Tag: audio
Activo Q1 are the inexpensive wired earbuds made for our favorite budget hi-res audio player
Activo Q1 are wired IEMs made for the July 2024 P1 player The IEMs are a collaboration between the Astell & Kern sub-brand Activo and Singaporean label, DITA Audio Activo Q1 are priced $349 / £299 (around AU$590) Love hi-res audio but haven’t heard of Activo? That’s okay, you’ll almost…
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Anker is recalling nearly 80,000 Bluetooth speakers due to fire risk, check to see if you own a potentially hazardous model
Anker is recalling its Soundcore and PowerConf Bluetooth speakers The company received 33 reports of the speakers’ lithium-ion batteries overheating and in some instances causing smoke Anker has said it will replace any speakers with affected SN codes In what has been a difficult month for overheating audio products, Anker is…
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Master & Dynamic’s new wired headphones are stylish Sennheiser alternatives ready for USB-C or 3.5mm out of the box
Brass acoustic enclosures with 8mm drivers and USB-C / 3.5mm On sale from 5 December Priced at $199 / £169 (about AU$330) Master & Dynamic, the NYC-based luxury audio brand, has updated one of its most popular products: the ME05 wired Earphones. The original ME05 featured premium materials, and that’s…
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Spotify Wrapped 2024 live – all the latest on its new AI-powered features and how to find them
2024-12-04T13:09:17.147Z (Image credit: Spotify) Isn’t Wrapped a bit late this year? Early December feels a little late for Wrapped, but it’s not an unusual time for Spotify to hit the rollout button. Last year, it did land on November 29, but in 2019 it appeared on December 5, while the…
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These were the most popular podcast episodes of 2024, according to Apple Podcasts
Apple has shared the most popular podcasts of 2024 True crime, politics, and interview shows dominate You can view stats for your country in the Podcasts app It’s the season to look back on the last 12 months – we’re seeing announcements every day now about the apps of the…
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Audio-Technica warns of overheating issue with its new cheap wireless earbuds that ‘can produce smoke’
Audio-Technica’s SQ1TW2 earphones have a battery overheating issue The problem is with the charging case which can produce smoke The manufacturer assures us that no one has been harmed by the issue Audio-Technica has issued a warning for its new SQ1TW2 wireless earphones, with some versions suffering from a fault…
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