David Carnoy

Shure’s new AirPods competitor will get promo boost from Adam Levine

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Shure is a well-known audio brand among musicians and audiophiles, but it kind of missed the boat on consumer wireless headphones. Better late than never, it’s now launched a set of true wireless earbuds and a …

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Klipsch guns for AirPods Pro with 4 new true wireless headphones for 2020

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Klipsch is going all-in on true-wireless headphones after the debut of its T5 True Wireless in 2019. Coming later this year, we’ll see four new models: the T5 II True Wireless ($199), T5 True Wireless Sport ($229), T5 True Wireless ANC …

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Best last

If you’re looking for a last-minute gift for yourself or the audiophiles in your life, all kinds of headphone styles, from true-wireless earbuds to noise-canceling headphones, are still on sale a few days before Christmas, including discounts on big brands like Jabra, JBL, Sony, Sennheiser and Bose. If you’ve been considering buying a pair of Beats, AirPods or Samsung Galaxy Buds, …

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Best Bose holiday sales in 2019: Discounts on speakers and headphones

Bose is a good company to consider when looking for last-minute gifts for the music junkies on your list. While this year’s Bose holiday sales didn’t exactly bring out the biggest discounts, a number of deals are still worth highlighting, whether you’re buying for yourself or others. Bose SoundLink Micro wireless speaker is $30 off Bose’s SoundLink Micro, one of …

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Fitbit Versa 2 returns to Cyber Monday low of $130 at Amazon, Best Buy and Walmart

For Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the Fitbit Versa 2 was selling for $150, or $50 off its list price of $200. We thought that was a good deal for this Editors’ Choice award-winning hybrid fitness tracker and smartwatch. But now it’s down to $130, or $70 off at various retailers, including Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart and Fitbit’s own site. Needless …

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Black Friday TV deal: TCL’s 55

We saw this deal back in October and now it’s returned for Black Friday. TCL’s 55-inch 2018 6-Series 4K TV with HDR and Roku TV is usually $500, but for a limited time Best Buy is selling it for $400. That’s $200 less than what the new 2019 model costs right now. In another great deal, Amazon and Best Buy have …

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Amazon has Sony PlayStation Plus 12

Editor’s Note: Alas, this deal is no longer available. Amazon listed it as “currently unavailable” shortly after this post went up. If you’re looking to renew your Sony PlayStation Plus membership or just buy one for the first time, Amazon is selling a digital code for a 12-month membership for $24.88 — or $35.11 off the normal list price of …

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24 hours with AirPods Pro, hands

Apple just released a new set of AirPods this week called the AirPods Pro. Read our in-depth AirPods Pro review here. At a price of $249 (£249, AU$399), the newest wireless earbuds deliver two new and long-anticipated features: active noise-cancellation and a noise-isolating design. The new AirPods’ noise-canceling mode is supposed to electronically block external noise — and it works, …

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The new Beats Solo Pro could be the best Beats headphone yet

Truth be told, I haven’t been a big fan of Beats’ line of Solo headphones — despite Beats’ claim that they’re the best-selling headphones in the world, with around 30 million sold in their various incarnations. Although the Solo3 Wireless, first released in 2016, was good for an on-ear model, I prefer over-ear designs and thought the Solo3’s $300 price …

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Google’s Pixel Buds 2 take on AirPods, but with a sleeker design that seals out ambient sound

Google has a new set of true wireless earbuds to compete with Apple’s AirPods, but you’ll have to wait a while to get your hands on them. The company’s new Pixel Buds — or Pixel Buds 2, as some are calling them — are scheduled to ship next spring (2020), Google announced Tuesday at its 2019 Made by Google event …

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