A decade-long redesign, three objects, and a direct challenge to Sonos Bose has been designing living rooms since 1969. Direct/Reflecting speakers. The philosophy that a room itself is part of the instrument. In 2026, the company rebuilt its soundbar from scratch for the first time in a decade. The LifestyleContinue Reading
One of the smallest fully automatic bean-to-cup machines on the market does espresso, cappuccino and latte without asking for more counter space When choosing a coffee machine, most people measure the counter first. There are plenty of good machines. The problem is finding somewhere to put them. The Melitta AvanzaContinue Reading
CD never really left. Someone just stopped paying attention. The Sony Walkman changed how people walked with cassette tapes. The Discman made it possible to walk with a CD. That was 1984. Forty years passed. Every year since, the CD has been declared dead. It hasn’t died. In May 2026,Continue Reading
The 1996 question returns to Copenhagen with a modern answer When a brand disappears and comes back, there are two ways to do it. Attach an old badge to a new box and hope no one asks questions. Or pick up the original question and actually try to answer itContinue Reading
80 years of horn DNA meets 20 years of obsession. 600 pairs. That’s it. April 2026, Milan. During the week of Salone del Mobile, when furniture and fashion take over the city — Klipsch brought a speaker to the Fondazione Luigi Rovati museum. An audio brand choosing a museum atContinue Reading
Solid ash wood, a three-tone sunburst, and a driver tuned for strings Everyone has seen a sunburst finish. Starting with 1950s Fender Stratocasters, carried by Hendrix, Clapton, Page — that gradient from bright center to dark edge is the most enduring finish in guitar history. Audio-Technica put it on aContinue Reading
The headphone that started a revolution comes back in leather and metal Sony launched the MDR-1000X and rewrote the rules of the headphone market. That combination of noise cancellation quality and wireless audio at that price point hadn’t existed before. Every generation since has debuted at the top of everyContinue Reading