Category: audio
JBL’s new elite headphones include a touchscreen audio transmitter to connect to anything easily… and to share audio with anyone else easily
Adaptive noise cancellation and spatial audio with head tracking Included wireless transmitter to stream from almost any source $399, on sale April 2025 JBL makes some of the most interesting headphones around, and the newly announced JBL Tour One M3 have a very interesting component. JBL calls it the SMART…
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Lenco launches 3 budget turntables all perfect for beginners – plus a light-up disco ball ‘record stabilizer’
3 record players including one with integrated speakers and long legs A record stabilizer with built-in RGB lighting January launch for UK and EU; US launch will be in April Affordable audio specialist Lenco has not one, not two, but three well-priced turntables to show off at CES 2025 this…
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This affordable new hi-res music player is the iPod replacement I’ve been waiting for
Dual DACs and support for microSD up to 2TB 13mm slim and 165g $149 / £139 / about AU$277 FiiO makes the best hi-res audio player for most people, but as much as we love the FiiO M23 – and we do, which is why we gave it four and…
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Forget Spotify – I’m going all-in on Bandcamp for music in 2025, here’s why you should too
With Spotify Wrapped hype dying down, I’ve had a chance to think about my music consumption habits over the last year – I listened to more than 48,000 minutes of music this year on Spotify alone, accounting for about 14% of my waking hours. That’s a lot of time, and…
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Apple’s cheapest AirPods 4 aren’t sonically superb, but one great perk keeps me coming back
Not long after their September announcement, I got my mitts on some entry-level Apple AirPods 4. To clarify, I didn’t get the step-up set with ANC (that would be the Apple AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation) but someone did grant me a pair of Apple‘s latest entry-level option. I’ve…
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I’m swapping Spotify for CDs with the affordable Fiio DM13 in 2025 –here’s why
I used to own a lot of CDs. And by “a lot”, I mean a lot. Since I was a teenager in the late ‘90s a significant chunk of my disposable income went on music, but when Spotify launched in 2009 that began to slow down, until on July 29…
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