Sonos will not be resurrecting its old app to help users who have trouble with the new app. This is according to Sonos CEO Patrick Spence, who shared the news in a Reddit AMA (via The Verge). “Until very recently I’d been hopeful that we could re-release the old app …
Read More »Snag the Google Nest Audio smart speaker for 50% off and get SiriusXM for free
SAVE $50: The Google Nest Audio Smart Speaker is on sale for $49.99 at Best Buy, marked down from the normal price of $99.99. That’s a 50% discount that also comes with three free subscriptions. Opens in a new window Credit: Google Nest Google Nest Audio Smart Speaker $49.99 at …
Read More »The Sonos ‘Ultimate’ Home Theater System Needs a Lot of Elbow Grease
Just like no one wants to hear a restaurant reviewer complain about eating at high-end restaurants with his friends every night, no one really wants to listen to a gadget reviewer who can’t get a high-end home theater system to work. When I was assigned this piece, I could not …
Read More »Sonos Admits Its Recent App Update Was a Colossal Mistake
When setting up my Sonos home theater system, I had a persistent problem. I was trying to add a Sonos wireless subwoofer to my network, but according to Sonos' mobile app, the Sub was nowhere to be found. The app would throw a “Could not connect” message, or—even weirder—show me …
Read More »Connect Wireless Headphones to Your TV to Watch Movies and Shows in Peace
So you're deep into a late-night binge-watching session, and you want to finish off another episode or two. But there's a problem: You don't want to keep the rest of the household or your neighbors awake with the blare of the television set. Either you have to risk annoying other …
Read More »Sonos Wants to Get Off Your Shelf and Own Audio Everywhere
Sonos is at an impasse, and it’s mostly Apple's fault. When what is now the largest cell phone maker in the world forced headphones wireless by removing the jack from the iPhone, the writing was most definitely on the wall. Folks used to pile around a stereo, home theater, or …
Read More »An Iconic CD Changer Is Back to Challenge Streaming Fatigue
Today, Bang & Olufsen—the audio company that has made what we called “the prettiest gadgets in the world”—is rereleasing its iconic CD player, the Beosound 9000. If you were alive in the 1990s, you definitely saw this CD player standing in a place of honor, six discs and glass lid …
Read More »A First Look at Samsung’s 2024 TV Lineup
Spring is in the air, and that means the fresh crop of 2024 TVs are getting ready to make their way out of the lab and into living rooms. In anticipation, Samsung offered reviewers like me an early look at some of its biggest models ahead of official release, including …
Read More »Behold This Darth-Worthy Death Star Speaker
Hail the orb! High-end French audio hardware manufacturer Elipson has a brand-new Death Star-esque orboid speaker worthy of worrying any self-respecting Alderaanian. It is called the W35 Xi. At £699 ($876) it's a pricey boombox but not far off from similar speakers made by other premium audio companies. (It's even …
Read More »These Solid-State Drivers Bring the Future of Portable Sound to Your Headphones
In the world of audio, drivers aren’t people behind steering wheels, they’re the tiny objects that physically produce sound. These tiny speakers come in many forms, from piston-like dynamic drivers you’d recognize as miniature speaker cones to more advanced forms of, essentially, magnetically moving a diaphragm in the air to …
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