Tag: headphones
Meze Audio’s beautiful new wired headphones have a new kind of planar magnetic driver, hand-finished in Ukraine
Meze Audio unveils new open-back headphones in a premium finish The manufacturer promises ‘breakthrough’ in planar magnetic drivers ‘Luxurious’ materials suitable for a £1,850 / $2,000 (around AU$3,100) price Meze Audio, a Romanian headphones manufacturer behind some of the best planar magnetic headphones available today, claims its new POET model…
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These new cheap ANC headphones from a reliable brand look like wildly good value – 90 hours of battery, Hi-Res Audio, spatial sound… all for $50
1More’s new ANC headphones cost just $50 / £60 Hi-Res USB-C Audio, LDAC, and spatial audio A 90 hour battery life (60 hours with ANC on) Audio brand 1More has now released a new entry in its budget ANC headphone line, and you’re getting a lot for the price of…
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Huawei just unveiled fully waterproof IP57-rated open earbuds and I think they could be the bargain of 2025
Huawei FreeArc are here, boasting IP57 dust- and water-ingress protection It’s Huawei’s second open-ear option after FreeClip, but the firm’s first ‘shell’ design They’re affordable – and there’s an extra saving if you buy now My main issue when considering open-ear earbuds? Actually, there are two things: something that will…
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Sony’s next flagship wireless headphones just edged closer to launch – here’s when they might land
Sony looks set to launch new headphones (likely the Sony WH-1000XM6 headphones) according to two recent product filings with the US’ FCC and Singapore’s IMDA. While the device isn’t called the XM6 explicitly in either filing – instead, both filings label it the equally easy-to-remember YY2984 – the device looks…
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Feel like the battery on your wireless earbuds degrades faster than other tech? You might not be wrong – scientists have dug into how device design may make the difference
New research examines battery degradation in different devices Design might make more of an impact than you expect Understanding the issues might lead to longer-lasting tech It looks like it’s official: batteries may well be running out of juice at an unpredictable, somewhat alarming rate. And we’re not talking about…
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Sennheiser’s HD 505 entry-level headphones are here, and I compared them to the HD 600
Sennheiser has just unveiled the latest entry-level headphones in its more ‘analytical’ line-up of headphones, the HD 505. The 500-series is always Sennheiser’s more affordable line, and the HD 505 sits just beneath the Sennheiser HD 600 in the line-up. Sennheiser says that the new headphones have an adapted transducer…
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