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Sports season playoffs are coming into full swing, there’s the NCAA, the NFL, and all sorts of European soccer to watch, revel, and cry over. But what do you need for accompaniment? A great soundtrack that is ready to be on the move, traveling to games and parking lots everywhere so you and the guys (or the gals) can get your groove on no matter what the temperature or sporting event. Smarter.com offers a great selection in portable audio and video devices, but I’m here to tell you about some of the great portable audio devices that will get you jamming and pumped up for the big game, whether you’re playing in it or not.

Spectating is a sport in itself. It takes preparation, skill and time. I recommend designating priorities to those who do them best: leave the cooking to your friend the restaurant owner and the technology to you, my fair techie friend. Here are some great portable devices to think about for your next purchase:

Keep it old school with the Boombox, throw it over your shoulder and lead on to the barbeque:

jWIN Electronics JX-CD462 Portable CD Boombox with Cassette Playback: $29.99

But for the more technology-inclined, the iPod speakers. Total classic:

ILUV i552 Portable Radio & iPod Docking Speaker System with Remote: $49.99

Shop for more portable audio systems at Smarter.com.

Everybody wants their home to be filled with joy, and one of the best ways to do that is fill it with sounds. Laughter, screams of delight, calls of welcome home, a telephone ring from an old friend, all of these things are joyous noises that fill it with memories and make a house a home. But what about a little music to set the tone? Your iPod speakers aren’t going to be enough to reach through the stories. What do you do if you want the whole family to enjoy the faint melody of Christmas carols, or some quality Beatles or Beethoven for the children to learn some “real” music. Consider these home audio systems found on Smarter.com:

Tascam CD-A700 Cassette CD Combo - CDA700: $429

Sony CFDS01 CD Radio Cassette Recorder Boom Box: $40

Denon DN-C640 - Professional Rack Mount Slot-Load Network CD Player: $708.99