Tag: bluetooth

  • If You Don’t Need Noise Cancelling, Edifier’s Stax Spirit S5 Are Perfect Headphones

    If You Don’t Need Noise Cancelling, Edifier’s Stax Spirit S5 Are Perfect Headphones

    Sports cars tend to be less common, and more aspirational, than SUVs or people-carriers. Headphones with planar magnetic drivers tend to be less common, and more aspirational, than headphones with dynamic drivers. In some ways, the reasons for this are very similar. Planar magnetic drivers, which use thin pieces of metal held between magnets—are a…

  • Review: Sonos Ace

    Review: Sonos Ace

    As soon as you want to hear the same music in multiple rooms, you understand why so many people love Sonos. When it comes to set-it and-forget-it multiroom audio, the company makes the hardware and software experience easier than anyone. From speakers to soundbars (and even turntables and networked amps), Sonos has taken over the…

  • Our Favorite Mechanical Keyboard Got a Much Smaller Cousin

    Our Favorite Mechanical Keyboard Got a Much Smaller Cousin

    There’s an elegance to efficiency. Doing as much as possible with as few resources as you can requires coming up with clever solutions that you might not have otherwise needed. That’s part of what makes Logitech’s G Pro X 60 keyboard so impressive. It’s a 60 percent variant of our top keyboard pick but manages…

  • Skullcandy’s Kilo Is a No-Frills Shower-Friendly Speaker

    Skullcandy’s Kilo Is a No-Frills Shower-Friendly Speaker

    Bluetooth speakers have become so ubiquitous and affordable that you no longer need to rely on one or even two speakers to meet all your mobile audio needs. These days, there’s a Bluetooth speaker for nearly any use case, from boom boxes to power your backyard barbecue to ultra-portable models. Plus, the ever-important shower speaker…

  • The Best Bluetooth Speakers to Take Your Tunes Anywhere

    The Best Bluetooth Speakers to Take Your Tunes Anywhere

    The best Bluetooth speakers still have a place near and dear to our hearts, even as we’ve seen better (and more portable) smart speakers creeping into the universe. It’s fun and easy to ask an Amazon Echo or Google Nest speaker to play your favorite track or tell you the weather, but smart speakers require…