Category: Audio Gear

PaMu Headphones offer good quality sound, a comfortable fit, and long playtime with quick recharging for a reasonable price.

Vintage suitcase record players don’t get much more collectible (or cute) than Crosley’s new Mini Cruiser portable record player.

What’s not to love about a wooden record crate emblazoned with The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine?

Wireless earbuds that offer incredible sound thanks to a hybrid dual-driver design, plus up to 20 hour battery life, active noise cancellation, and IPX5 water resistance—for under $150.

The Sony XB72 EXTRA BASS High Powered Audio System does a pretty amazing job of recreating a club experience in your home, with high energy music, a programmable light show, and DJ effects.

The follow up to the well-known Blue Yeti, the Blue Yeti X microphone gets an updated look, four polar pickup patterns, customizable LED meter lights, and support for Blue VO!CE vocal effects audio software.

If you’re going to be stuck indoors and listening to music for entertainment, you could do a lot worse than to listen using Dali’s new IO-6 wireless headphones with ANC.

Good news if you’re looking for a big, powerful, and reasonably rugged Bluetooth speaker.

Jabra’s Elite Active 75t true wireless earbuds are a big leap forward with Bluetooth 5.0, stellar battery life, and a much-improved charge case.

Working from home and trying to focus with kids, pets, and TVs making noise in the background? Sony’s 1000X M3 Bluetooth noise-canceling headphones offer solid music listening performance and plenty of high tech tricks, but their advanced ANC can also deliver near silence to help you concentrate.

Ultimate Ears HYPERBOOM is the companies biggest, loudest, and best-sounding portable speaker yet.

House of Marley’s Exodus ANC wireless headphones offer active noise cancellation, thundering bass, up to 80-hour battery life, and a unique design featuring sustainable materials, including FSC-certified wood and stainless steel, for under $250.

Jaybird VISTA true wireless earbuds meet U.S. Military MIL-STD 810G standard for ruggedness, and now they’re available in a special edition Planetary Green.

Philips releases an unassuming yet powerful and clear noise-canceling headset, the PH-805, to the market for sound enthusiasts.

Edifier’s S2000Pro powered Bluetooth bookshelf speakers offer a premium look and the high-quality sound that would make them ideal as the anchor of a capable, compact home stereo system. They can also provide a big upgrade to your computer, TV, or gaming audio.

The +RECORD PLAYER is a modern take on a premium, all-in-one compact stereo system built around a Pro-Ject turntable.

Helm’s True Wireless 5.0 Headphones show what the next wave of true wireless earbuds with Bluetooth 5.0 is capable of, including improved audio, longer battery life, and greater range.

If you want a rugged, waterproof speaker that sounds great, take a look at the DemerBox DB2.

The modular construction of AIAIAI’s high-end headphones allows for extraordinary customization and opportunities for upgrading. And the sound quality is superb.

Como Audio’s latest release isn’t a wireless speaker; it’s another product bound to appeal to music fans who appreciate retro vibes: the Como Audio Turntable.

The new House of Marley Stir It Up wireless turntable adds Bluetooth connectivity to an attractive package that includes an Audio Technica stylus and a CNC-machined bamboo plinth.

Shortly after Record Store Day 2019, I posted about the Crosley RSD3, a miniature belt-drive turntable that plays only 3-inch records. Defying the odds, the unusual vinyl format remains active.

A solid upgrade to the original, the Ultimate Ears WONDERBOOM 2 is probably the best value out there for a rugged, waterproof, ultra-compact, portable wireless speaker.