The excellent Bose QuietComfort Earbuds are back down to their Black Friday price

The Bose QuietComfort Earbuds are a great pair of earbuds that just got even cheaper thanks to this Amazon deal.

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Garmin has just launched super-elite hi-fi gear, through its sub-brand that’s best-known for its maritime sound systems — and the stereo speakers are priced (perhaps appropriately) like a pair of Bowers & Wilkins’ Nautilus

Garmin has unveiled some hi-fi speakers through its JL Audio brand, including a streamer, loudspeakers and floor speakers.
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Bose releases new ‘Ultra’ Dolby Atmos soundbar and wireless speaker range, with a serious subwoofer option — and this lineup has Sonos right in its crosshairs

Bose’s Lifestyle Collection features a new flagship soundbar and multi-room compatibility — including with other firms’ speakers
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Spotify could be set to launch two new features, and one could solve a big pain point for lossless fans — but the other is something no one is asking for

Spotify could be solving a big lossless pain point for offline downloads, and playback speed control could be coming to music.
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Is Sony teasing its ultra-premium AirPods Max 2 rival? It looks a lot like it, as F1 star gets spotted wearing the super-chic cans, two weeks before tipped launch — and Sony itself is drawing attention to the suspiciously high-quality photos

Sony’s WH-1000XX The ColleXion has been spotted adorning the ears of Damson Idris, in what appears to me to be an early tease of the super-premium cans
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This beautiful hand-made floor-standing speaker ain’t cheap, but I can’t take my eyes off it and I haven’t even heard it yet

The R 5 Arreté from Audiovector looks incredible, and should sound it too, even though it’s far from cheap.

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“An enormous cityscape of stackable guava-colored boxes” — I compared a dozen $10 IKEA speakers to one $120 JBL speaker to see whether sheer numbers are a substitute for better sound engineering

I cobbled together a constellation of 12 $10 Ikea speakers to see how they compared to a single $120 JBL one.

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Apple Music is my audio streaming service of choice — and now you can get 3 months for just AU$2 for a limited time

Gain instant access to over 100 million songs, Dolby Atmos music and a plethora of exclusive albums and playlists for less than AU$2.
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‘We pride ourselves on human curation’: Vocana is an indie music service determined to challenge Spotify’s payment system — I spoke with the platform’s President about the company’s inception, and how it’s planning to fix music streaming

Vocana is a US indie streaming platform ready to challenge Spotify’s payment system and algorithm.

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‘When I compare it to Spotify Lossless, Apple Music is the clear winner’: I signed up to Apple Music again, and this time it’s all about spatial audio — these are 5 Dolby Atmos-supported albums I think are perfect for new subscribers

Just got Apple Music? I think you should stream these Dolby Atmos-supported albums to kick-start your membership.

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