I’ll admit, I think I’ve become a Bose snob. Whenever I plug in a set of Bose speakers, at least as far as their desktop line is concerned, I’m impressed. Each time the experience gets a little bit better. The Bose Companion 5 Multimedia Speaker System was no exception in bolstering the grip Bose seems to have on my multimedia perception. In fact, my wife, who could care less what speakers we have for our music listening pleasure said “those sound really really good” during the maiden listening voyage. More on Bose Confession: Bose Companion 5 Speakers

Well the nearby Mac Store just got in their first shipment of the new iPod Shuffle. This thing really is amazing — 1GB of storage, extremely tiny, and has a cool little clip to attach to your shirt. Loading music on the iPod was easy, I just set it to Sync To Fit, and it put on a total of 263 songs — a little bit more then the 240 that Apple says will fit on the device. More on Initial Impressions: New iPod Shuffle

I recently had a new deck installed in my “new” car. I knew I wanted to get one that I could hook my Ipod up to but wasn’t sure if I wanted to be able to control the Ipod from the deck or not. After doing a bit of research I took the car in and decided on this Alpine CDA-9856. From the deck I can view everything on the ipod right on the deck, (playlist’s, artists, albums,etc). I was really worried about how fast I was going to be to scroll through all the music since previous model’s where really slow. The salesperson assured me that it was just as fast as scrolling through the music on the ipod. WRONG! It is quite a bit faster then older model Alpine deck’s, but it still takes for ever to get through my 24GB of music. I have learned at this point to just choose what artist I want to listen to before I even plug it into the deck. More on Alpine CDA-9856 Controls Your Ipod From The Deck

I’ve never really been a fan of the ear buds offered with any of the iPod products, usually opting for either a set of Grado SR80s or Bose QC-2s instead. I asked my buddy Ryan over at the Mac Store for some decent earphone replacement options for the standard buds that came with the Mini, and he suggested a new product by v-moda, the bass freq earphones. So far, I can say I am impressed with these comfy little earphones. More on v-moda Offers Funky, Punchy Ear Bud Options

The Targus Mini Kaleidoscope Optical Retractable Mouse is a cool little mouse that is perfect for traveling around with your MacBook, or any other notebook you may be toting along. The 3/4 sized mouse sports a retractable USB cord making it ideal for keeping in a notebook bag with out getting cluttered up, or tangled in with the gazillion other gadgets in my bag. Of course, my kids love it for another reason…. More on My Kids’ Favorite Mouse – The Kaleidoscope

Whoa, apparently Engadget launched an HD channel (no pun intended) of their site, engadgethd.com – focussed entirely on HD products, news and the very handy Listings O’ The Day. As brand new switcher to HD, this will come in very handy.