There are many factors that go into why one headphone is chosen over another: sound quality, comfort, looks or fashionβwhatever. There are as many reasons as headphones to choose from. Recently, one company has designed a headphone that can be customized to a particular sound preference. Axel Audio has developed a system of taking a […]
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Every time I write about Reid Heath Acousticβs (RHA) in-ear headphones, itβs always about their βnext big thing.β Each model seems to trump the previous one in interesting ways. Nice to see that nothingβs changed with RHA. Their new flagship earphone, the T10i (the i denotes a mic) certainly trumps everything before it. But this
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Have you ever looked at a headphone website and thought, βI like the looks of this headphone, but the ear pads of this one are more comfortable and yet this one sounds better. If I could just mix and matchβ¦β Well, now you canβsort of. Aiaiai is known for their minimalist styling with choices of
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Everyone knows what headphones are and that they are usually not the most fashionable thingsΒ you can wear. As headphones become an everyday accessory for many, the company Frends decided to cater to the female half of society with headphones that pay as much attention to fashion as they do to audio. Frends has a
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Up until now, any Bluetooth or Airplay speakers were dependent on the device that was doing the streaming, whether it be a laptop, smartphone or desktop computer. Itβs no big deal that the new, portable auris zwing portable speaker/boombox does that, but it will also do it independently of any deviceβas in all by itself.
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βIf the rain comes comes, they run and hide their heads.β When I think of thinksoundβs new Rain2 earphones, I always think of the iconic Beatlesβ song, βRainβ. I donβt know why, except that the Rain2 earphones serve as a counterpoint to the songβin my head, at least. It means that while the song, βRain,β
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Apple doesnβt sell just any Bluetooth speaker in their online store, so Soen scored a coup of sorts with their new Transit XS portableβand mountableβBluetooth speaker. The Transit XS is the smaller cousin to the original Transit. Besides its size, the XS model is different in a few ways from the bigger Transit. The XS
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When reviewing headphones, earphones and speakers, there is always one constant throughout: A music source. Whether itβs vinyl, CD, iTunes, music burned in Apple Lossless, FLAC, Spotify/Pandora or even FM radio, the music has to come from somewhere. Then thereβs the music player: iPhone/Android smartphone, various iPods, digital audio players, computer, home stereo. As you
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Iβll admit up front: this review will be short. After all, itβs a USB hub. How exciting can that be? Well β¦ the Satechi Aluminum Premium 4-Port USB Clamp Hub is at least interesting. Satechiβknown for making almost any geek accessory imaginableβwas bothered by the hard-to-find USB ports Apple hides at the rear of their
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While unboxing the Blue Mo-Fi headphones, I was reminded of the door hinges on my wifeβs 1997 Lexus SC300 sports coupe. See, the Lexus hinges are not your everyday hingeβtheyβre over-engineered so the large doors open and slide a bit forward which helps in tight parking spaces. Lexus reportedly spent over a million bucks developing
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To say that we are in the golden age of headphones is an understatement. Thereβs never been a better time to find excellent sounding headphones in almost every price range, especially the higher-priced headphones. When you include the countless names entering the market, you have a recipe for awesomeness. Adding to this aural soup-de-jour is
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Let me state right up-front that I am not an eco-warrior or anything close. I own 3 chainsaws and donβt hesitate to use them on my 2 acres. That said, I do appreciate companies who use recycled materials where possible. Thinksound is such a companyβand then some. They go out of their way to be
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Geneva Labs has been making many different high-end speakers for a while now. Even though they make many models, S, M, L, XL and XXL, theyβve all been box-shaped and visual clones of each otherβonly in different sizes. Thatβs about to change in a dramatic way. Geneva has introduced the the AeroSphΓ¨re series, an audio
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Bang & Olufsen has always been about style as well as sound. Nothing else looks like a B&O productβnothing. You can spot them a mile away. As we transitionΒ into aΒ world of personal listening, nothing has changed the B&O philosophyβto evoke senses (their words). The B&O H6 and H8 headphones certainly do that. They are simply
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Picture this: Youβre cruising down the street plugged into your smartphone but the power is beginning to run low. You want to keep listening, but youβre afraid of draining the battery completely if you do. Now, picture this: You just keep listening anyway because the headphone is charging your smartphone. You read that right. In
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Lately, Iβve been considering upgrading my Onkyo stereo receiver. Itβs about 8 years old and doesnβt have wifi, Bluetooth, USB or even HDMI. But it does have a nice sub output for my (even older) Pioneer subwooferβbut thatβs another story. There have been countless times that Iβve wished I could easily stream my iPhone to
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One of the trends coming out of the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show is turning portable Bluetooth speakers into bigger portable Bluetooth speakers. Itβs not a new trend, but it is increasing. Ultimate Ears has joined the fray with its new UE Megaboom speaker. Like the original Boom, the Megaboom blasts audio in 360Β°. The big
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Thereβs an old saying: βYou can never be too thin or too rich.β In todayβs tech-driven world, I would like to add to that: βYou can never have enough backup power.β Itβs grammatically clumsy to be sure, but itβs also true. We are more dependent than ever on places to plug in and recharge our
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Fugoo speakers wereβand still areβone of my favorite audio products of 2014. I canβt say enough about how a small Bluetooth speaker has captured my attention the way the Fugoo speakers have. If there is one criticism I have with these indestructible mini-audio blasters is that they are just that β¦ mini. As good as
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Iβve taken my shots at Bluetooth over the years, but even I have to admit, itβs getting better all the time. As Bluetooth matures and improves, so do the speakers and headphones that incorporate it. Pendulumic (say that fast five times) makes wireless Bluetooth headphones exclusively. And since they do only that, Pendulumic claims that
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