Headphones articles
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The Morning After: Our verdict on the Beats Solo 4 headphones
Beats today announced the Solo 4, a $200 set of familiar-looking cans with significant upgrades inside, even if they look almost entirely the same as the Solo 3. At this price, the Solo 4s don’t have any active noise cancellation and, according to Billy Steele, who tested the new headphones, they sound a bit thin. However, sound is generally improved, and the boost to 50 hours of playback (along with USB-C) is a major improvement over the predecessor. They’re available to buy now. Engadget Beats...
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Sound and Vision: Personalised apps and headphones are the future
OPINION: If you could plot the future of where audio devices are going, it’d be a line that splits into various branches. There might be some overlap and some convergence, but it seems that audio brands all have different ideas of what the future will be. Some have jumped down the direction of wearable audio, some believe immersive audio will be the breakout feature, and others place their faith in delivering true lossless high fidelity audio on the move. What’s occurred to me in the last...
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Beats Studio Pro: So close to being my dream headphones
The latest release from Beats is the perfect middle-ground headphones for Android and Apple users, as their unique cooperation with Android and iOS is a nice touch.