Review by Rob P. The first thing I did with these speakers was to play them to a couple of musicians. Not just any musicians, mind. One of them was fresh offstage from playing the world-famous Manchester Apollo, while the other used to be a drummer in a popular indie…
Read MoreDavid Bowie was in so many ways the reason I am doing what I do today. It was his music that inspired me to take art – all art – seriously. It was his music that I would listen to on loop as I studied at school and university. One…
Read MoreDivoom’s range of Bluetooth speakers just keeps getting better. Back in 2013, we took a look at the Onbeat-200, a chunky, brick-like affair with reasonable sound quality. Next, there was the Voombox Travel, a chunky, grenade-shaped device which performed rather well. Today, it’s the turn of the Airbeat-10. This one…
Read MoreMany of the iHome products offer a variety of different accessories and options, but the iBN10 a much more streamlined, for better or worse. It is a speaker system that supports a handful of inputs and does so by providing loud, clear audio, but without a lot of extra frills.…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. The iHome iBN 180 seems to be trying to be a Swiss army knife. It has a lot of utility and a good number of options, but like a bard in Dungeons & Dragons, it does a lot of things adequately but few of them particularly…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. iPhones and iPads are great because they offer so much entertainment on the go. But boy are those speakers in them underwhelming. That’s not a problem when you’re out and about. That’s what headphones are for, after all. But what about just moving around the house?…
Read MoreReview by Rob P. There’s a growing sense of anticipation as you unbox the new Klipsch KMC-1 music center. It’s not from the packaging, which is unremarkable. It’s not from the user manual, which is little more than a scrap of paper. It’s the smell. The KMC-1 has the kind…
Read MoreReview by Rob P. What do you look for in an everyday Bluetooth speaker? Decent build quality? Definitely. Good value? Absolutely. Long battery life? Of course. Incredible sound? Whoa, hold on there for a minute. The fact is, great sound doesn’t come cheap. Bluetooth speakers do a good job of…
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