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Get a taste of the good life with these extravagant gadgets.

Like a Broken Record

ELP Laser Turntable

The ELP Laser Turntable signals a revolution for the many vinyl fans who are still listening to more than 30 billion records worldwide. Revitalize your record collection with this piece of patented technology that plays music without actually touching the disc. It even plays records that have been damaged by years of wear and tear and comes with a remote control allowing you to pause and scan records, just like CDs. $15,000 www.laserturntable.com

Golden Ears

i.Beat Organix Gold

Cast in 18-carat gold and adorned with 63 one-carat diamonds, this is not a music player to be hidden away in a back pocket. Feature-wise, it’s got it all: a durable rechargeable battery with up to 25 hours operating time, a second headphone jack and dictation capabilities. SRS surround sound and a set of Sennheiser headphones ensure this MP3 player really is music to the ears. $19,999 www.trekstor.de

Diamond Ring

Black Diamond

This is one cell phone you won’t be leaving in the back of a cab. At $300,000 and adorned with two high-grade diamonds— one on the navigational joystick and one on the back of the phone—it’s the last word in luxury dialing. The quad-band cell powered by Windows Mobile 5.0 is built to the highest specifications and boasts a touch-sensitive screen, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and 128MB of internal memory. $300,000 www.vipnblackdiamond.com

Flower Power

Tulip

Live the laptop of luxury with this new diamond-encrusted lifestyle notebook, technologically one of the world’s most advanced laptops and doubling as a portable DVD player. Covered in a handmade black leather skin, with 358 diamonds set in white gold and chrome-plated inside covers, this must be the world’s most extravagant portable. $64,000 (TBC) www.tulip-ego.nl

Big-Screen Action

Trazer

Add some spice to your exercise regime as virtual reality hits the home gym. Users strap on an infrared beacon at their waists and, using optical sensors, become a human joystick, with every movement tracked. The character on the screen quite literally becomes you as you speed through a number of different workout programs.

$7,490 (including Samsung 21” flat-panel LCD monitor) www.ecybex.com