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Bluetooth speakers seem to be a dime a dozen on the market these days, and some are better than others. Braven tends to rank up there among the better quality ones available. The company produces a range which even includes water-resistant models that are ideal for outdoor use. But what about filling the inside of your home with sound? That
Kingston have long been a brand of choice for gaming professionals, expecially when overclocking the HyperX range of memory modules to within a megahertz of their life. Not content with the inside of the PC, Kingston has put the performance brand on the outside with the HyperX Cloud headset. Sensibly they've not tried to start from scratch but partnered with
I was watching an ABBA retrospective on BBC4 last night and to my surprise, there was Benny and Bjorn wearing Sennheiser HD414s in the recording studio. Lest anyone think that I'm a complete Sennheiser nerd, the HD414s have bright yellow earpads and are very recognisable. With the trip down memory lane complete, let's take a look and a listen to
These days many of us have a 5.1 system set up in our homes, consisting of a center channel, two front and two rear speakers, along with a sub-woofer. Some folks go the extra mile to implement 7.1, which most modern A/V receivers are capable of handling. But what about 9.1 built into a wireless headphone set? That's what Sony
Don and Todd get a demo of Auro 3D's immersive sound experience which until recently was only available in movie theatres. The newly launched consumer version of the Auro 3D audio system adds a height component into the sound mix, giving the equivalent of 9.1 sound. Coming from a digital cinema background with over 150 theatres already using the system,
The mp3 digital music format has liberated music in a way that would be totally unthinkable to a previous generation. The Walkman made music portable and the CD digitised music but the revolution came as the mp3 format compressed music to fit into a fraction of its true size. Instead of music collections stretching from floor to ceiling, they could fit into
Sennheiser are usually my headphone manufacturer of choice when it comes to music, so I'm always interested in the latest news from the German team. To be honest, it's not massive news but when the headphones look as good as these, who cares? For CES, Sennheiser have updated their "minimalist urban" headphones, the Momentum On-Ear with three new colours; high-gloss black,