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ReviewsHeadphonesBluetoothAmazon’s New Echo Buds Are Annoyingly Good for the Price
Amazon is trying its hand at earbuds again after stumbling out of the gate with its first pair of Echo Buds in 2019. The improvements, I’m mildly irritated to say, are good. Amazon’s hardware is all over the place: Its Kindle lineup is excellent but still sports microUSB ports, its smart displays are very good … Continued
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ReviewsHeadphonesBluetoothJabra Changed How Noise-Canceling Headphones Work, and I Like It
It was exciting when Jabra announced its latest Bluetooth headphones at CES earlier this year. The $300 Jabra Elite 85h look like a beefed-up version of the company’s well-reviewed Move wireless headphones, and inside there’s an intriguing surprise: artificially intelligent noise-canceling technology that learns your routines and adjusts the feature accordingly. It sounds weird and … Continued
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ReviewsHeadphonesBluetoothFinally, the Slick Bluetooth Upgrade My Beloved Shure Earbuds Deserve
Every year or so Gizmodo senior editor Adam Clark Estes tells me he’s found a pair of headphones that are genuinely exceptional, and so I, being a headphones hoarder, am obliged to try them out. Usually, he’s right! But when it comes to in-ear headphones, his suggestions have left me filled with regret and my … Continued
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ReviewsHeadphonesBluetoothSennheiser’s Truly Wireless Earbuds Sound Impossibly Good
I walked into this review hoping to be disappointed. Ever since I first reviewed them four years ago, the over-ear Sennheiser Momentum Wireless has been the model to beat in terms of supreme sound quality in the world of Bluetooth headphones. So when the company announced that it would be releasing truly wireless earbuds with … Continued
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ReviewsHeadphonesBluetoothMicrosoft’s Surface Headphones Sound Like Disappointment
I’ll say one thing about the new Microsoft Surface Headphones. They’re pretty, especially if you like the color grey. I’ll tell you a few other things. The Cortana features are frustrating. The noise-canceling tech is basically fine. The ear cups aren’t super comfortable. And the headphones just don’t sound that amazing. They’re a good fashion … Continued
