Looking for a tiny, affordable speaker that will let you enjoy music, podcasts, audiobooks or even phone conversations while on the go? Altec Lansing has you covered with the amusingly named Baby Boom XL speaker. Here’s my review…
I just got a pair of bluetooth headphones for my Apple iPhone 8 and am confused; sometimes when I turn it on the headphones automatically become the output. But not every time. How do I choose a bluetooth output device in iOS 11 on my iPhone?
At this point in the world of consumer electronics, bluetooth speakers are almost a dime a dozen. They’re so common that you can buy one at most supermarkets. But don’t. Why? Because it turns out that there’s a huge amount of difference between a speaker designed to be inexpensive and one that’s designed to actually
While the speakers on smartphones, tablets and laptops have gotten quite a bit better over the years, there’s really no substitute for having a separate speaker for sound quality and sheer volume. There are a number of different ways to connect to a speaker too, and if it’s portable, you really need the flexibility! Enter the
Conference call in the shower? Music in the bath? An outdoor speaker for when it’s raining and you still want to be outside, perhaps soaking up the H20? Sure! That’s what SpeakStick offers, and in this video review I review and compare both the SpeakStick Pro and the SpeakStick Classic. Without being in the shower,
There are lots of bluetooth speakers on the market, but with few exceptions, they’re monoliths, brightly colored or otherwise, a big lump of metal and plastic that sits on a table or outdoors, nothing visually interesting at all. Fortunately some manufacturers know that with the advent of bright, low power LED lights, there’s a lot
I’ve heard that “disco is dead” for years, but it turns out that all the flashy lights are just as trendy today as they were back in the 70’s (though, to be fair, the music’s improved a bit). That’s why the iHome Audio iBT74 Color Changing Bluetooth Speaker is so darn cool, as I explain:
You’ve heard it before, you can’t get good bass from a small speaker so if you want something portable, you have to be ready to make sacrifices in the sound quality. Turns out that’s not always true, as I find out when I review the Divoom Voombox Party: Want to learn more about this powerful,
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