Tag: audio

After a year of searching, I’ve finally found a rival for my favorite earbuds

Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. Skullcandy Method 360: One minute review As my editor at TechRadar well knows, I’ve spent the last year enamored…

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The funky JBL Go 4 is back to its lowest price this year

Need a speaker you can take with you on the go? Right now, you can get the cheap but convenient JBL Go 4 at Amazon for $39.95 (was $49.95). The JBL Go 4 doesn’t cost much to begin with, so this discount is more like the cherry on top of…

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Want to get into audiophile-grade sound? I’d start with these excellent yet affordable wired earbuds

I’m here to share some Meze with you – no, not some delicious small plates – something even better. Instead, I’m talking about the Meze Audio Alba – a pair of affordable yet excellent-sounding in-ear monitors (IEMs) that I’d highly recommend to anyone getting into the audiophile space. If you…

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I tried out some super-cheap wired headphones – they put the bass in ‘bargain basement’

The Sony MDR-ZX110 are an absurdly cheap pair of wired headphones from the audio giant. Sitting at the absolute opposite end of the spectrum to its premium, cutting-edge WH-1000XM6 wireless headphones, these are seriously old school, coming with few features, an undeniably economy build and wired, analog sound. But given…

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These $30 JBL headphones give you plenty of battery life for your buck

You don’t need a hundred bucks to get a perfectly good set of Bluetooth headphones. Right now, you can get the JBL Tune 510BT at Amazon for just $29.95 (was $49.95). That’s $5 more than they were on Black Friday, but it’s close enough that it’s still worth shouting out.…

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Want to upgrade your Sonos’ style? I just discovered these speaker and soundbar covers in funky colors, and I love them

Sonos‘ speakers are well-designed, but not in that ‘striking, stand-out aesthetics’ way – they’re designed to pretty much blend in with a neutral, rounded, black or white look (with the occasional color option thrown in for certain models). But that means sometimes you wish they could be a bit more…

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