Having no problems whatsoever getting up in the morning, but having a hard time falling asleep at night? This alarm clock should definitely be right up your alley then.

Our clock comes with built-in nature sounds – the ocean, distant birds, a calming rain, a gentle stream – extraordinarily soothing sounds that are not artificial or overdone. There’s FM and an iPod dock built in, too – and the Acoustic Research name assures great sound across the board.

Clock is amazingly easy to use, with easily accessible big buttons. Simply whirl the big knob to set. There’s a dual alarm so you can set the clock for everyday, or set the secondary alarm for naptime or weekends. Note the lovely cherry wood cabinet.

Features:

• Soothes you to sleep with sounds of rain, ocean, stream, and more
• Easy to use, easy to set
• Attractive, cherry-wood unit looks great with any décor
• A series of beautifully captured nature sounds
• FM and an iPod dock built in
• Big-button controls

The Go to Sleep Alarm Clock is available from the First Street website for $269.

The Ecotones ambient sound therapy system listens and adapts to your environment, creating audio backgrounds “so vivid and realistic you’ll forget it’s in the room”.

Use Ecotones throughout your home or office to mask noise from loud neighbors, traffic, aircraft or annoying machinery. Select your favorites from a dozen skillfully crafted SoundStories and instantly transform your environment; turn irritating traffic noise into a soothing seaside escape or the din of nearby construction into an inviting babbling brook.

Ecotones’ specially designed speaker pair and tuned sound chamber produce a full range (90 – 20,000 Hz) of crisp, transparent audio. A headphone jack enables private listening as well as connection to an external stereo or audio amplifier. An adjustable sleep timer is also included.

Ecotones can be used in any of three modes:

Adaptive – The Adaptive Mode is the most effective mode for masking irritating noises. In this mode, Ecotones listens to the sounds around you and tailors its response to blendthe noise into a tranquil SoundStory.

Background – The Background Mode generates a pleasant background atmosphere as the sound level in your surroundings drops. In this mode, Ecotones reduces its volume in response to a telephone ringing or to the sound of conversation and resumes normal volume as the room becomes quiet.

Manual – The Manual Mode lets you select a constant volume level. In tihs mode, Ecotones listens to the sounds aruond you and creates an ever changing SoundStory at a fixed volume.

The Ecotones ambient adaptive sound therapy system is available from the Hammacher Schlemmer website for $299.95.

The Beamz is a laser-based invention that is connected to a computer via USB. This allows you to play hundreds of musical instruments in a true Jean Michel Jarre style by breaking the laser beams with your hands.

The beamz system has a “W” shape, with six laser beams spanning the two sections; connect via USB to your PC or laptop, and hook up some speakers. The simple, intuitive computer interface makes it easy to choose any of 30 included songs in 19 musical genres for laying down a complementary rhythm track. The beamz library includes original works in jazz, bluegrass, classical, hip-hop, reggae, heavy metal and more.

Breaking the laser beams with your hands automatically generates pre-authored pulses, streams, riffs or loops of musical notes or sounds from an incredible variety of instruments from around the world — guitars, steel guitar, strings of all types, percussion, keyboards, winds.even cowbell. Sophisticated high-fidelity sounds seem to pour from your fingertips like magic!

The Beamz Music Performance System stands 19 inches tall and is available from The Sharper Image for $599.95 (software and USB cable is included).

These odd, but quite stylish, headphones from Outi will allow you to feel the music in a whole new way by sending out vibrations through your bones.

The Vibe Body Sound headphones clip on to your outer ear and conduct vibrations through your skin and cartilage. Those vibrations rumble through your skull directly to your inner ear where you hear them clear as a bell. All the while, your ear canal remains uncovered, allowing the sounds from the environment access as well. Carry on conversations and never skip a beat.

Features:

• Standard 3.5mm jack, fits most major portable audio devices
• Built in lithium ion battery charges in 90 minutes via USB, gives 6 to 8 hours of listening pleasure
• 3 switchable levels of vibration strength. Low, Medium, and Tectonic!

You can get the Vibe Body Sound Headphones for $99.99 from ThinkGeek.

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The Kaossilator from Korg is a pocket-sized instrument with a new innovative interface, allowing the user to play musical phrases by simply tapping or sliding the fingers across the touch pad.

The KAOSSILATOR is a portable, travel friendly device that runs on batteries, so you can have fun creating music anywhere your life takes you, with seemingly endless possibilities.

Here’s a video demonstration of the ultra-compact music device:

Main features:

• Synth, sound-effects, and drum sounds, for a total of 100 powerful sound programs.
• 31 scale patterns let you easily play a wide variety of “always perfect” phrases.
• 50 types of gate arpeggiation help you perform complex rhythmic patterns.
• Loop Recording allows multiple phrase overdubbing to create complete grooves.

The Korg Kaossilator is available in stores for about $200.

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This little sound device allows you to turn any room in your house into a relaxation spa with soothing sounds from the nature or a relaxing heartbeat.

The HoMedics SS-2000 ($19.99) features five different nature sounds; ocean, summer night, rain, rain forest, waterfall. In addition to this there is the heartbeat, which is great for a baby’s room.

There are three different auto-off timer modes: 15, 30 or 60 minutes.

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If the Bionic Ear isn’t enough, this little device will take it one step further by allowing you to listen to sounds that humans normally can’t hear.

Did you know there is noise all around us that humans can’t hear? Many animals such as bats, crickets and frogs send out sounds in ultrasonic frequencies. You can discover these sounds with this exciting kit. So go ahead and experiment. You won’t believe your ears!

Includes:

• Listening device
• Bat sound emitter
• Earphones

The Secret Sounds – Ultrasonic Listener ($30) requires one 9V battery.