See-Through Speaker with a 21.5-inch Transparent Display Turns Your Songs Into Lyric Videos
Bang & Olufsen perfected the idea of audio equipment as art, creating speakers so sculptural and beautiful they demand to be looked at long before…
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Huawei’s $229 FreeClip 2 S Earbuds Pack Spatial Audio In an Open-Ear Design, Case Doubles as a Jewelry Box
Pop open the case of the FreeClip 2 S and the first thing you notice has nothing to do with earbuds. There is room in…
Tiny Vinyl’s $50 record player makes collecting mini vinyl more accessible
Tiny Vinyl is the industry leader when it comes to, well, you guessed it right, tiny vinyl records. These records can be played on most…
These $69 ANC Headphones for kids are so good, I might use them myself: iClever Q950 Hands-on
Designing for children is a unique challenge. Kids are clumsy, impatient, and have a remarkable talent for forgetting to charge their devices. This reality often…
Google, Amazon, and Sonos All Redesigned Their Smart Speakers, Except Apple
Between 2017 and 2021, Amazon’s devices division burned through over $25 billion, with Alexa and Echo hardware at the center of almost every bad quarter….
Nothing Ear (3a) boasts built-in audio recording, smarter ANC, and 42-hour battery life for just $99
Most wireless earbuds are designed to disappear into your daily routine. The Nothing Ear (3a) does the opposite. While the pair of buds brings the…
Alien-like Earphones Play Music On Your Face When Ears Can’t Hear It
Noise-canceling headphones have become the default answer to the mismatch between music and the world around you. The premise baked into every iteration of that…
The $99 Gadget That Clears 3 Devices Off Your Nightstand
The nightstand has become a staging ground for technology. Between a phone, a white noise machine, a lamp, and whatever book you’re pretending to read…
The Jerry Can That’s Actually a 300W Party Speaker With a Guitar Input
Portable party speakers have settled into a comfortable but predictable aesthetic: boxy, rugged, cylindrical, occasionally translucent. They compete mostly on specs, with loudness and battery…
5 Portable Bluetooth Speakers for Summer 2026 That Sound as Good Outside as They Look
Most portable speakers resolve the outdoor brief in one of two ways. They build something tough enough to survive whatever summer throws at it, then…
The 21.5-Inch Transparent Speaker That Animates Lyrics to Match Your Music
Most home speakers today have settled into a comfortable invisibility. Whether they’re slim soundbars pushed against a wall or cylindrical mesh towers parked on a…
NTS Radio’s New $179 Player Wants You to Stop Choosing
We spend an embarrassing amount of time choosing what to listen to. You open Spotify, scroll for fifteen minutes, start a playlist you’ve already heard…