This Turntable Spins Vinyl Vertically So Records Become Wall Art
Vinyl has come back as much for the ritual and artwork as for the sound, yet most turntables still hide records flat on a plinth,…
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This 500-Million-Year-Old Nautilus Shell Is Now a Speaker
The Sazae Radio was a Japanese novelty radio built into a turban shell, sold by lottery in 2016 with just 100 units available for 8,350…
Your Unplayable CD Collection Just Got a $2,000 Solution
Remember when we all decided CDs were dead? When we shoved those jewel cases into storage bins and declared ourselves streaming converts, convinced that digital…
AI-powered headphones for private conversations even in the most crowded places
We’ve come a long way when it comes to noise isolation used in headphones and earbuds. The Active Noise Cancellation technology employed in current-generation audio…
Sound Maestro Splits Songs Into 4 Speakers You Conduct With a Baton
Most smart speakers are designed to disappear, cylinders and pucks that sit in a corner and wait for voice commands. That is convenient but also…
NES-inspired 8BitDo Retro Cube 2 Has a D-Pad for Volume and Playback
Most small Bluetooth speakers are generic cylinders or bricks that sit somewhere on a desk and do not really belong to the rest of the…
JBL’s AI Wireless Speakers Can Remove Vocals, Guitars, or Drums From Any Song While You’re Jamming
Walk into any rehearsal space and you will see the usual suspects. A combo amp in the corner, a Bluetooth speaker on a shelf, maybe…
Nocs Braque Stacks Two Cubes into a 25kg Sculptural Stereo System
Most hi-fi speakers still look like anonymous black rectangles, even when they sound great. A few brands treat speakers as furniture or sculpture, but often…
Bang & Olufsen’s $150K Speakers Shift Color As You Walk By
There’s something almost surreal about watching Bang & Olufsen celebrate its 100th birthday. While most brands would throw a retrospective exhibition or release a commemorative…
Fairbuds XL Gen 2 Drivers Fit Gen 1 Headphones for a €100 Upgrade
Most wireless headphones quietly become disposable. Batteries fade, cushions peel, and people replace the whole thing every few years instead of fixing what broke. Fairphone’s…
These Keycap-Inspired Rectangular Headphones Make Nothing’s Design Look Boring
We knew Nothing was launching headphones this year, most of us imagined glyphs on them, but Nothing pulled a fast one by choosing a different…
Top 7 Unique Audio Gifts That Beat Generic Tech
Generic wireless earbuds arrive in identical white plastic shells with forgettable names and indistinguishable sound profiles. Smart speakers reduce albums to voice commands and invisible…