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Clip-on (or cuff-style) examples in our best open earbuds guide once felt like a niche trend alongside the more sensible shape — the one that arcs behind your ear. But these ear cuff-esque offerings may now be the next major personal audio craze.

Physical media is officially back; just look to the fact that we’re covering new turntables, cassette players and CD players every week. And sometimes there are options that marry all three, then allow you to put it all vertically on your wall. OK, most of the new propositions are affordable and often portable, but high-end…

I’ve long been a fan of Sonos and its approach to home audio. My apartment is already filled with the company’s speakers, including two home theater systems for movies and TV, and a couple of stereo pairs for music. And while the ability to group speakers and play whatever I want, wherever I want, is…

The world is not short of little DAC/headphone amps that want to bring a taste of authentic audio quality to your desktop experience — and here’s another one. The Topping DX1 II is a thorough update of a previous (and very competitive) in the Chinese brand’s stable, and it makes a strong case for itself…

As oxymoronic as it sounds, even cheap soundbars are expensive. Flagship soundbars? Oof, don’t look at the price tag if you’re already feeling a bit weepy, because you won’t like it. “How many zeros? That has to be a typo, right?”

It’s taken Fyne Audio less than a decade to establish itself as a deeply credible manufacturer of passive loudspeakers at a wide range of prices. The Cubitt 5, though, represents its first pair of active speakers — and they’ve got some serious competition to overcome.

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Grado’s Signature range has a new pair of headphones, and for an audio brand that’s usually associated with premium-priced efforts, the Signature S150 strike an affordable asking price.

Refurbished tech often goes overlooked, but it’s always worth shopping when top tech brands offer marked-down prices on as-new devices. Seriously, if they didn’t tell you up front that these devices are refurbished — pre-owned and restored to box-fresh condition — you’d never know the difference.

Sony’s Integrated Processor V1 and Dual Noise Sensor technology drive the noise cancelling on the WH-CH720N, now down to $88.