TunedRoom
Audio and home theater hardware we have tested ourselves, each with the dates it was tested and our own photographs.
Every review here is hardware we had in hand. How we check.
6 reviews
Hands-on review
8.5/10
Open-ear buds give up the seal, and with it some bass, some privacy and any defence against a loud street. A month with the Baseus Bowie MC2 made that open ear the reason to wear them at home and at a desk, and the reason to reach for something sealed on a noisy commute.
Hands-on review
9/10
Tribit built the StormBox Micro 3 for handlebars and campsites, and I kept bringing it inside. At indoor volume its warm tuning and XBass make sense, its magnet turns a fridge or a monitor stand into a speaker stand, and its one small driver shows where a room outgrows it.
Hands-on review
8.8/10
The least expensive speaker on sale in Tribit's own store gives up deep bass, stereo and any cable input. After a week of daily use, those are the right corners to cut, and the battery, build and connection are where the money went.
Hands-on review
8.5/10
A call headset judged on the hours between calls. After a few weeks at a home desk, the EPOS Adapt 660 USB-C sounds open, ran from Sunday night to late Thursday on a charge and switched between laptop and phone cleanly. Its cancellation stops short of the best.
Hands-on review
8.5/10
A real Audio-Technica cartridge in a suitcase with four ways for the sound to get out. After a few weeks with the cream one, the RCA jacks are the path I trust, Bluetooth to a soundbar is the one I would not, and the stylus is the only upgrade inside the case.
Hands-on review
9/10
Bose put lossless USB-C audio and TrueSpatial in a $359 pair of headphones and left the Bluetooth stuck on AAC. After a week of listening, the wire is the better signal path, and that changes what these are for.
