Sennheiser’s excellent Momentum True Wireless 2 earbuds started out at $300, but for the last several months have been selling for $250 and more recently drifted down to around $225 on Amazon. Now they’ve hit $200, which is their lowest price to date. The discount could mean their sales have slowed due to fiercer true-wireless …
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Olive Pro earbuds look like AirPods Pro but have bionic hearing powers
In the last couple of years there’s been a lot of talk about smart hearable devices that aren’t medically certified hearings aids but are designed to be hearing amplifiers. Last year Olive Union released a single Smart Ear earbud that helped people hear better, and now it’s following that up with a set of stereo true wireless earbuds. The Olive Pro combines …
Read More »Save $41 on the Razer Kishi phone controller for Android
If you’re looking to play games on your phone, adding a wraparound game controller like the Razer Kishi makes the experience a whole lot more like playing a Nintendo Switch. The Razer Kishi for Android usually sells for $100, but is now on sale for $59, which is the lowest price we’ve seen. The Kishi deal coincides with the Intel Gamers …
Read More »JBL has a slew of new headphones and earbuds coming along with the Flip 6 speaker
Samsung-owned JBL typically announces a bunch of new products at the IFA trade show in Berlin, and this year is no exception, even if the show is virtual once again. JBL’s popular Flip Bluetooth speaker is getting an upgrade to the sixth-generation Flip 6, but most of the other new products are all headphones, with a heavy emphasis on true-wireless …
Read More »Qualcomm debuts lossless Bluetooth audio streaming with aptX Lossless
As any audiophile can tell you, Bluetooth audio technology is all about compression. It’s much better compression than it was in the early days — when Bluetooth speakers and headphones were unforgivably tinny and thin — but in order to go wireless, Bluetooth technology was all about squeezing as much sound into as little bandwidth as possible, quality be damned. …
Read More »Jabra debuts Elite 3, Elite 7 Active, Elite 7 Pro Active earbuds starting at $80
Jabra Elite earbuds and headphones have always used double digits in their names, but Jabra is going more minimalist with the release of its new single-digit Elite 3, Elite 7 Active and Elite 7 Pro earbuds, which look different from their Elite 75t and Elite 85t predecessors. While the higher-end Elite 7 Active ($180, £170, AU$279) and Elite 7 Pro …
Read More »Joby adds nifty MagSafe accessories to its iPhone tripod line
Apple’s MagSafe feature allows you to add magnetized accessories to the back of your iPhone 12 or MagSafe-enabled case. Several MagSafe accessories have hit the market in recent months, but only some, like the new Joby GripTight system for MagSafe, are truly useful. Joby makes bendable tripods for cameras and smartphones and its products are a staple of vloggers and …
Read More »Tuesday deal: Kindle Paperwhite returns to $71, its lowest price ever
If you missed Amazon’s one-day sale on the Kindle Paperwhite last Sunday, we have good news for you: It’s back. The twist is that the all-time low price of $71 is now available at Best Buy. That’s $59 less than what you’d pay for the Paperwhite at Amazon itself right now. It’s also $19 less than the step-down entry-level Kindle, and $9 lower …
Read More »Bose QuietComfort 45 headphones add improved noise canceling, voice calling for $330
Rumored to be coming soon since July, Bose’s QuietComfort 45 headphones have now been officially unveiled. According to Bose, the QC 45s deliver better noise-canceling and voice-calling performance and add a transparency mode along with multipoint Bluetooth support. That last option allows you to pair the headphones with your PC and smartphone simultaneously, making them a more appealing option for …
Read More »Get Tribit’s top AirPods alternative for $49
Some of Tribit’s 2020 true-wireless earbuds were decent for the money, but none of them truly stood out from the pack. Its new FlyBuds C1, however, are very solid as far as inexpensive true-wireless earbuds go. Not only do they sound really good for their modest price, with good clarity and strong, punchy bass, but for call quality they measure up …
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