Duramobi’s underwater speaker turns your pool into a sound system

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Here’s a pool party experiment you’ve run without meaning to. Someone’s Bluetooth speaker is blasting on the deck, you duck under to rescue a dropped pair of sunglasses, and the playlist vanishes. Up top it’s Dua Lipa, down below it’s a muffled thud and the hum of the pool filter. Water is roughly 800 times denser than air, so nearly all that sound bounces off the surface like a guest who wasn’t on the list. Hong Kong’s Duramobi decided the fix was to stop playing music at the water and start playing it inside it.

The Duramobi Pool Audio System W150 is a portable underwater speaker that hangs off the pool’s edge on a telescopic pole, keeping the controls dry while a brushed aluminum transducer sits below the waterline. A transducer is a sealed driver that vibrates the water itself, so everyone in the pool hears the same thing with nothing in their ears. No drilling, no wiring, no contractor with a concrete saw. It holds up to 1,000 songs, runs 12-plus hours per charge, and comes with a Live Voice Remote so a coach can talk straight into the water. Music, coaching, and a proper cannonball soundtrack, all headphone-free.

Designer: Duramobi

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Turning the whole pool into the speaker

Sound moves about four times faster through water than through air, and your skull is happy to pass those vibrations along to your inner ear, which is why underwater music feels like it comes from everywhere at once. The W150 leans on that. Its transducer pod, a round disc with a brushed aluminum face, shoves vibrations straight into the pool instead of shouting at the surface. Duramobi says one unit covers about 20 by 20 feet (6 by 6 meters), which is a whole spa or a decent patch of backyard pool. Stand in the water and the music simply surrounds you, no earbuds and no fiddly straps.

A telescopic pole stretches from 13.4 to 35.4 inches (340 to 900mm), so the transducer stays submerged whether your pool is filled to the brim or sitting a few inches low. Duramobi calls the retractable design patented, which is a polite way of saying somebody sweated the details. Controls sit on the dry body above the waterline, so wet fingers can reach them without a dive. Bigger pools just get more units, with the setup guide suggesting two for a 39 by 20 foot backyard pool and four to six for an 82 by 69 foot resort pool. Multiple units sync, so the whole pool plays one song instead of an argument.

Beach club looks with a sealed, chlorine-resistant shell

The main body is a black triangle with a carry handle, a digital display, top-mounted buttons, and a vertical light strip that glows down its face like a lightsaber with better manners. Blue, orange, or yellow accents set the mood, and the mood is beach club instead of lab equipment. The composite shell uses encapsulated construction (sealed solid, in other words) and carries an IP68 rating, which covers dunking to about 4.9 feet (1.5 meters). Duramobi also lists resistance to chlorine, salt, and corrosion. At roughly 4.9 pounds (2,240g), it carries about like a loaded lunch bag.

Twelve-plus hours of battery covers a morning of laps and an afternoon of floating, though actual runtime shifts with volume and mode. A magnetic charging attachment means no port flap to forget about, and a full top-up takes about an hour and a half. Up to 1,000 songs live on the unit itself, so your phone can stay in the bag, far from splashes. Prefer streaming? Bluetooth 5.3 works with Android, iOS, and Windows. Four EQ modes (Home, Spa, Train, and Resort) tune the sound for where and how you swim.

Coaching cues that follow swimmers underwater

The Live Voice Remote is a handheld that lets a coach talk straight into the water, which fixes the oldest problem in swim coaching: brilliant advice shouted at people who are underwater. It doubles as a remote for play and pause, volume, and EQ, so nobody has to trek back to the speaker mid-set. Coaches can pair a pace-setting playlist with spoken cues, and every swimmer hears the same thing at once. Everyone gets the same instructions together, with no headphones and no frantic hand signals. The remote comes in the same kit as the speaker, so the coaching setup is one box.

The use case list is wide: swim training, synchronized swimming, aqua fitness, swim schools, hotels, resorts, and backyard pools. Synchro teams are the obvious fans, since staying in sync underwater is half the job. Resorts get something more romantic, a pool soundtrack with no trenching of the deck. French composer Michel Redolfi staged underwater concerts in the early 1980s, with listeners floating in pools and ocean coves with their ears submerged, so the idea has real art-world credentials. Bach underwater, Redolfi once joked, sounds like Bach in the bathroom, so choose your playlist wisely. The W150 just swaps experimental synths for your Friday favorites.

Three-step setup, zero construction

Adjusting the pole, pairing your music over Bluetooth (or picking from the built-in library), choosing an EQ mode, and lowering the transducer into the water is the entire setup routine. No drilling, no excavation, and no permanent pool hardware means renters and hotel managers can use it as easily as homeowners. A coach who shares a pool with three other clubs can set it up before practice and pack it away afterward. When the session ends, the unit comes out of the water as easily as it went in. Charge it magnetically while everyone towels off, and it’s ready for the next set.

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AWOL Valerion Pairs Big-Screen NFL Viewing With More Picture Control

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Watching football at home can quickly turn into a group activity, even when some people are more interested in the snacks than the score. A large projected picture gives everyone something to gather around, and AWOL Valerion’s Max and Pro 2 projectors add more ways to shape that experience through OTA3, a firmware update focused on picture controls and everyday operation.

Of course, bringing a projector into the living room involves more than finding an empty wall. Both models pair RGB triple-laser light sources with 4K UHD projection, while optical zoom helps adjust image size from a given position. That flexibility matters when the furniture already has its place, and rearranging the entire room for an NFL game probably wasn’t part of the plan.

Designer: AWOL Valerion

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AWOL Valerion Max

The physical setup is only part of the experience, however. A football broadcast moves from wide field views to sideline close-ups, with replays and studio segments mixed in along the way. OTA3, also called Firmware Q0718, brings additional settings to these existing projectors, giving owners more say in how the picture is presented without having to change the hardware itself.

