a small footprint for iPod owners. It has a nice looking design which charges an iPod while letting one enjoy it at the same time. Integrated into the TunePro is a digital clock with alarm features.

Blue Raven Technology, one of the horde of smaller consumer electronics companies which once in awhile surfaces with a new product, apparently recently unveiled a new iPod speaker system. The Blue Raven Maestro 1070 is priced at around $200 and available now.

The Blue Raven Maestro 1070 has a sleek look to it, being reminiscent of the Apple iPod HiFi. It comes with a 12-button remote control which lets you control music and we assume select iPod features from a distance. There’s also an auxiliary cable for using this system with other audio devices as well as a video out port so you can watch your iPod video content on a television or monitor.

There are quite a few accessory speakers systems for the Apple iPod, but few have the dock and speakers packaged together for this kind of price, and we’re not talking real cheap. This $449.99 iFi speaker system from Klipsch comes with a docking station with adapters for your iPod, a powered subwoofer, two satellite speakers and an RF remote control that can run the system and your iPod from just about anywhere in your house.

The company says the iFi works with most iPods using the adapters, including the iPod mini, iPod Nano, and iPod video. The earlier iPods and first gen Shuffle can’t dock but still can connect through an audio port. The system comes with one remote but can work with up to six if you want one for each room or just keep misplacing them.

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At only 52mm at its widest point when closed the X-Mini capsule speaker from XM-I adds some serious sound to your portable player in a very compact package. The X-Mini opens up with an accordion-like middle to 54.5mm tall to expose a patented vacuum bass chamber which is designed to “mimic the resonance of a sub-woofer,” according to the company.

It’s also built with s high-fidelity 2.4W speaker to give good sounds in the mid and high ranges as well. The X-Mini connects through a standard headphone jack and also has a USB connection which will juice up the built-in rechargeable battery which lets you share your music with others without the need for an external power source. The pocket-sized speaker’s battery can charge via a DC power source taking 2.5 hours or through the USB connection to your computer …

Wireless Outdoor Speakers, the three words every pool party enthusiast wants to hear right behind “18,000 BTU barbecue” and “movie projection on the house wall”. If you’re planning some outdoor fun and want to deliver the music across the splash zone then these latest pair of wireless speakers can handle the job for you.

All you have to do is plug the transmitter into whatever music source you want to stream (TV, stereo, computer, MP3 player, etc.), position the speakers and then control the decibels using the remote control. The 15 W speakers are rechargeable and good for about four hours of power and have a range of up to 100 meters. They’re also splash proof so if you get a little crazy with the water sports, that’s OK — just don’t be diving to the bottom of the pool to retrieve them and …

British-based TwinMOS has a brand-new speaker/docking system designed for the aesthetic needs of the iPod generation. The BooM1 is a 2.1 audio system that delivers 8 watts per channel and has a 25-watt sub-woofer that acts as musical meat between the slices of sonic bread. The BooM1 is completely compatible with all dockable iPods ever made plus you can connect other MP3/CD/mobile phones up to it via a connecting jack to share the tunes. A laptop or a television can also connect to the BooM1 if you want to view video or images via a connected device.

It comes in both white and black so you don’t have to throw out the rest of your furniture to fulfill your dream of a color coordinated living room. A remote control is tossed in with the speaker/docking bay system when you slap down your £149.99 (or …

These little round Podz speakers allow you to extend your home stereo or MP3 listening range to parts of your house or yard that may be difficult to reach with wired speakers. The Podz are wireless speakers with internal, rechargeable batteries that can pick receive a signal up to 150 feet away.

The system comes with a base station, two speakers and two Mini base chargers. Connect the base station to your home stereo, your iPod or any other MP3 player through the headphone jack and it will transmit the sound to the speakers through walls and floors to the remote Podz speakers. The 3″ drivers in the speakers will create a good sound for over two hours off of one charge and can grace your home with their presence for $150.

You can re-live the old days of carrying big boomboxes on your shoulder with this nostalgic handbag that’s designed to look like a boombox, without all the weight. This Boombox Red iBag actually has real working speakers and an FM tuner built into it, so you can carry your things in the bag to the beach and still have your tunes available for everyone to hear.

Not only do the speakers on the front of the bag actually work, but the controls for the radio tuner and power on and off buttons work as well. There’s also no need to buy and carry eight D batteries like the boomboxes of old since this one runs on just 4 AA’s, but it probably doesn’t pump out the Whodini quite like you remember. The iBag also connects the headphone jack …

Denon’s launched a new surround sound speaker system that they say will produce great quality surround sound without having to run speaker wire through your walls or resort to so-so quality wireless systems.

The Denon DHT-FS3 X-SPACE Surround Bar is a single bar that puts out 150 watts using six speaker drivers and seven digital amplifiers along with a matching shiny black subwoofer to put out the additional base that the bar alone doesn’t. TechDigest is also reporting that Denon will be launching another piece in September to bring WiFi audio streaming to the speaker system, but until then you can get the X-SPACE surround bar for a little over $1400.

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Here’s a nice little set of speakers custom made for the iPod Shuffle. They come in five exact-match colors that the Shuffle comes in and provide a measly .5W output from each, but do allow you to share the music.

These little portable speakers are from a Japanese company called Corega and are custom made to fit the Shuffle connecting through the headphone/data transfer jack. When docked, you can connect to a computer with a USB cable which will also charge the shuffle. The speakers themselves can be powered through the USB connection or through two AAA batteries to make this mini sound system truly portable.

Corega is planning on launching the Shuffle speakers later this month with a sticker price of about $30.

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It looks as if Creative has finally brought one of its nicer looking speaker systems to American shores. The Creative X-Fi Sound System Z600 is priced at around $300.

The Creative X-Fi Sound System Z600 is targeted towards owners of Creative’s Zen Vision:M portable media player. A dock for the player comes as part of the package and is capable of charging the PMP as it plays. Also part of the package are two two-way satellite speakers, each with a large 3.5″ driver and soft dome tweeter, and a 130-watt subwoofer.

Companies are more often making it easier now to share you music from personal media players with speaker accessories, which I have to say works much better than having to put your heads together and each take an earbud.

This desire to share the sound grows along with more media players that show video since multiple people can watch and naturally would like to hear what’s going on, too. iRiver has a new accessory for the Clix 2 called the iRiver Clix Cradle, and consists of basically little more than an attachable speaker. The Clix Cradle connects directly to the player through a headphone jack and puts out the sound with a 1 watt speaker.

The speaker accessory draws it’s power for an internal, rechargeable battery that can be powered up through a USB connection or from the player itself to deliver around 7 hours of …

Altec Lansing looks to be going more high end with its speaker systems via today’s unveiling of the Powered Theater Series. Two wireless models make up this new line - the two-speaker PT8051 ($1,000) and the one-speaker PT7031 ($600).

Both wireless speaker packages take the form of nice looking bar-style speakers. They are designed to match the look of flat panel televisions. The PT8051 supports Dolby and DTS listening modes and is capable of providing surround sound through left, center and right channels within one front speaker as well as left and right channels included in a rear speaker.

Measuring only 59mm tall and weighing 95 grams, a Japanese company has come up with a dock that can match the second generation iPod shuffle in its tiny-ness.

The Cuby dock will hold the iPod shuffle similar to how its standard dock connects through the headphone jack where it can charge the iPod sync up files via a USB connection. The dock also has two tiny speakers putting out 0.5 watts. The Cuby from Princeton will retail for around $33 in Japan and is expected to be available sometime in July.

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