The front of a car, an air-conditioning unit, one of those heaters your gran has by her feet… the Roberts WM201 certainly makes a statement. It’s just unfortunate that statement is “I have no aesthetic sense whatsoever”. Luckily we’re not so shallow to hold that against this most wonderful of Wi-Fi radios.
To say we’re not overly enamoured with the Pure One’s budget, plasticky styling is an understatement. But with a sub-£50 price tag and access to DAB radio, could the Pure One prevent us from sending it down to Radio Hell with Dr Fox? In a word: no.
Looking to say goodbye to cable entanglement misery with a pair of Bluetooth ‘phones? You could do a lot worse than to invest in the Philips SHB7100 earphones.
Whenever we see a gadget endorsed by a celebrity we get a sick feeling in the recesses of our gut. But these Monster Beats are one bit of celebritech that buck the trend.
A huge great big black cube of a speaker on a stand is not exactly what you’d call discreet, but when you’ve got an iPod dock as good-looking as the Geneva Labs XL, you want to show it off.
Anyone who’s ever bought an iPod knows that Apple’s own headphones aren’t exactly, how should we put this, audiophile quality. Etymotic Research, though, have filled the pro-earphone-shaped hole with a pair of cracking noise-isolating buds for your iPhone.
Funny really. A less ‘creative’-looking pair of headphones would be hard to imagine: dull, plastic-looking and silver has been the headphone design staple for years. The Aurvana, however, does hide a secret weapon in that bland exterior: X-Fi circuitry!
Our party piece is being able to drink lager through our eyes. The Belkin TuneBase FM Transmitter’s party piece is the inclusion of ClearScan that does away with all the faff of you searching for FM stations.
