The start of the year always heralds a packed week in Las Vegas where the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) hits full swing. The 2016 edition is no different. We summarize all the latest in the portable music scene. Sports Jaybird - The Freedom Wireless and X3 Wireless earphones. What is new is that these 2 units will be app driven. Check out our...
CES 2016 - Jaybird signals its intent to dominate the wireless sports earphone market with the launch of 2 new products - The X3 Wireless and the Freedom Wireless, both running on Bluetooth 4.0. It appears Jaybird's product lifecycles are getting shorter given that its successful X2 was just released in Aug. 31 Oct 2016 - Jaybird X3 Wireless - Review 13 Sep...
Sony released a new audio product lineup called h.ear earlier in September 2015 of which the noise canceling h.ear in NC (MDR-EX750NA) earphones is one of. As Part 1 of the Noise Canceling Immersion series of articles, we dive in to see how this SGD 199 unit fares. Pros (+): Effective noise canceling; Trendy looking; Easy on the wallet. Cons (-): No volume controls; Overly...
We recently had the chance to test 3 really awesome noise-canceling earphones that hit our labs. So in a 3-part series, we will review the following units in the coming weeks: 1. Bang & Olufsen BeoPlay H3 ANC Taking the design cue from the BeoPlay H3, the 40g H3 ANC (SGD 379) sports the distinctive circular noise-canceling unit around the L-shaped plug. 2. Bose...
Kickstarter is a great place to check out what cool gadgets are being built. Earin is one such project. Conceptualized in June 2014, it currently has funding closed with more than 8000 backers that have pledged close to £1m to get it to succeed. They now have a working product and 22 Dec saw the launch of the product on Singapore shores. While...
