Best Home Theater Systems of 2024

Last Updated: October 5, 2023

It doesn't matter how large your TV screen is. If you don't have great sound, then you're only getting half the experience.

Review: SONOS Beam

Last Updated: October 18, 2018

Smart soundbars make sense to us. After all, soundbars are meant to be an easier, more compact alternative to full home theater surround sound, and so adding smart voice control is just the next step.

Review: Dodocool DA106

Last Updated: January 12, 2018

You might not think it while reading about the four- and occasional five-figure monsters on the site, but we absolutely love cheap here. If a piece of audio kit mixes low cost with decent components, we start getting very interested.

Cambridge Audio Melomania Touch Review: True Wireless Brilliance

Last Updated: January 1, 2021

Up until now, if we were to advise someone about the best true wireless earbuds (as in, earbuds that have no wires at all) we would have talked about Sony, Bose, Apple, maybe even Samsung. Now, we think we can add Cambridge Audio to that rarefied list.

Review: UE Roll 2

Last Updated: June 24, 2016

The tech we review is often classy, usually sleek, occasionally drop dead gorgeous. But very rarely does it invoke a sense of glee, or surprise. The UE Roll 2 does both, in spectacular fashion.

CanJam NYC 2018 - Day 2

Last Updated: February 18, 2018

Our show report for the second day of the amazing CanJam 2018 - the biggest headphone meetup of the them all, live from Times Square in New York City.

Review: Sony STR-DN1060

Last Updated: May 21, 2018

Sony’s A/V receivers have always been good, but they haven’t always managed to stand out against competition from the likes of Marantz, Onkyo, and Denon. With the STR-DN1060, and its subsequent iterations, they intended to change that.

Monoprice MM-3 Review

Last Updated: June 6, 2019

Despite what you may think, computer speakers are not the same as regular speakers. They’re designed to work in close proximity to the ears, and while this sounds easy, it’s often quite tricky to get right.

Review: Beats by Dre BeatsX

Last Updated: August 24, 2018

The BeatsX wireless earbuds have become stupidly popular. Despite the upsurge in true wireless headphones - in other words, ones without any cable at all - they've managed to sell extremely well.

Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 Review

Last Updated: October 19, 2023

The Noise Cancelling 700 Headphones are meant to be Bose’s secret weapon. They are the next salvo in the noise-canceling wars, one designed to take out Sony for good.

Alex Rosson: What the AUDEZE co-founder did next

Last Updated: August 29, 2019

It’s very rare that something in the headphone world truly surprises us. We like to think we have a good handle on what’s out there, and what’s coming...

CanJam NYC 2018 - Day 1

Last Updated: February 17, 2018

Our show report for the amazing CanJam 2018 - the biggest headphone meetup of the them all, live from Times Square in New York City.

Review: Marantz M-CR611

Last Updated: April 11, 2019

Introducing the Marantz M-CR611, a ‘network CD receiver’ that wants to be the centre of your home music system – but in a world of wireless speakers and Spotify, can it compete?

What are headphone companies doing about Apple?

Last Updated: September 14, 2016

When Apple announced it was dropping the 3.5mm headphone jack from its new iPhone 7, they may as well have said they were going to offer free ebola shots with each preorder...

Review: Modular Mod-1 Wireless

Last Updated: July 4, 2018

If you’ve never heard the name Modular, or Mod-1, we aren’t surprised. Until recently, we hadn’t either. But Modular has released a pair of wireless headphones that might just dethrone the uber-popular Beats by Dre Solo3 Wireless.
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