Anker MP141 Portable Bluetooth Speaker

WHAT IS IT:  Tiny Cube Speaker with Awesome Sound

NEW, FUTURE or RETRO:  New

PREVIEW or REVIEW:  Review

HOW GOOD IT IS:  It was a hard sell for me to evaluate yet another portable speaker. First off, there are a whole lot of new Bluetooth portable speakers competing against each other. Some are ultra-tiny, some are way too large to be considered portable. The darling of the market right now seems to be the Bose Mini and well it should deserve recognition. It is flat out beautiful, encased in what seems to be a solid block of aluminum (it's not) and a sound quality that simply knocks you off your butt when you hear what comes out of such a tiny box. Yes, I have heard some better, fuller sound, and some speakers more devoid of that famous Bose over-processed sound, but until now none for less money than the $200 selling point that Bose seems to own.

So how would this humble under $40 Anker speaker sound compared to the big name? This review will

Analog to Digital Audio Converter Adapter

WHAT IS IT: Converts an analog stereo audio signal to an optical signal

NEW, FUTURE or RETRO: Current

PREVIEW or REVIEW: Review

HOW GOOD IT IS: When I did a Google search looking for a way to convert the analog output to an optical signal that I could send 100' to another room in my house I came up with only a few options, none less than $50 with prices ranging up to $3000. I was highly skeptical that something that I found on Amazon for $15 could possibly work. In fact some of the reviews said it doesn't. Here's what I needed ...