If you’ve been waiting for a new Google smart speaker, congratulations: you have outlasted a pandemic, four generations of AirPods, and a complete reinvention of Google’s AI strategy. The last time Google launched a standalone smart speaker, the Nest Audio in September 2020, Gemini didn’t exist yet, and AI assistants were still mostly novelties. Nearly […]
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The Sonos Ace marked the company’s ambitious first step into over-ear headphones, yet whispers of a sequel are already gaining volume among fans and industry watchers. With the original now approaching its second birthday, rumors place a Sonos Ace 2 announcement somewhere in late 2026 or even 2027. Here is what recent executive comments, analyst
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Ask audiophiles to name the best HiFi audio brands, and the same names keep coming up. You’ll see them in forums, Reddit threads, and community polls. They aren’t always the brands with the biggest ad budgets. The ones that earn real trust tend to share a few traits most casual listeners don’t notice. What makes
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Bowers & Wilkins has expanded its flagship Px8 S2 wireless over-ear headphones with two additional color options, taking the lineup to five finishes in total. The new Midnight Blue and Pearl Blue variants go on sale today, April 22, priced at US$799, CDN $999, £629 in the UK, and €729 in the European Union. Price:
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Insta360 just previewed the Insta360 Mic Pro at NAB Show 2026 in Las Vegas, and it’s the most interesting wireless microphone the company has shown to date. It isn’t shipping yet, but the pitch is already clear. The Insta360 Mic Pro is a clip-on mic that wants to drop the extra hardware most wireless setups
This Wireless Mic Wants to be Seen, Not Hidden Read More
The past month on The Gadgeteer covered a lot of ground, and some of it got weird in the best way. Smart rings that control AR glasses, a wine fridge with its own AI sommelier, headphones running a real vacuum tube, and a digital camera that won’t let you see your own photos. That’s the
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IKEA’s smallest Bluetooth speaker is now available in the US, and it costs less than most streaming subscriptions. The Kallsup, first shown at CES 2026 during IKEA’s debut appearance at the trade show, is live on ikea.com and in stores for $9.99. It ships in three colors, fits in the palm of your hand, and
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There’s a weird assumption baked into how most people shop for audio: if you want something that actually sounds good, you need to spend real money. Two hundred dollars minimum, probably more. And for a long time, that was mostly true. Even the best budget earbuds sounded like budget earbuds. Cheap speakers sounded cheap. But
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NEWS – Apple made it official: the Mac mini is getting built in America. The company announced Tuesday that it’s expanding factory operations in Houston, Texas, bringing Mac mini production to US soil for the first time in the product’s 20-year history. It’s a move that doubles the Houston campus footprint and creates thousands of
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A company that makes some of the most expensive headphones in the world just built car speakers thinner than a credit card. And they claim these speakers can make the inside of your car sound like a room ten times its actual size. Warwick Acoustics, a UK-based audio company, has been working on a new
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Your TV’s built-in speakers can’t handle Super Bowl audio. Thin screens don’t have room for drivers that can reproduce crowd noise, commentary, and stadium sound at the same time. What sounds fine when you’re watching alone turns into a mess when your living room fills with 20 people all trying to hear what the announcers
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ARTICLE – Portable screens have solved mobility but never sound. You can wheel a display anywhere, prop it up, stream whatever you want, and still end up reaching for external speakers because the built-in audio sounds thin and flat. Nework’s MoveMate Hi-Fi Portable TV targets that specific gap with a 27-inch touchscreen on a wheeled
Nework’s MoveMate Hi-Fi Portable TV Prioritizes Sound Quality in Mobile 27-inch Design Read More
ARTICLE – Audiophile gear used to mean spending more than most people pay for rent, but FiiO’s latest lineup flips that script in a way that feels genuinely useful. The new drop spans planar magnetic headphones, R2R DACs, and portable CD players, all priced where weekend curiosity won’t wreck a budget. It’s the kind of
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REVIEW – Have you ever had to run an HDMI signal more than 25 feet? You can buy longer cables but they either get very expensive or don’t work very well. Plus your source device might not like pushing the signal that far. One way to get around the issues with a long HDMI
REVIEW – Need to show something from your phone or laptop on a TV but don’t want to run a cable across the room? You might have an AppleTV or a TV with Airplay or Chromecast built in, but what if you don’t? What if you’re in an office environment and not everyone uses the
REVIEW – A few weeks ago, I reviewed the Asakuki Avigator 455W video projector. Since its speaker was a bit lackluster, I wanted to see how the OXS S3 soundbar can fill the void. Let’s find out. What is it? The OXS model S3 soundbar is a self-contained audio amplifier and speaker system with optical,
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REVIEW – Headphone dongles–they’ve become our best and worst friends over the last few years. They allow our phones to be slimmer and more compact but they require us to carry another cable if we want to listen to music. And if we want to charge while we’re listening, well forget about that. Enter the
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REVIEW – Let’s talk audio. Not the hardware kind (I do many reviews of headphones and speakers), but software. A lot of speakers use what’s called built-in digital signal processing (DSP) to tweak the audio for that particular speaker. Stand-alone software can be used to tweak almost any speaker to the listener’s tastes—that’s the theory,
Sonarworks SoundID Personalized Sound Profile Review – your music, your sound, your way Read More
REVIEW – My large living room and TV with weak speakers makes for a poor entertainment experience. I’ve been thinking about getting a soundbar, so when the SAKOBS soundbar review offer came along, I thought I would try it first. What is it? The SAKOBS soundbar is a 16-inch wired and wireless soundbar. What’s in
SAKOBS 16-Inch 2.0 Soundbar Review Read More
NEWS – What’s the worst part of listening to personal audio? The wires? What if you’re wireless? Then, it could be clamping headphones or uncomfortable earbuds. What if you could listen to your audio – music, conferencing, GPS directions – whatever – all without anything in or around your ears? That’s precisely what the Israeli
Hear audio without wires or headphones with SoundBeamer 1.0 Read More