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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.
Price: 4/5 Sound quality: 4/5 Design:4.5/5 Connectivity: 4/5 Features:4.5/5 Overall score: 4/5 Best for:Small spaces, beaches, and travel
Apple announced the new HomePod Mini 2 last week, with several standout capabilities: It enables a four-speaker home theater configuration when paired with the fourth-gen Apple TV 4K, allows up to two speakers to be the default audio output for compatible Macs, has a dynamic RGB light display, and can lock the speaker’s touch control…
Price:3/5 Sound quality:4.5/5 Design:4/5 Features:3/5 Overall score:3.5/5 Best for:Space-conscious music lovers
Price:4/5 Sound quality:4.5/5 Design:5/5 Connectivity:4/5 Features:4.5/5 Overall score:4.5/5 Best for:Portable party hosts and musicians
The new Google Home Speaker has an issue where it downloads hundreds of gigabytes of data in the background for some owners.
Google is testing a big firmware update for the Google Home, Home Mini, Nest Mini, and Nest Audio.
Surprisingly, CMF (nor its sister brand Nothing) has only now tried its hand at portable speakers. Naturally, it had to do it differently and the result is two different speaker options, both shaped like cute, vivid milk cartons.
Apple’s HomePod Mini 2 is here, and after a six-year hiatus, the company’s smallest home speaker has more features than ever. The HomePod Mini 2 features several upgrades to its internal connectivity tech, enabling new capabilities, including Siri AI, surround sound with Apple TV 4K, and an LED lighting experience that complements its audio output.