Monster Cable is well known for working with legendary musicians to create products that are a cut above the competition. This time was no exception; Dre, who’s never taken on a venture like this before, conceived the idea for the innovative headphones and Monster essentially engineered them to his specifications. The $400 headphones feature a unique sense of style, and have incorporated sonic technology that results in state-of-the-art performance.

Chicago’s The Redwalls are described by some as the Fab Four in a head-on collision with 60s Garage. Think John, George, Paul, and Ringo in a dogpile with the 13th Floor Elevators and you might come somewhere near what The Redwalls are doing on their self-titled CD. Any band brave enough to list Fats Domino AND Nine Inch Nails as influences in the same laundry list has got something going for it. GearCrave’s Joe Wallace got some quick-n-dirty interview time with The Redwalls drummer Rob Jensen. Wallace points out that the interview was a bit tight-lipped and offers a few snarky asides to liven up the proceedings…

DLO presents this great iPod speaker/stand combination, which also converts to a handy speakerphone! Bass vents give you the bottom end you’re wondering about, and the whole thing fits together into a luggage-friendly egg shape for convenient travel. The speakers run on four AAA batteries or the included AC power cord. When you’re traveling and space is tight, you can still get decent tunes thanks to DLO. Compatible with any audio source running a 3.5mm jack.

Buy for $49.99

Julian Cope . . . Liam Gallagher . . . the list of names of UK music names with a large collection of scandal, rumor, and public disintegration is practically endless. You can add the ex-Libertines and BabyShambles member Pete Doherty to the (dis) honor roll for charges of robbery, knife-wielding, blackmail, dating Kate Moss, and worst of all, being a conservative. Whatever you think of him as a performer or humanoid you have to admit that his putting up with photographer Heidi Slimane documenting his life for two solid years isn’t the sort of thing most of us could handle. Now all that picture-taking is available in Slimane’s book London Birth of a Cult, available at a mind-shattering price.

Buy for $1,700

Designer Singgih Kartono has re-imagined the classic white alarm clock in simple, natural woods. An organic option to the traditional radio, this stylish modern piece is not light on functionality. The MAGNA wooden radio combines standard AM/FM radio with an input for your iPod or other portable audio device. The combination of up-to-date electronics and the natural tone of wood makes the MAGNA a lust-worthy addition to our nightstand.

Buy for $275.

Are you an audiophile with a nice collection of vinyl records? Are you buying new releases on vinyl? Who even puts records OUT on vinyl now?

Radiohead, for a start–including the new one, In Rainbows. And there are plenty of other acts out there still dedicated to the old medium. Vinyl, unlike CDs, is NOT dead. What you see here is the most advanced vinyl playback method in the entire universe. The ELP Laser Turntable functions much like a CD player, except this baby reads your records.

It plays 7-inch singles, 33-RPM singles, full-length albums, you name it. No needle ever touches your grooves. ELP claims you can get accurate playback from a broken or smashed record with no glue required! Just put all the pieces in the tray and let the lasers to the rest. Amazing. And so is that price…

Buy starting at $9,900.

Liberate your iPod from those earbuds with these wireless portable speakers from Oregon Scientific. A transmitter (included) lets you send an iPod signal up to 100 feet to the speakers. Best of all, you aren’t limited to MP3 players, you can send audio from CD players, TVs, stereos, anything you can plug in. An advanced 2.4 GHz frequency-hopping spread spectrum technology transmits wireless audio with no crosstalk. You get a three-speaker setup that includes a pair of tweeters and a subwoofer. The transmitter handles three inputs at once.

Buy for $193.22

Panasonic gets old school with these large-aperature headphones. Designed with a 40mm driver, this solid Japanese import delivers crystal-clear sound with nice, thumping bass. It’s got a gold-plated mini-plug and comes in your choice of five colors. Who knew a Japanese import could be so affordable? You pay this much for Japan-import CDs! Try a pair of these on for size and wonder why you ever bothered with tinny-sounding ear buds.
Buy for $38.87

Amazon is absolutley breathless over the latest addition to its massive stockpiles; the 16-gig iPod Touch. And just in time for the holiday shopping feeding frenzy, too! If you don’t mind $400 per prezzie, you can completely avoid shopping in a bricks-n-mortar store this year, just buy one of these for everybody. How convenient! It’s much more expensive than the new Britney Spears album, but unlike the Spears CD, this won’t end up in a landfill in mass quantities anytime soon.

Buy for $399

Radiohead’s new album, In Rainbows, is available for download today from their album website, InRainbows.com. In Rainbows is being released for the price of… whatever you want to pay. When buying the album online, you can purchase it for anywhere between $1 and $100, whatever you think its worth. Damn cool if you ask us! Head on over to InRainbows.com to download your copy.

Buy for $Whatever.