Tag: audio

Apple Music’s awesome $2.99 deal is your reason to finally switch from Spotify

Ahead of Super Bowl LIX, Apple Music is just $2.99 for six months for select customers It’s a great time to give the streaming service a go and ditch Spotify Apple Music offers a million songs, including many in lossless Whether you let Apple Music expire after a free trial…

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Amazon Music Unlimited just got a price hike – giving you no reason to choose it over Spotify or Apple Music

Amazon is hiking prices for its Music Unlimited plans. The Music Unlimited individual plan without Prime is now the same price as Spotify. There’s a bigger case to be made for another streaming service. If you currently get your music fix courtesy of Amazon Music Unlimited, we have some bad…

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Samsung is looking to give wireless earbuds true lossless sound by swapping Bluetooth for UWB tech from AirTags

Much faster data transfer Longer range, lower power consumption Many phones don’t have the technology Samsung‘s earbuds could get a big boost to their sound quality and overall performance by using the same tech as the company’s own SmartTags and Apple‘s AirTags: UWB. Ultra wide-band, like Bluetooth, is a short-range…

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The weirdest omission from the Samsung Galaxy S25 launch? Samsung and Google’s new Dolby Atmos-busting sound tech

Eclipsa Audio is a Dolby Atmos rival from Samsung and Google It’s in Samsung’s 2025 TVs and soundbars, Chrome and YouTube But it isn’t in Samsung’s earbuds or phones yet… Imagine you’ve created an amazing new platform for audio, and you want the world to use it. And imagine that…

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Sony’s next flagship headphones leak in official docs, and now I’m getting excited

FCC filing details battery, Bluetooth and construction Bluetooth 5.3, but no confirmation on LE Audio A redesigned and hopefully stronger hinge Sony has filed details of the Sony WH-1000MX6 headphones, and it looks like they could improve on the current model, the Sony WH-1000MX5, in two key ways: in how…

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Korg’s new portable turntables make me want to hit the streets and rock some blocks

Battery-powered turntables for home and mobile listening DJ-focused Play turntable has filters and looping More premium versions have vacuum tube pre-amps Korg has announced a trio of very unusual turntables that you can take anywhere. The new Handytraxx range can run on AA batteries as well as from a power…

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