The $300 Sony Headphones Everyone Wanted Are Actually Back
Anyone who has priced out a decent pair of noise-cancelling headphones this year has felt the sticker shock. Sony’s own flagship, the WH-1000XM6, launches at…
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The $179 iPhone Speaker That Never Needs Charging
You’ve been waiting for your favorite artist to release their latest album, counting down the hours until it finally drops on your streaming service of…
Anker’s Sleep Earbuds 4 Pro Silence Snoring in Real Time With Adaptive Masking: Hands-on at IFA 2026
Anker’s new Soundcore Sleep Earbuds 4 Pro stuff a heart rate sensor into your ear canal and bolt a round AMOLED touchscreen onto the charging…
Razer’s Clio X Is Gaming Audio for When Headphones Have to Come Off
Immersive gaming audio has always come with a catch: wear a headset and get isolated from everyone else in the room, or build out a…
Plaud One Hands-On at IFA 2026: AI Earbuds That Transcribe Meetings, Then Draft Emails And Decks For You
For three years, Plaud made very good tape recorders with a PhD. You pressed a button, it captured a meeting, and mere minutes later a…
This CD Player Doesn’t Hide Its Mechanism, It Puts It on Display
If you think compact discs are a thing of the past, you probably haven’t been around a K-pop fan or a hoarder who still has…
Huawei’s FreeBuds Neo Are Small Enough to Forget, Loud Enough Not To
Huawei’s FreeBuds Neo makes a case for restraint, proving a pair of earbuds can shrink in size without shrinking in ambition. Announced globally to launch…
Kellogg’s Hired a Designer to Make Your Cereal’s Crackling Louder — and It’s Gloriously Weird
Whether you’re a milk-before-cereal guy or a cereal-before-milk guy (the only correct process btw), there’s an undeniable component about the cereal-eating experience that almost everyone…
Plaud One AI Earbuds remember and summarize your conversations so you can focus on the work
Most wireless earbuds are designed to disappear into the background while you listen to music or take calls. Plaud One is more ambitious compared to…
Harley-Davidson’s $3,299 Turntable Is Shaped Like Their Logo
The moment you see the Pro-Ject x Harley-Davidson Turntable, you know exactly what it is, and you know exactly who it is for. That kind…
This ceiling fan hides an 80W Hi-Fi speaker and smart lighting in one sleek unit
You get light from above. You get wind from above too. So at some point, somebody was bound to ask the obvious next question, why…
Andover Audio’s FreePlay Is the Boombox We Always Wanted
There’s a version of audio history where the boombox never went away. It just got smaller, cheaper, and unfortunately, a lot worse. The portable speaker…
The Click Wheel Is Back, and This Pocket Player Has 4 DACs
The Shanling Q2 is a pocket-sized hi-fi player that fits four Cirrus Logic CS43131 DAC chips into a body smaller than most wallets. It measures…
FiiO QX11 brings desktop-class audio power to a pocket-sized DAC
A good DAC should disappear into the setup, not demanding any attention or taking over a desk. The high-resolution amplifier should be better at doing…
The Cassette Revival Has Had a Player Problem, and FiiO Just Fixed It
Vinyl already had its big cultural moment, dragging turntables and record stores back into the mainstream. Cassette tapes, quietly and without much fanfare, have been…
CMF Clip Pro Review: More Than Just a Pretty Case
Open-ear earbuds used to feel like a niche product made for a very specific kind of listener. They were mostly aimed at runners, cyclists, and…