One of those settings is Enhanced Black Level, or EBL, which adjusts laser brightness to influence contrast in darker scenes. The existing Low and High options differ in how aggressively they make those adjustments. Low takes a gentler approach, while High applies a stronger response. The choice comes down to how much adjustment you prefer and how noticeable you find the resulting brightness changes.

AWOL Valerion Pro 2

With OTA3, both Max and Pro 2 gain a Medium option that sits between those two settings. It provides a moderate laser adjustment intended to balance dark-scene contrast with less noticeable brightness fluctuation. It’s a small addition that makes the controls more accommodating, especially when you’d rather settle on a comfortable picture than spend halftime comparing one setting with another.

This goes hand-in-hand with the Valerion Max’s new Dynamic Iris, which automatically adjusts its optical aperture according to the brightness of the picture. EBL changes laser output, while the iris controls light through that physical opening. This Max-exclusive feature gives the projector another way to respond to changing content, with the mechanism working automatically once enabled rather than requiring repeated adjustments from the couch.

A projector also makes its presence known through sound, particularly when it sits near the seating area. Low Noise Mode, available on both models through OTA3, is designed to reduce fan noise while automatically managing laser luminance. It should be noted that manual adjustment of laser luminance isn’t available in this mode, making it an alternative operating option for evenings when quieter operation is the priority.

Getting the image to sit neatly on the screen receives some attention, too. OTA3 adds eight-point manual keystone correction, providing adjustment points beyond the four corners for refining the image’s shape. Careful placement remains the starting point, but those extra controls offer more flexibility when aligning the picture in a room that still needs to function as a living space between games.

And if the game gives way to a movie afterward, the update has something for that, too. OTA3 allows picture-size adjustment while watching in Dolby Vision mode, extending a familiar kind of control into that viewing format. Dolby Vision was already an existing feature, but the added flexibility allows sizing the picture without leaving the mode, which is handy once the postgame discussion winds down.

A shared living room rarely belongs to one activity for very long, and its technology shouldn’t need to be treated as a separate project every evening. AWOL Valerion’s OTA3 gives existing owners more choices within the device they already know. After the final replay and the inevitable debate over that last call, the same projector can settle into movie duty without anyone needing to rearrange the furniture.

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The 296-Square-Foot Yukon Cabin Fits a King Bed Without a Loft

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A king-size bed on the main floor makes a persuasive case for skipping the sleeping loft. In the Yukon Park Model by Zook Cabins, you don’t have to climb a ladder to get to bed or fold your sleeping space away before breakfast. For a small vacation retreat, that addresses a very ordinary problem: downsizing can make the simplest parts of a weekend feel like extra work.

Zook offers the Yukon for solo travelers and couples, with 296 square feet of interior space in a 12-by-29-foot footprint. The floor plan keeps the bathroom, kitchenette, and combined living and sleeping area on one level. I’d rather see a small cabin give two people room to move than squeeze in enough beds for a group that would immediately wish it had booked somewhere larger.

Designer: Zook Cabins

That width also shapes how I’d think about using it. The Yukon sits on a triple-axle trailer, but I wouldn’t read the wheels as an invitation to change scenery every Friday. The proportions make more sense as a cabin delivered to a chosen spot, where the extra width earns its keep indoors. For me, the appeal would be returning to the same retreat, with the bed already made and no furniture to rearrange before turning in for the night.

The exterior leans into the familiar cabin vocabulary, with vertical cypress siding, a pitched metal roof, and a covered entry porch. Inside, white oak ceiling boards and beams meet painted shiplap and a faux-stone fireplace surround. I appreciate that the material palette has some variation. The pale walls give the wood room to stand out, while the fireplace provides a substantial visual anchor opposite the bed.

The interior images make the priorities clear: the bed is the main event. Large windows and sliding glass doors surround the sleeping area, with no separate bedroom enclosure dividing it from the kitchenette. That arrangement appeals to me for a weekend away, though I’d be less enthusiastic about sharing it indefinitely. If one person wants to sleep while the other makes breakfast, an open plan leaves little room for negotiation.

The kitchenette reinforces that short-stay character. It has a quartz counter, sink, undercounter refrigerator with a freezer compartment, and a microwave shown on the shelf above. There’s no cooktop in the published specification. I’d approach it as a place for coffee, snacks, and a reheated dinner, rather than an invitation to attempt an ambitious recipe. For the intended getaway, that feels like a reasonable allocation of space.

The bathroom gets a more generous treatment. Zook specifies a floating quartz-topped vanity, a wall-hung toilet, and a glass-enclosed, zero-entry shower with a linear drain and recessed niche. Spending space here makes sense to me. A kitchenette can be modest when you’re eating out; a shower is harder to improvise around. The bathroom feels like a deliberate priority rather than whatever would fit after everything else.

I also like the less glamorous entry details. A bench and coat hooks sit beside the door, with space for footwear underneath. That small landing zone deserves attention because a compact interior has nowhere to hide the clutter of arriving. Boots shouldn’t need their own design manifesto, but they do need somewhere to go.

Pricing requires a quote, and Zook says it delivers its park models throughout the contiguous United States. The company’s planning guidance also calls for attention to permits, site preparation, utilities, and delivery access. Those details matter before the decorating begins. A finished cabin is only one part of getting a retreat ready to use, however inviting the furnished images look.

For me, the Yukon’s strongest decision is giving the bed this much space. It means accepting fewer distinct places to sit, cook, or retreat from a companion. I’d happily make that exchange for a short stay. A weekend cabin doesn’t need to accommodate every routine I have at home, but I would like getting into bed to remain uncomplicated.

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