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The Samsung Xpress C460FW on the operating table.

I dismantled my 8-year-old printer to replace a tiny piece of rubber — and it was so worth it

When my 2015 Samsung laser printer stopped working, I turned to YouTube for the fix.
Front view of Simon Cohen wearing the Ultimate Ears Premier wired IEMs.

How $3,000 earbuds almost ruined music for me

Ultimate Ears Pro has packed a total of 42 drivers into the UE Premier and slapped a $3,000 price on these wild IEMs. Can they possibly be worth the money?
Ultimate Ears UE Pro UE Premiere 21-driver IEMs.

Ultimate Ears somehow managed to jam 21 drivers into these in-ear monitors

The UE Pro Premiere are packed with an unbelievable 21 drivers per earbud, for what might be the ultimate sound.
Earfun EH100 hi-res audio wired IEMs.

Earfun makes hi-res audio more accessible with affordable earbuds and DAC

Earfun has launched its first two affordable, wired hi-res audio products -- the EH100 wired IEMs, and the EA100 headphone DAC/amp.
A Pioneer Xumo TV from Best Buy.

Best Buy expands its affordable Xumo TV lineup with Pioneer-branded models

Best Buy expands its exclusive relationship with Xumo TV by adding Pioneer-branded models to its affordable TV lineup.
Sony Bravia A75L OLED 4K TV.

Sony’s A75L is its most affordable 4K OLED TV so far

You'll soon be able to buy Sony's Bravia A75L OLED 4K TV, which lowers the entry price of a Sony OLED TV by up to $500.
LG M3 Wireless OLED review

New LG TVs could stop working with over-the-air broadcasts by 2027

The future of NextGen TV hits an unexpected speed bump as LG threatens to walk away from ATSC 3.0 in its 2024 TVs.
Tivoli Audio SongBook Max in green.

Tivoli Audio reimagines its SongBook as two retro-style boomboxes

The Tivoli Audio SongBook is back, but it looks nothing like the original clock radio from 2004. The SongBook and SongBook Max are powerful Bluetooth portables.
Sony LinkBuds S x Olivia Rodrigo worn by the singer.

Olivia Rodrigo’s latest collaboration is a set of limited-edition Sony LinkBuds S

The Sony LinkBuds S x Olivia Rodrigo are a limited-edition set of Sony's wireless earbuds in the singer's favorite color.
Vizio Quantum 4K QLED Smart TV.

Vizio’s new Quantum 4K QLED TVs hit 75 inches for $699

Vizio's back with two new 4K QLED TVs that offer tons of features and big-screen sizes for very competitive prices.
Klipsch The Three Plus tabletop wireless speaker.

New Klipsch tabletop wireless speakers are a more affordable, capable take on mid-century modern

Klipsch's new The One and The Three Plus tabletop wireless speakers evolve the company's mid-century modern style, with better support for digital audio.
Bose Smart Ultra Soundbar in white.

Bose’s new flagship Dolby Atmos soundbar brings AI smarts to the dialogue problem

The Bose Smart Ultra Soundbar is the company's latest Dolby Atmos speaker with the addition of machine learning-based enhancements to on-screen speech.
Remote controls from Google, Amazon, Apple and Roku.

TV dialogue is getting harder to understand. This change could help.

It seems that dialogue is getting harder and harder to understand. Shouldn't our access to subtitles be getting easier? This one change could make it so.
Amazon Fire TV Soundbar.

Amazon debuts its first Fire TV soundbar and faster Fire TV sticks

Amazon has refreshed its two 4K Fire TV Stick models and released the first soundbar designed for Fire TV devices.
Man wearing Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones in white.

Bose revamps QuietComfort headphones and earbuds with lossless, hi-res, and spatial audio

Bose has revamped its entire lineup of QuietComfort wireless headphones and earbuds with spatial audio, better battery life, and new designs.
Anker Soundcore Motion 300 in black.

Soundcore’s new Motion speakers are tough little portables with hi-res sound

Anker Soundcore has added to its Motion family of Bluetooth speakers with the rugged, portable and affordable Motion 100 and Motion 300 speakers.
The Tivoli Audio Model Two Digital in white.

Tivoli Audio’s Model Two Digital speaker abandons terrestrial radio

Tivoli Audio's Model Two Digital is a wireless-only tabletop speaker that can be oriented horizontally or vertically.
A Zorloo Ztella MQA USB DAC plugged into a Google Pixel 7 Pro, showing the MQA logo and a magenta LED light.

The Canadian company that owns NAD and Bluesound now owns MQA

Lenbrook, the Canadian owner of Bluesound, NAD, and PSB Speakers, has acquired MQA, settling short-term fears about the British audio company's prospects.
A Zorloo Ztella MQA USB DAC plugged into a Google Pixel 7 Pro, showing the MQA logo and a magenta LED light.

What is MQA? The controversial digital audio format fully explained

Is MQA the best thing since the CD, or is it a proprietary format that fails to deliver on its promises? Here's everything you need to know.
Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar Mini - Dolby Atmos indicator.

Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar Mini review: Dolby Atmos for your bedroom

The Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar Mini has impressive virtual Dolby Atmos, but its high price, middling bass response, and lack of expansion options give us pause.
Sonos Move outdoors on a picnic bench.

Sonos Move review: Great outdoors

Sonos' first Bluetooth speaker was made for life outdoors, and can power a pool party single-handedly. But is it worth the investment? Here's our full review.
Apple AirPods Pro with USB-C.

Apple has upgraded the AirPods Pro with lossless audio, sort of

The AirPods Pro are not only getting a USB-C connection, but they're also going to be the first wireless earbuds to support better-than-CD lossless audio.
The Samsung QN90C ron a media stand with white speakers.

Mini-LED vs. QLED TV: how one technology is improving the other

QLED TVs offer the best picture quality until you compare them to OLED TVs. But mini-LED technology might change that while also bringing prices down.
100-inch Hisense U8K 4K mini-LED TV.

Hisense just debuted the world’s largest mini-LED TV at 100 inches

Hisense's 100-inch U8K is the world's largest mini-LED 4K TV and yet at $10,000, it's far from the most expensive big-screen TV you can buy.
Bang & Olufsen Beolab 8 top touch controls.

B&O’s Beolab 8 wireless speaker uses AirTag tech to track you

The Bang & Olufsen Beolab 8 is a stunning, all-aluminum wireless speaker with some seriously advanced tech.
McIntosh PS2K subwoofer.

McIntosh’s bonkers subwoofer stands over six feet tall and weighs as much as a motorcycle

The McIntosh PS2K is a towering collection of four 13-inch drivers powered by 2,000 watts of class D amplification.
Samsung 98-inch QN990C Neo QLED 8K TV.

Samsung’s biggest Neo QLED 8K TV comes with an equally huge price

Samsung's wild, 98-inch Neo QLED QN990C 8K TV rings in at an eye-watering $40,000.
Tidal's beta app for iOS showing a track in FLAC format.

Tidal will finally let you see which hi-res tracks are FLAC versus MQA

After an awkward debut of the FLAC format on Tidal's Hi-Fi Plus subscription tier, the service now lets you see which tracks use FLAC and which use MQA.
Ultimate Ears Epicboom in two color options.

UE’s Epicboom is a powerful, portable, pool-proof speaker

Ultimate Ears' Epicboom will float in a pool and can provide powerful, 360-degree sound.
A Marantz 2270 receiver.

You’ve got 70 days to trade your old Marantz components for discounted new ones

Marantz is giving owners of its older products 70 days to take them into a dealer for evaluation, and a possible discount on the purchase of new Marantz gear.
Epson EpiqVision Ultra LS650.

Epson’s EpiqVision Ultra LS650 is a new option for fans of UST laser projectors

Epson's new EpiqVision Ultra LS650 is an ultra short throw laser projector with a built-in Yamaha sound system and 3,600 lumens of brightness.
Jabra Elite 10 earbuds in front of case.

Jabra Elite 10 review: great comfort and spatial sound

Jabra's Elite 10 are its most comfortable and best-sounding wireless earbuds, and they do spatial audio too. Does that justify their price?
JLab JBuds Mini seen with keys, next to an iPhone.

JLab’s tiny JBuds Mini wireless earbuds are the smallest we’ve ever seen

They may not be the smallest wireless earbuds in the world, but JLab's JBuds Mini are the smallest the company has ever made, and the smallest we've ever seen.
Jabra Elite 10.

Jabra’s latest wireless earbuds have Dolby spatial audio

Jabra has two new wireless earbuds -- the Elite 10 and the new sports-oriented Elite 8 Active. They're both very rugged and support Dolby spatial audio.
Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar Mini.

Sennheiser’s Ambeo Soundbar Mini is a pricey, bedroom-sized Dolby Atmos speaker

Sennheiser's new Ambeo Soundbar Mini is the company's smallest soundbar, but with no up-firing drivers and an $800 price tag, it will need to sound amazing.
JBL Authentics 300.

JBL’s retro-style wireless speakers could spark serious envy among Sonos fans

JBL's Authentics are wireless multiroom smart speakers that target Sonos in terms of features and price, but the Authentics can do one thing that Sonos can't.
Samsung 85-inch Terrace Full Sun Neo QLED 4K TV.

Samsung scales its Terrace outdoor TV to 85 inches with mini-LEDs

The Samsung 85-inch Terrace Full Sun Neo QLED 4K TV is the company's biggest and brightest outdoor TV so far.
A diagram showing how Dolby Atmos FlexConnect combines wireless speakers with a TV's sound system.

Dolby Atmos FlexConnect could eliminate home theater soundbars and HDMI cables

New tech from Dolby Labs called Dolby Atmos FlexConnect is going to make TVs, not soundbars or AV receivers, the central unit in a fully wireless home theater.