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Invisible wireless magic that rarely pairs easily

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A short-range invisible link named after a medieval king somehow still drops connection when you move three feet away. We blindly trust this invisible connection to play our favorite audio files, only for it to blast loudly out of the main speaker instead.

Invisible wireless magic that rarely pairs easily
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