Audio

This modern cassette boombox will lure you in with glowing VU meters
This modern cassette boombox will lure you in with glowing VU meters

We Are Rewind, a Paris-based company that has relaunched the cassette player with modern features like support for wireless headphones and rechargeable batteries, has announced a larger boombox versio...

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You can see right through Audio-Technica’s new transparent turntable
You can see right through Audio-Technica’s new transparent turntable

Audio-Technica’s engineers are seemingly working overtime to elevate the design of the record player. Following the reveal of its floating, glowing Hotaru turntable last month, the company has annou...

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Sony WH-1000XM6 hands-on: back to the fold
Sony WH-1000XM6 hands-on: back to the fold

Sony's WH-1000XM6 noise-canceling headphones have arrived three years after their popular predecessors. That's a longer gap than usual for the lineup, but don't expect any earth-shattering changes. Wh...

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WiiM’s first smart speaker looks like a HomePod for audiophiles
WiiM’s first smart speaker looks like a HomePod for audiophiles

WiiM has announced three new wireless audiophile devices including the brand’s first smart speaker called the Sound with a design that looks inspired by the Apple HomePod. The speaker is joined by t...

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Audible is giving publishers AI tools to quickly make more audiobooks
Audible is giving publishers AI tools to quickly make more audiobooks

Amazon’s Audible has announced that it’s planning to expand its audiobook catalog by giving select publishers access to its new “fully integrated, end-to-end AI production technology” that wil...

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Harman International Acquires Premium Audio Business from Masimo for 350 Million 
Harman International Acquires Premium Audio Business from Masimo for 350 Million 

Masimo divests consumer audio to Harman International strengthening its premium audio business

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Anker’s Soundcore Liberty 5 earbuds boost battery life but ditch heart rate tracking
Anker’s Soundcore Liberty 5 earbuds boost battery life but ditch heart rate tracking

Over two-and-a-half years after the last version was released, Anker’s Soundcore audio brand is updating its budget wireless earbuds with the new Liberty 5. Launching next week for $129.99 – cheap...

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Shokz’ new open headphones don’t care what ear you clip them to
Shokz’ new open headphones don’t care what ear you clip them to

Shokz has launched what the company is calling its “smallest and lightest open earbuds to date.” The new OpenDots One clip onto the back of your ear instead of sitting entirely inside it. It’s a...

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These wireless headphones have ‘80s Sony Walkman vibes
These wireless headphones have ‘80s Sony Walkman vibes

Headphones had existed for well over 50 years by the time Sony’s Walkman debuted in 1979, but the portable cassette player helped popularize the technology by miniaturizing it. km5’s new Lightwear...

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Bowers & Wilkins upgraded our pick for the best sounding wireless headphones
Bowers & Wilkins upgraded our pick for the best sounding wireless headphones

We called Bowers & Wilkins’ PX7 S2e the “best-sounding wireless headphones” in our  noise-canceling headphones buyer’s guide, but the company’s latest could be a new contender for that ...

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