Category Archives: music players/speakers

20 Awesome Things We Saw at the IFA Tech Show

Posted on 20 September 2019 by Stewart Wolpin

IFA, Europe’s biggest consumer electronics show, is always a hotbed of new products introductions. This year’s show was especially rich in innovative, unique, and even eye brow-raising new gear. After walkiing the two-dozen-plus buildings that house IFA on the Messe … Continue reading →

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Personalized sound for every concert goer: Today Aerosmith, tomorrow at a venue near you

Posted on 13 September 2019 by Stewart Wolpin

Imagine perfect sound quality at every live show. Dream on, you say? It’s real: THX and Mixhalo are democratizing live audio so Steven Tyler’s screeching vocals will follow you around — and every seat in the house will be the … Continue reading →

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GfK: Overall Consumer Tech Business Will Be Flat Or Down In 2019

Posted on 6 September 2019 by Stewart Wolpin

Political uncertainty, trade wars and regional economic worries are shaking consumer confidence, and TV prices continue a precipitous decline. These and other factors will combine to produce an overall slightly down year in overall consumer technology sales, according to market research company … Continue reading →

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IFA 2019: Top 11 smart home gadgets from Berlin

Posted on 6 September 2019 by Stewart Wolpin

IFA’s annual event in Berlin is where Europe goes to find the smartest of devices for the coming year. Walking the show, we found brands are focused on wireless — both in terms of connections and power.  Since our visit to … Continue reading →

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Amazon Bows FireTV-Enabled Soundbar, 2d Gen Cube, 65-inch 4K TV

Posted on 5 September 2019 by Stewart Wolpin

Amazon continues to expand its lineup of Fire TV-enabled devices with three new offerings, all of which are available for pre-sale immediately with availability later this fall: the Nebula Fire TV soundbar, a second-generation Fire TV Cube and a 65-inch Fire … Continue reading →

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THX and Mixhalo Deliver Better Sound at Live Concerts

Posted on 21 August 2019 by Stewart Wolpin

No one goes to a big-name concert in an arena or stadium to listen to music. We go to experience the music. We accept this concert listening versus experiential listening trade-off because we know our seats won’t be exactly front-and-center, that it’s taking place … Continue reading →

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Flashback 1979: Sony’s Iconic Walkman Is Born

Posted on 1 July 2019 by Stewart Wolpin

Forty years ago today Sony introduced a portable cassette player that would forever change the way the world experienced music on-the-go. That player, of course, is the iconic Walkman. Read the rest of this history story here at Sound & … Continue reading →

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How Will Apple OS Upgrades Impact Industry?

Posted on 4 June 2019 by Stewart Wolpin

As usual for its annual June World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple dumped a massive number of function and feature upgrades for its collection of operating systems for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch and Apple TV. But what impact with this … Continue reading →

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Apple AirPods 2 Review: Is it worth upgrading or not?

Posted on 12 April 2019 by Stewart Wolpin

Do you own Apple’s wildly popular AirPods true wireless Bluetooth buds? If you do, you are now on the horns of an upgrade dilemma: do you step-up to the company’s second generation AirPods 2 ($199)? At first glance, Apple’s AirPods augmentations … Continue reading →

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True Wireless Earbuds: AirPods and Alternatives

Posted on 10 April 2019 by Stewart Wolpin

You may be excused if you thought that Apple’s AirPods are the first and only so-called “true wireless” earphones—completely cordless in-ear “buds” that connect both with each other and to your smartphone via Bluetooth—since their distinctive white sticks seem to … Continue reading →

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