Tag: headphones
Beware of confusing naming strategies when it comes to JLab’s new headphones
Epic Lux Lab Edition: adaptive ANC and wireless charging Go Lux ANC: noise cancelling and spatial audio £199 / £49; early orders get a discount Names are important: just ask Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, who you probably wouldn’t know if she hadn’t called herself Chappell Roan. And they’re not just important…
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JBL’s new elite headphones include a touchscreen audio transmitter to connect to anything easily… and to share audio with anyone else easily
Adaptive noise cancellation and spatial audio with head tracking Included wireless transmitter to stream from almost any source $399, on sale April 2025 JBL makes some of the most interesting headphones around, and the newly announced JBL Tour One M3 have a very interesting component. JBL calls it the SMART…
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Final’s new flagship headphones are incredible, and incredibly expensive
Final’s flagship D8000 headphones have been dramatically re-engineered Two models: one for laid-back listening and one for listening loud From £3,999 / $4,299 / around AU$7,959 Let’s get this out of the way first: the new Final D8000 DC and DC Pro headphones cost four grand at least in the…
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Activo Q1 are the inexpensive wired earbuds made for our favorite budget hi-res audio player
Activo Q1 are wired IEMs made for the July 2024 P1 player The IEMs are a collaboration between the Astell & Kern sub-brand Activo and Singaporean label, DITA Audio Activo Q1 are priced $349 / £299 (around AU$590) Love hi-res audio but haven’t heard of Activo? That’s okay, you’ll almost…
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Master & Dynamic’s new wired headphones are stylish Sennheiser alternatives ready for USB-C or 3.5mm out of the box
Brass acoustic enclosures with 8mm drivers and USB-C / 3.5mm On sale from 5 December Priced at $199 / £169 (about AU$330) Master & Dynamic, the NYC-based luxury audio brand, has updated one of its most popular products: the ME05 wired Earphones. The original ME05 featured premium materials, and that’s…
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Audio-Technica warns of overheating issue with its new cheap wireless earbuds that ‘can produce smoke’
Audio-Technica’s SQ1TW2 earphones have a battery overheating issue The problem is with the charging case which can produce smoke The manufacturer assures us that no one has been harmed by the issue Audio-Technica has issued a warning for its new SQ1TW2 wireless earphones, with some versions suffering from a fault…
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