Wireless speakers stories

Hands-on review: SOUNDBOKS Gen 3 Bluetooth Performance Speaker
Tue, 15th Jun 2021
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With an outdoor party speaker sure to get your neighbours calling the cops, SOUNDBOKS turns the volume all the way up to eleven.

Hands-on review: EPOS Expand 80 Bluetooth speakerphone
Wed, 10th Feb 2021
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gaming
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digital music
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microsoft teams
EPOS Expand 80: The premium conference USB/Bluetooth speakerphone that delivers crisp audio for remote meetings.

Hands-on review: JBL PartyBox On-The-Go
Mon, 7th Dec 2020
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gaming
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digital music
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Some of us love to celebrate through singing and playing music. The JBL PartyBox On-The-Go is designed for just such occasions.

Review: BlueAnt X5 bloody good Party Speaker
Mon, 30th Nov 2020
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digital music
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BlueAnt's X5 party speaker packs a punch with great sound quality, portability, and a price tag under AU$400/NZ$500.

The Ultimate Ears HYPERBOOM: Big sound in a little shoebox?
Wed, 4th Mar 2020
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digital music
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technology gifts
Oskar Howell spoke to UE principal product manager Doug Ebert about UE’s latest speaker, and how UE plans to change the sound system landscape.

Panasonic brings back high-spec audio brand, Technics
Mon, 2nd Dec 2019
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digital music
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panasonic
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speakers
Tech-savvy audiophiles rejoice as Panasonic NZ relaunches the iconic Technics audio lineup.

Sennheiser fuses Microsoft Teams into newest wireless speaker
Wed, 13th Nov 2019
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uc
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digital music
Sennheiser’s latest office product brings Microsoft Teams capabilities to the forefront of workplace collaboration through audio.

Hands-on review: The Harman Kardon Onyx Studio 5
Mon, 2nd Sep 2019
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gaming
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digital music
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reviews
Harman Kardon's Onyx Studio 5: Style & Sound for Any Setting.

Audioengine’s Wireless A5+ are just bloody good speakers
Wed, 16th Jan 2019
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digital music
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technology gifts
I judge these speakers on the aspects that Audioengine boasts about - quality, streaming, simplicity and versatility.

Sony to launch a slew of home entertainment goodies
Thu, 10th Jan 2019
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digital music
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digital entertainment
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tv
Sony’s latest range of TVs, home entertainment and audio are all on show at this year’s CES Las Vegas.

Sony's at it again with a new line of audio and TV goodies
Wed, 12th Sep 2018
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digital music
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digital entertainment
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monitors
If you’re a fan of Sony products this month brings good news for you as a new range of products hits the shelves.

'Versatile' smart speaker Sonos Beam to land in NZ from August
Tue, 12th Jun 2018
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digital music
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wireless speakers
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sonos
Sonos is ramping up the integration of streaming content and wireless smart speakers in a market that it says is constantly filled with tech clutter.

Hands-on review: JBL Pulse 3 and JBL Charge 3
Wed, 11th Apr 2018
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gaming
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digital music
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From hard rock to pop to classical, neither speaker lets me down.

The Jabra Speak 710 will dramatically enhance your office experience
Mon, 11th Sep 2017
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uc
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digital music
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bluetooth
The device has a high performing Omni-directional microphone and HiFi grade speaker...

Kiwi startup launches crowdfunding campaign to fund next stage of growth
Tue, 8th Aug 2017
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digital music
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startup
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crowdfunding
Auckland-based social enterprise The Module Project have made major inroads with their long-lasting and upgradeable mobile wireless speaker, Decibel.

UE Wonderboom giveaway, last chance to enter
Mon, 10th Jul 2017
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digital music
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wireless speakers
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prize
Wonderboom giveaway winner will be announced on Thursday! This is your last chance to enter.

Move over UE Boom, there’s a new (actually old) kid in town
Fri, 28th Apr 2017
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digital music
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bluetooth
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wireless speakers
Bose has recently introduced its new range of Bluetooth speakers, that shares the cylindrical shape of arguably the market dominator, UE Boom.

Hands-on review: Fugoo Sport XL portable Bluetooth speaker
Wed, 7th Dec 2016
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gaming
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digital music
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Built to be carried along on beach parties, boat outings or whatever you have planned, this speaker has weight to it. But does the sound stack up?.

Hands-on review: B&O Beoplay A1 portable speaker
Mon, 28th Nov 2016
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gaming
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digital music
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reviews
Music is the best when you can feel it in your bones. There's no doubt that the Beoplay A1 will help whip your senses into a frenzy.

UE wireless speakers ups the ante with Siri & Google voice integration
Thu, 23rd Jun 2016
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digital music
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siri
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ultimate earphones
This latest integration amps up the possibilities of where you can take your music and how easily you can access it all.

Introducing Ampple, the next generation of portable iPad sound
Thu, 9th Jun 2016
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digital music
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wireless speakers
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ampple
The Ampple speaker might just fix your tinny iPad sound - well that's that a team of sound engineers and tech geeks from Latvia are thinking.

Hands-on review: Sony SRS-XB3 Bluetooth Speaker
Thu, 21st Apr 2016
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digital music
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gaming
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reviews
The Sony SRS-XB3 Bluetooth speaker is a good quality, USB-chargeable, compact, multi-layout Bluetooth speaker built for bass.

Sonos announces new flagship smart speaker and tuning software
Wed, 30th Sep 2015
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smartphones
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digital music
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technology gifts
Sonos has announced a new flagship smart speaker, the Play:5, and its Trueplay tuning software will be available later this year.

Samsung extends Wireless Audio 360 speaker range
Mon, 7th Sep 2015
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smartphones
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digital music
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technology gifts
The R5, R3 and R1 models follow the R7 and R6 speakers in Samsung’s Wireless Audio 360 line-up, and offer the same balanced sound and table-top design.