Dayton Audio’s $30 per pair B652 speaker has long been one of my favorite budget speakers, so now I’m pleased to report Dayton’s new DTA-2.1BT integrated amplifier is also a honey. Firstly because it sounds nice, secondly because its all-metal chassis is so darned small — just 1.4 by 5.25 by 5.2 inches — and …
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I never heard of M&O Electronics until a few days ago when I first sampled their MOOH-BE00BT Beryllium Acoustic Bluetooth headphones, and came away impressed by what I heard. I’ve only reviewed one other Bluetooth headphone, the $350 Sony MDR1000x, but that model is a far more sophisticated performer than the $129 MOOH-BE00BT. The M&O Electronics MOOH-BE00BT Beryllium Acoustic Bluetooth …
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I love my home-built desktop gaming PC, but I also long for the day I’ll be able to give it the boot. That’s why cloud gaming services such as Blade Shadow, launching today in California, have always intrigued me. They promise to make all my games and apps playable on any old laptop or even a phone, thanks to YouTube-like …
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Are you guys ready for the first Apple Byte giveaway of the year? We are kicking things off with the Apple HomePod, the first smart speaker from Apple. It finally went on sale after a tumultuous prologue that started back in 2016. With an 8.0 overall rating, the bottom line of our review says “Apple’s HomePod won’t slay Amazon Alexa …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Can they explode? Sarah Tew/CNET We’re quite used to tales of phones exploding. Lithium ion batteries can be volatile. After all, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 was withdrawn — twice — because too many of them kept blowing up. A man from Tampa, …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Yeah, it’s… a monitor. I’m so ashamed. Asus Today is a dry, dry, dry day for deals, my …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! CyberLink Anyone can shoot video. But editing? That’s a skill — some would say an art. And like …
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In anticipation of next Friday’s release of the Apple HomePod speaker, Apple has updated some of the tech specs listed for the product on its website. The list of “Audio Sources” confirms that the HomePod sits very comfortably inside Apple’s walled garden of apps and services, and isn’t as friendly to outside sources as other smart home speakers. Apple lists …
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DTS’ Play-Fi whole-house audio system is now capable of TV audio streaming with synchronized video on select products, the company announced on Tuesday. Play-Fi has had the ability to stream audio from a 3.5mm-connected device for many years, but this is the first time we’ve been able to adjust lip-sync within the app. Previously there was a significant lag between …
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It’s go time. You can now preorder the Apple HomePod. (Here’s how to do it.) The company’s inaugural smart speaker will hit store shelves on Feb. 9 in the US, UK and Australia. The release will conclude the HomePod’s tumultuous prologue, which started with rumors of a standalone Siri-powered speaker in 2016. In 2017, Apple confirmed its existence at its Worldwide Developers Conference — …
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