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Sonos acquires company focused on Bluetooth LE Audio tech for headphones

Enlarge / The Sonos One. (credit: Jeff Dunn) Sonos has acquired Bluetooth audio startup T2 Software, according to a new report in Protocol. The acquisition signals that Sonos is preparing to introduce new technologies and new products in the wireless audio space, potentially including its first pair of wireless headphones. Prior reports in Bloomberg and […]

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Our favorite set of noise-canceling headphones under $100 is on sale today

Enlarge / Anker’s Soundcore Life Q30 noise-canceling headphones. (credit: Jeff Dunn) It’s tough to find quality noise-canceling headphones for less than $100, but Anker’s Soundcore Life Q30 are one of the few budget-friendly sets we’ve tested that are worth your while. We named them a top budget-friendly pick in a recent guide to wireless noise-canceling […]

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Xbox Wireless Headset review: $99 set with engineering wins, first-gen stumbles

The Xbox Wireless Headset, available for Xbox consoles and Windows 10 PCs starting this week for $99. [credit: Sam Machkovech ] Tomorrow, March 16, Microsoft will launch its first official, Xbox-branded pair of headphones—a far leap beyond the cheapo, one-ear headsets packed into original Xbox 360 consoles. Headphone expectations have changed a lot since those […]

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Headphones without headphones—we test Lucyd Lyte Bluetooth sunglasses

The pair of Lucid Lyte we received as a review sample are unassuming, mildly reflective Wayfarer-style sunglasses. [credit: Jim Salter ] Lucyd Lyte is a pair of $150 sunglasses which includes speakers and mic suitable for use in making phone calls or listening to podcasts. This isn’t a category of device I was aware of […]

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$200 Puro Pro hybrid over-the-ear headphones are almost perfect

Puro Pro comes in an attractive bamboo box with brass clasp, reminiscent of a good cigar box. [credit: Jim Salter ] Last December, a representative for Puro Sound Labs offered me a review sample of the company’s flagship Bluetooth hybrid headphones. Her timing couldn’t have been better—I had surgery scheduled for January 8 that would […]

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iFixit tears down Apple’s $550 AirPods Max headphones

Removing the ear cups is actually not that hard. [credit: iFixit ] As is a custom at this point, online repair kit and tool vendor iFixit tore down one of the latest Apple products and assessed its repairability. In this case, the product is the ultra-expensive ($550) AirPods Max over-ear noise-canceling headphones. Most of the […]

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