Spotify just struck a sour note by hiking its prices—again. Luckily, you don’t have to play along. Starting now, new Spotify subscribers will have to pay $11.99 a month for an individual Premium plan, ...

For the past several years, Amazon has held a big September event to show off its latest hardware, and 2023’s presentation included a doozy: a new Alexa with ChatGPT-like conversational abilities. It ...

The RME ADI-2 DAC FS delivers natural-sounding and remarkably detailed audio when converting a digital source to analog. RME Audio’s RME ADI-2 DAC FS is a desktop device with fantastic sound and an ...

Netflix used to cast a blind eye toward password sharing, but that blind eye is quickly turning into the Eye of Sauron. Now, Netflix subscribers must pay extra to share their accounts with family and ...

The battery-operable Beosound Level proves you can take it with you—at least in this life. Its beautiful design will have your heirs fighting over who gets it when you’re gone. Without a doubt, the ...

Improving on the original Google Home in every way, the Google Nest Audio is the new $100 smart speaker to beat. The replacement for Google’s original, now discontinued smart speaker is here, and ...

While the SP9YA’s status as a true 5.1.2 soundbar is debatable, its robust, full-bodied sound and lively Dolby Atmos and DTS:X height effects are in little doubt. Can a soundbar get a 5.1.2-channel ...

This TV actually deserves another quarter star, as it delivers a better picture than most lower-mid-range TVs. Quantum dots make for accurate color, and there’s plenty of brightness There’s nothing ...

The third-generation Amazon Echo Dot looks prettier and sounds a whole lot better than earlier iterations of Amazon’s entry-level smart speaker. I called the second-generation Echo Dot “the Echo most ...

While Denon’s first DTS Virtual:X soundbar lacks Wi-Fi or voice-assistant support, it doesn’t disappoint when it comes to the feature that matters most: its sound. With its budget-priced, all-in-one ...

The TiVo Edge DVR is new and improved, yet the experience is still sliding backwards. The best thing about TiVo has always been its fundamentals. No other DVR gives you as much control over which ...

For a cable box replacement, the Xumo Stream Box could be better at doing cable things. With the Xumo Stream Box, Comcast and Spectrum are leaving clunky cable boxes behind, with mixed results. This ...