Items tagged with Audio
The last decade has seen an influx of wireless earbuds with Bluetooth connectivity (and sometimes 2.4GHz wireless, which is great for gaming) and active noise cancellation (ANC) technology, but have we left the cord completely behind? Not...
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Apple-owned Beats has unveiled the Beats 360, an all-new flagship set of over-ear wireless headphones priced at $349.99. Sitting right above the Studio Pro in the brand’s lineup, the new cans take direct aim at high-end competitors like...
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Motorola continues to reshape its flagship smartphone game plan with an emphasis on high-end audio and leading hardware. Through a newly announced multi-year partnership with Danish luxury audio brand Bang & Olufsen, the mobile maker aims...
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Corsair is expanding its sprawling hardware lineup with the introduction of the Voxara, which marks the company's first foray into premium USB gaming condenser microphone territory. Built to bridge the gap between professional studio gear...
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If you are not a fan of cramming silicone tips deep into your ear canals but want to stick with earbuds rather than saddle your noggin with over-the-ear headphones, then Bose's newest additions are worth taking a look at. The company is...
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Razer just pulled the cover off the new mouthful-of-a-name Kraken V4 X Sensa HD Haptics, a wired gaming headset that, as the name suggests, adds some tactile immersion to the gaming experience.
The highlight of the latest in the Kraken...
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The latest security update for Windows 11 is inadvertently silencing some PCs due to a known bug affecting USB Audio Class 1.0 devices—reminiscent of prior USB audio glitches in Windows 11 24H2. Microsoft confirmed the bug in a support...
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A bunch of leaks have just given us a fresh look at Samsung’s upcoming open-ear clip-on buds, i.e. the Galaxy Buds On.
Continuing the craze started by (we believe) Huawei's FreeClips back in 2023, Samsung is adding a clip-on earbud...
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Two years later, Sonos is ready to turn the page and prove to its fans that the company is back, baby. To show for its efforts, Sonos unveiled a big overhaul of its hardware and software ecosystem, launching a couple of new audio products...
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Uh-oh, e-commerce giant AliExpress has been caught running hidden, silent audio processes inside visitors' browsers to generate unique device tracking profiles without user consent.
This naughty deed was uncovered after software...
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Sennheiser is taking direct aim at the disposable nature of wireless earbuds with its new flagship Momentum True Wireless 5. Priced at $299.95, the fifth-generation earbuds introduce user-replaceable batteries for both the earpieces and...
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Marantz has refreshed its home theater lineup with the introduction of the Cinema Series 2 AV receivers, promising enthusiast-grade audio processing plus the addition of gaming features for the broader audience. The new lineup consists of...
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Bose is giving its core noise-canceling headphone line a major mid-cycle upgrade. The new QuietComfort Headphones (2nd Gen), priced at $359 MSRP, pack several features previously reserved for the pricier Ultra lineup, while tweaking the...
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Razer has launched an upgraded version of its popular USB-powered Seiren V3 Chroma microphone that now features a 32-bit digital signal processor (DSP) and AI processing. According to Razer, these upgrades enable studio-grade vocals...
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Are you ready to upgrade your home theater's audio? Adding a discrete sound system opens up a whole new world of immersion compared to most built-in speakers that ship with TVs, including modern models, and if you go the soundbar route...
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If you have ever been tempted to pay full price for an audio product, don't do it. Audio gear is notorious for having inflated MSRPs and unlike game consoles and certain PC parts like memory and storage, there are no market conditions that...
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Bang & Olufsen has unveiled an ultra-limited Beosystem 3000c Dune Grey Edition music system, combining a carefully upcycled 1980s record player with a pair of stylish Beolab 8 wireless speakers that sell for $2,749 by themselves.
The...
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MSI is expanding its small but growing lineup of audio gear with the Maestro 500 Wireless, a wireless (duh!) gaming headset that the company claims is also suitable for work and other non-gaming activities, such as watching movies and...
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Sennheiser has officially unveiled the Momentum 5 Wireless, a $400 successor to its popular portable over-ear headphones that focuses on fixing past shortcomings while introducing rare, pro-consumer hardware features. Launching in the U.S...
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The discrete sound card is dead, long live the discrete sound card! Wait, what? Here we are in the year 2026 and Creative is still pumping out discrete sound cards, the latest of which is a Sound Blaster AE-X with a premium ESS DAC that is...
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The folks at iFixit have now started scoring wireless headphones for repairability, and its first big winner is a pair built by none of the major brands. In a teardown of 14 popular models, the Fairphone Fairbuds XL took home a perfect...
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Bose is taking a play from Sonos by introducing the Lifestyle Collection and trying to make home audio modular and easy to set up. The new entry-level lineup consists of a wireless speaker, a Dolby Atmos-ready soundbar, and a subwoofer...
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