Designed for the home theater or project recording studio, might the AudioEngine A5N Bamboo Desktop Speakers be overkill for the casual listener?  “Absolutely not,” we answer before we can even finish the question.  The AudioEngine A5N’s feature 5″ kevlar drivers and 3/4″ silk dome tweeters encased in sexy, eco-friendly bamboo and driven by 75W amps.  They’re designed for flat, uncolored reproduction of audio that is required by studio engineers and loved by audio purists.  While the A5N’s are a great fit for the theater or the studio, they will do a pristine job playing back your mp3s, your video games or your favorite blu-ray movies.  [$449 at bhphoto]

Analog purists and design fanatics will agree on this one.  The 2B Radio is one hell of a sexy desktop radio.  Designed by Jonas Damon, this pure black radio features three vacuum tubes to produce warm, fuzzy analog glory.  Where most radios use cheap digital technology, the 2B is analog from source to speaker.  In an age where most have forgotten what vacuum tube amps sounds like, this is a welcome bit of audio nostalgia for your home.  For those less interested in the audio technology, the 2B is striking enough on its own to warrant a place on your desk or bedside.  We’d love to pop one of these on ours… [thanks acquiremag]

Buy: $550

The R-09HR is a high-definition WAV/MP3 recorder that travels light but performs like a heavyweight. With crystal-clear 24-bit/96 kHz fidelity (no longer just 48/44.1 kHz as in earlier versions), the R-09HR is the new flagship of Edirol’s award-winning R-series recorders. This palm-sized stereo recorder is well suited for capturing your band or instrument rehearsals (it’s wonderful on acoustic guitar, piano and wind instruments), or also as a person-to-person interview tool for broadcast and podcast applications.  Podcasters, musicians, concert-goers, you’ve found your muse.

Buy: $322.00

Audiophiles and design buffs alike are getting pretty excited about the Davone Rithm speakers.  Hell, so are we! This smoothly curved speaker has some serious sound behind it, sporting a 1-inch dome tweeter placed in the center of an 8-inch woofer. Even if the sound hardware doesn’t impress (which it does, according to reports), we’d still want a set of these just to show off. The Danish design touches of the Rithm provide a minimalist look built from specialized wood molding techniques. The look and performance of the Davone Rithm will surely be turning heads at your next cocktail party… [thanks cnet]

Buy: $TBA

You are looking at probably the finest headphones known to man; for a start you cannot just buy a pair, you have to travel to an authorized audiologist to have in-ear impressions made (usually costing about $75-$125), then have the impressions shipped off to Ultimate Ears in California who custom make the earphones to the exact specifications of your inner ear canal. The fit is simply outstanding and the audio quality will shock you into throwing out every other system you own. A wide variety of cosmetic colors are available from UE, and the earpieces will come stamped with your initials for that lovely personalized touch.

Buy: $1150.00

You’ve never seen an iPod accessory like this one.  This stunning ceramic wonder, the Phonophone II, is a passive amplification system for your iPod earbuds.  Just plug an earbud into the Phonophone II, you’ve gorgeous sound with a serious touch of class.  Okay, you won’t be using these babies at your next dance bash– but they will come in handy for your next dinner party.  CharlesAndMarie says it best, “Truly an amazing object, the Phonofone is clever piece of applied science, a beautiful icon of nostalgia, and an ironic twist on the insular nature of personal listening devices.”  As self-professed audio geeks here at GearCrave, we’re in love.  Kudos to designer Tristan Zimmermann for a stroke of classical music genius…

Buy: $500

The iPod is great on the go, no question about it. But at home, are you really going to settle for an iPod as the center of your home media environment? A one-and-a-half inch screen and a 1/4″ analog output is little more than an insult to the history of home hifi. Thanks to Sooloos, you’ve now got a life-size “iMusic” system for your home. Sooloos includes a media server, a dedicated touch-screen control system and a powerful, easy software system running it all. The touch-screen control can quickly become the center of interest at your next party, the ultimate juke box for your wild parties. And yes, the pretty brunette above comes standard with all Sooloos systems…

Buy: TBA