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Review: Sennheiser CX True Wireless – Outstanding sound. Without compromises

By Gordon Muschalla
October 9, 2021
Audio

Today I’m going to introduce you to the new CX True Wireless headphones from Sennheiser. Sennheiser is committed to maintaining their promise to the world surrounding audio. Perfect Sound, Without Compromise. Let’s dive in! The headphones are delivered in a simple, white packaging with blue applications. The headphones are seated inside the enclosed charging case, which looks simple and honestly a little too big for my taste. The mechanism for opening and closing works very well and the entire unit feels like its made of high quality. The included...

Review: Earthworks Audio ICON USB Microphone

By Bruce Green
September 28, 2021
Audio

Quality is key when it comes to sounding professional. People all over the world search for high quality microphones that can produce the most naturalistic sound for their interviews, podcasts, promotional recordings, voice overs and live events. Earthworks is a company that dominates the competition by creating products that give the absolute best, natural, professional sound, while somehow avoiding the extra pops and ticks that so many other pro mics will pick up.

Review: FiiO FD3 Headphones – Born for Music

By Gordon Muschalla
September 14, 2021
Audio

Today, we introduce the new FD3 wired headphones from the FiiO brand. FiiO’s motto is “Born for Music and Happiness,” and has been successfully implemented since it was founded in 2007, The headphones come in a good-looking, well protected black packaging. The packaging has a colorful, mirrored surface on which you can see the headphones. This is very nice and gives a pleasing start to the overall unboxing experience. Well done FiiO.

Review: ag Audio – Japanese Precision & Quirks

By Mike Boyd
September 8, 2021
Audio

Only a few years ago, there weren’t many options when it came to headphones and earphones. When the iPhone shipped, included in the box were a pair of wired EarPods with a standard 3.5mm audio plug. Then Samsung and LG and Huawei started shipping in-ear headphones with their smartphones. The first-mover advantage went to Apple and those white tangled cords were littered through backpacks, handbags and jeans pockets as they went through the wash. Bose, Beats, and Sennheiser were the alternatives. Today, there is an almost limitless array of...

Review: JBL Charge 5 Speaker – Power and Passion

By Mike Boyd
August 20, 2021
Audio

The JBL Charge 5 Bluetooth Speaker packs incredibly rich sound into a small package that is seriously impressive. Add to that, built-in power sharing and waterproofing, and this might just be the best portable speaker JBL has ever made.

Review: Beoplay E8 Sport Earbuds – Persistence Pays Off

By Mike Boyd
August 17, 2021
Audio

The B&O Beoplay E8 Sport earbuds are a high-end, long-lasting, waterproof, player in a very crowded market. They can also be difficult to use, annoying and hard to fit. It's the B&O way.

Review: On-Ear Headsets – Better Audio for All

By Mike Boyd
August 13, 2021
Audio

Video calls are now a part of our everyday. The quality of the webcam and lighting are skills we all now have. Thankfully, Poly and Jabra have come to the party with superb on-ear audio products for all occasions.

Review: Jabra Elite 85t Wireless Earbuds – Audio Jewellery

By Mike Boyd
June 29, 2021
Audio

Premium sound quality with active noise-cancelling and wireless charging. The Jabra Elite 85t earbuds are class-leading and perfectly priced. Portable audio doesn't look or sound much better than this.

Review: Astell&Kern AK USB-C Dual DAC – Fuller Audio via Tiny Technology

By Mike Boyd
April 30, 2021
Audio

Just when the world thinks that portable audio can't get any more mobile or higher quality, along comes Astell&Kern to raise the bar again. This time with the USB-C DUAL DAC Cable.

Review: Sennheiser CX 400BT True Wireless Earbuds – Compact Audio Excellence

By Mike Boyd
December 9, 2020
Audio

With 75 years of experience, Sennheiser know how to make your ears happy and the CX 400BT Bluetooth earbuds are quite joyous.

Review: Astell&Kern A&norma SR25 – The Walkman is Dead

By Mike Boyd
November 28, 2020
Audio

The Astell & Kern A&norma SR25 music player confirms that there are music gods and they have blessed us with sensory overload.

Review: Yamaha SR-B20A Soundbar

By Mike Boyd
November 19, 2020
Audio

There's a reason we have two eyes and two ears. The harmony between these senses is key and the Yamaha SR-B20A Soundbar is a great option for this union.

Review: EPOS Sennheiser GSP 670

By Thomas Grow
October 29, 2020
Audio

Any serious gamer ranks their audio equipment near the top of the list of importance. The quality and performance of a set of headphones can make all the difference in the world to white-hot competiton. Ambient noises, the background music track, the sound effects… on run-of-the-mill headphones, a game is a game. Replace run-of-the-mill with premium quality and a game can suddenly be an immersive heart-pounding, adrenaline-inducing, otherworldly out-of-body experience. To a serious gamer, the sound is everything. The question is: How does the premium closed-back wireless EPOS|Sennheiser GSP...

Review: Audiofly AFT2 True Wireless – Quality of Sound, Brings Quality to Life!

By Bruce Green
October 19, 2020
Audio

As time moves forward, wired headphones seem to be turning into a thing of the past and supposed long lasting wireless earphones are giving false specs and showing exaggerated advertisements. Well, today Audiofly has proven otherwise with an unexaggerated promise of up to 35 hours of play time before needing a traditional wall charger. The New AFT2 True Wireless headphones deliver and its Qualcomm cVc noise cancelation technology works beautifully.

Review: Realme Buds Q Earbuds – Boom for Your Buck

By Mike Boyd
October 8, 2020
Audio

Wonderfully small and incredibly light, the Buds Q are extremely well built and have an astonishing amount of the latest tech built into them.

Review: JBL Bar 2.0 All-in-One – A Sleek Performer

By Mike Boyd
September 22, 2020
Audio

The soundbar market is a pretty saturated one. Tap the soundbar section of your favourite electronics retailer’s website and you will see dozens of options. All-in-one units. Wireless units. 5-Channel Surround units. Dolby Atmos this. DTS that. Sometimes all you really need is sound that’s better than you get from a smart speaker or smaller portable speakers.

Review: Creative SXFI AIR Headphones

By Julia Spillers
June 23, 2020
Audio

With so many audio devices on the market nowadays, it can be hard for developers to find a niche that will make their brand stand out to consumers. In the end, most developers focus their energy and resources on maximizing qualities that are expected of a good pair of headphones or earbuds, such as bass strength, clarity, sound personalization options, and similar features. This is not necessarily a bad thing, since optimizing these qualities creates a selection of better products all around, but product diversity relies most heavily on...

Review: Creative SXFI Theater

By Om Patel
May 19, 2020
Audio

There’s no doubt that wired headphones are king, but each struggle to untangle those annoying headphone wires, more and more people are ditching their wired headphones for wireless ones. Now, before you go, “Bluetooth headphones have delay!” because of the latency issues that average wireless headphones have, Creative has actually solved that issue with their Creative SXFI Theater. You can still be immersed in your movies or video games with full, booming surround sound that captures you from all angles. The Creative SXFI Theater was released late in 2019...