4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1482+ words) Apple has officially unveiled AirPods 5, and the biggest surprise is not another AI feature or a marginal change to the charging case. Active Noise Cancellation is now standard on Apple’s least-expensive AirPods, with the new open-ear wireless earbuds starting at…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (644+ words) The XM4C is available at a suggested list price of $299 in three colorways: Black, Platinum Silver (off-white) and Lavender. The lavender version will be exclusive to Sony and Amazon, while the black and platinum silver options will be more widely available…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1472+ words) Personal audio has officially reached the point where $13,786 (€11,999) can be described as comparatively sensible. I am aware of how ridiculous that sentence sounds. For the price of the NARUKAMI system, you could buy the EOS, a very serious pair of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1508+ words) Bose already sells one of the best-known open-ear earbuds on the market. Now an Indian consumer electronics company in which Bose owns a minority stake has unveiled a premium clip-on alternative developed in collaboration with Bose. That makes the new…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1296+ words) Art TVs have spent years asking buyers to accept a peculiar bargain: your television can look like framed artwork when nobody is watching it, provided you are willing to surrender some picture quality when everyone sits down for movie night....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1075+ words) Roku’s $999 Pro Series OLED offers 120Hz, Dolby Vision and FreeSync Premium, while the $1,299 LX adds 144Hz VRR and higher brightness. Which is right for you? OLED televisions have spent years moving steadily down in price, but Roku is about to put even…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1727+ words) JBL already sells just about every type of wireless speaker imaginable, but it has never really had a direct answer to Sonos, HEOS or Bluesound BluOS as a complete whole-home audio platform. The new JBL Cove Series is designed to…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (847+ words) After several decades away from the loudspeaker category, Rotel is getting back into the game with the Amora 5, a passive two-way bass-reflex standmount speaker that marks a significant expansion of the company’s product lineup. Best known for its amplifiers, CD…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1008+ words) Bass shakers are one of home theater’s more entertaining blunt instruments. Attach a tactile transducer to a recliner or platform, feed it low-frequency information, and explosions, engines, dinosaurs, and spacecraft can suddenly be felt as much as heard. The problem…...