This porcelain Pioneer DJ setup belongs in a museum, not an Ibiza nightclub
David Guetta just won DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs poll for a record sixth time, and I have a very specific idea for his trophy…
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These retro-modern Headphones put audio adjustments on physical dials and tactile switches
Adjusting your headphones shouldn’t mean searching for a tiny button or guessing where to tap a touch-sensitive surface. TUNE X3 explores a more hands-on approach,…
This 2,680-piece LEGO AKAI tape deck is my kind of analog nostalgia
Owning a reel-to-reel deck in the 1970s meant owning a piece of furniture you could not move alone. The Akai PRO-1000 came in two boxes,…
Fyne Audio’s Speaker Uses Hidden Glass to Tame Ringing
A glass diaphragm is an unlikely detail to get excited about in a speaker that looks like expensive furniture. Yet it’s the detail that makes…
Sony’s Gold-Plated Walkman: Cassette Nostalgia Without Tapes
One of the things I wish I had been able to keep from “the olden days” is my cassette player, specifically my Sony Walkman. It…
You now pair your old iPod with AirPods thanks to this Motherboard swap
When Jobs pitched the iTunes Music Store to studio execs, he pointed at Napster as the model. Napster won because it was easy, so Jobs…
Someone Turned the Beats Pill Into a Diglett, and Now the Official Pikachu Version Looks Boring
Pokémon turned 30 this year, and every brand with a product page seems to want a slice of the cake. Polaroid’s Pokémon cameras and the…
Fairbuds 2 Earbuds Let You Swap Worn Batteries Instead of Buying a New Pair
Wireless earbuds have come a long way, ever since Apple started the trend of removing the 3.5mm headphone jack from smartphones. Most sound fine or…
Pokémon Beats Pill Adds Charms Without Raising the Price
2026 is the year when Trainers everywhere celebrate Pokémon’s 30th anniversary, so we expected a lot of new merchandise, themed events, and collaborations with other…
Meet Apple HomeView: A weirdly genius combination of the iMac, Watch, iPad, and HomePod
Apple’s design team apparently raided four different family albums and stitched the best bits into one object. HomeView has the iMac G4’s floating-screen silhouette, Apple…
Retro-modern Fosi Audio DAP Neo revives the lost glory of listening to music on iPod
Rewind a couple of decades, and I have the glorious era of the Apple iPod flash right in front of my eyes. A time when…
Why CMF’s New Milk Carton Speakers Are So Irresistible To Look At
Everyone has held a milk carton, which is exactly why CMF’s new speakers are so hard to stop looking at. CMF, the budget sub-brand of…
Edifier’s $52 gaming soundbar lets you ditch your headset without losing voice chat
Gaming soundbars became popular in the 2017s, but the trend faded; in the last couple of years, this category of audio accessories has seen renewed…
Divoom Astrotoo Is a Desktop Speaker Dressed as a Retro Computer
Desktop speakers usually have a pretty straightforward job and an equally straightforward appearance. That makes sense when all you want is music, but it doesn’t…
The HomePod is finally getting a screen (and a robotic arm) this October 13th
Apple event names usually read like perfume ads. Wonderlust, Scary Fast, It’s Glowtime. So when invites landed this week for an October 13 event called…
4 Times a Day the StillFrame Headphones Switch Jobs For You
A lot of people spend the entire eight hours of a working day just sitting in front of their screens. You probably have your speakers…