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Samsung Galaxy Buds2 review: These in-ear headphones pack a punch

Samsung packs a bevy of features, including active noise cancellation, into these sleek true wireless earbuds.

Sonos Roam review: Now you really can take the exceptional Sonos sound anywhere

Small, lightweight, packed with great networking features plus your choice of Alexa or Google Assistant, the sweet-sounding Sonos Roam just became the portable smart speaker to beat.

Monoprice BT600ANC Bluetooth headphone

These stylish headphones have features like a touchpad control normally found only in products twice their price.

Review: Surprise! The Oppo PM-2 planar magnetic headphones are some of the best you can buy

Fashionistas will struggle with the name. Audiophiles won't

Review: Arcam MusicBoost for iPhone 6 and 6S

This battery case boosts your battery and enhances audio

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In Pictures: Vinyl records fight digital death

Vinyl record sales are actually up but heyday is obviously past

Best sites for downloading music

In a day and age where music sharing is a bigger deal than Justin Bieber's haircut, it can be confusing to wade through Web sites looking for the best ones for downloading some new tunes.

News about music

Got Spotify for desktop? You can now download songs for offline playback

Spotify is rolling out a new look for its desktop and web apps, including the ability the download tracks for listening offline.

News Mar 26
Don’t worry, Spotify Free users: You can still cast to Google speakers

The “Premium only” error that Spotify Free users saw while trying to cast music to Google Assistant-powered speakers was just a bug, Spotify says.

News Feb 26
Spotify will roll out CD-quality audio streams later this year

Spotify HiFi will arrive next year in “select markets,” although there’s no word on how much the new audio tier will cost yet.

News Feb 23
A new Sonos product arriving in March. Could it be a smaller Move?

A recent FCC filing from Sonos hints at a compact portable speaker, although there’s been chatter about wireless headphones, as well.

News Feb 12
JBL unveils Tour-, Tune-, and Live-branded wireless headphones at CES

Several new models in those product lines caught our attention.

News Jan 15

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Tutorials about music

How to turn off the HomePod Mini’s irksome music handoff notifications

Are haptic notifications for the HomePod Mini’s music transfer abilities driving you nuts? Here’s how to disable them.

Tutorials Mar 09
Apple Music doesn’t delete your music files

How Apple's music services all work is a little confusing, but in no way is the company interested in getting rid of your music library.

Tutorials May 07
Make Windows Media Player the default audio player in Windows 8

Like many Windows 8 users, I spend most of my time using Desktop mode, which affords me a more Windows 7-like experience.

Tutorials Jul 01
Play music from an external hard drive

Daniel Shaughnessy wants iTunes and Windows Media Player to see the music on his external USB hard drive.

Tutorials Sep 18
Cheaper ways to listen to digital radio

Digital radio has been launched with much fanfare in all major capital cities. The technology offers significant advances over FM radio in terms of sound quality, features and available radio stations.

Tutorials Jul 23

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Features about music

5 things I learned while setting up my first media server

Sure, you can spend a fortune setting up a media server for your music and videos, but it turns out you don’t have to.

Features Feb 05
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 religion’s most important temples - and stunningly beautif...

Features Feb 15
First Look: Magic Instruments' rhythm guitar makes you sound like a pro with the push of a button

You don't need time or talent to get started with this guitar.

Features Apr 20
Spotify's songs about Microsoft (yes, Microsoft!) are awesome and must be listened to ASAP

A pop song about Skype. A punk song about PowerPoint. A funky rap about Microsoft Bob. And so many more. Nothing gets the party started like a Microsoft jam.

Features Nov 27
The best ever Commodore 64 music

If you're anything like us, you'll often reminisce about the console or computer games you played as a child. For us, it's the Commodore 64, on which we wasted countless hours and broke countless controllers. It turned out to withstand much keyboard ...

Features Mar 28