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Apple Music for Android is exiting beta and adding in equalizer settings

The leap to version 1.0 is also bringing several performance and playback improvements to Apple's streaming service.

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Spotify's latest personalized playlist wants to put new releases on your radar

Spotify's Release Radar is the company's latest personalized music playlist designed to deliver fresh tunes every Friday.

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Polk Omni S6 wireless speaker review: Play-Fi hardware is still hobbled by...

This speaker's price tag, sound, and feature set are appealing enough, but it's all undermined by a distinctly mediocre app.

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Amazon Echo review: Betcha can't buy just one of these voice-activated...

Amazon's Echo is the best voice-controlled product that I've seen at the consumer level. It's versatile, powerful, and amazingly quick to recognize your speech and then do something, whether that's...

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Amazon Tap review: A disappointing follow-up to a great smart-home device

The need to get up and tap the Tap to get Alexa's attention defeats the purpose.

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Grace Digital CastDock X2 review: A clever Chromecast Audio companion

But when it comes to bass, this speaker delivers a little too much of a good thing.

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Pandora teases on-demand music while launching Pandora Plus with offline...

The age of Pandora One is over. Pandora Plus is rolling out soon with unlimited skips and replays, as well as an offline mode for $5 per month.

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Electronic band Wake Island

Philippe Manasseh and Nadim Maghzal transformed their rock band into an electronic one, with the help of the program Ableton and two laptops.

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No, Apple isn't buying rival streaming service Tidal

Jimmy Iovine says Apple has no interest in acquiring Jay-Z's music app.

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Following Pandora, iHeartRadio reveals new premium radio and on-demand music...

iHeartRadio is going head-to-head with Spotify but hopes its expertise in Internet radio will give it an edge.

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YouTube Music update improves sharing and preps for more playlist features

Some under-the-hood capabilities will eventually bring the kind of customization that you would expect from a dedicated music streaming app.

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Ultimate Ears Megaboom speaker: Technologically flippant hands on review

Now perhaps I wasn’t the target market when Ultimate Ears launched their UE Megaboom Bluetooth speaker. I don’t like partying, the music is always too loud and people can’t hear my witty quips. I’m...

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We compared the speakers of a Pixel XL and an iPhone 7

​This is a very down and dirty comparison of low-end audio performance on the Apple iPhone 7 and the Google Pixel XL as recorded on a Sony Xperia XZ phone!

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Onkyo DP-X1 high-resolution digital audio player review: It's a handful, but...

Music lovers with high-end headphones will benefit most from Onkyo’s high-res audio player.

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Blue Microphones unveils Satellite: Wireless, noise-cancelling headphones...

Dedicated noise-cancelling drivers ensure your high-fidelity experience won't be compromised in noisy environments.

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SVS SB16-Ultra subwoofer revew: This astonishing sub will rock your house—and...

High-tech features and a supremely powerful amplifier team up to produce some of the deepest, cleanest bass you'll experience outside of an IMAX theater.

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Astell&Kern AK70 high-res digital audio player review: Sweet sound and strong...

The AK70 is one of the first hi-res audio players on the market to support aptX HD hi-res music streaming over Bluetooth, but its lack of MQA support has us scratching our heads.

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Japan's pop culture, anime-friendly, J-Pop shrine, Kanda Myojin

Tokyo is home to many fascinating temples and shrines however if you want to visit a shrine with a difference head on over to Akihabara’s Kando Myojin Shrine. Not only is it one of the Shinto...

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Amazon Tap review: A disappointing follow-up to a great smart-home device

The need to get up and tap the Tap to get Alexa's attention defeats the purpose.

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Grace Digital CastDock X2 review: A clever Chromecast Audio companion

But when it comes to bass, this speaker delivers a little too much of a good thing.

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