In late 2006 Kensington released the FX300 Speaker To Go, an audio solution for your MP3 player that offered both a sturdy, splash-proof, shock-absorbing case and built-in speaker with an exterior volume control. It was a ...

We've got used to Parrot swooping along with wireless solutions to wired problems over the last year, the most noticeable of which include photo frames, car stereos and speakers. Bluetooth aficionados seem unperturbed by the fact ...

So, how much would you pay for good headphones? In fact, scratch that: how much are you willing to stump up for astoundingly good noise-cancelling headphones that offer real comfort and quite brilliant sound quality? Shure ...

There's no shortage of speakers and accessories for iPod users, with a range of companies appearing to adopt a strategy of catering for every possible audio environment. Logitech has a fair selection of iPod solutions itself, ...

Portable music has certainly come a long way since it consisted of lugging your boom-box around on your shoulder. The walkman was a revelation, although it was still a little bulky for jogging. Then the MP3 ...

It's probably the most common complaint about laptops that no matter how much hard drive space you have, how stunning your graphics card or the power of your CPU, when it comes to sound quality it's ...

The surround sound headset has turned out to be quite a trend. From the humungous monstrosities of several years ago (with price tags to match), we're now being treated to more modest monstrosities that leave change ...

Those who saw the popular Nimzy Vibro Blaster, released last summer, probably won't be surprised at the capabilities of the successor. Others are in for a wacky experience; this portable sound unit uses electro-acoustic technology to ...

Firstly, Sharkoon. Wagering that few of you will have heard of it, it's the latest company to have enjoyed some success on the continent (Germany, in this instance), now looking to break into the UK market. ...

In a world that is awash with 5.1 surround sound speakers it makes a pleasant change to be faced with a set of 2.1 speakers such as this. The two satellites that sit on your desk ...

In the main Creative's GigaWorks G550W are a conventional set of 5.1 surround sound speakers. The subwoofer is rated at 130W and the five satellites are 36W each, which totals 310W RMS. However, Creative claims a ...

Not a bad little headset this. Trust's latest mixes in headphones, a microphone and a 5.1-channel surround sound effect direct to your ears. And it manages to do it all really rather well. That said, we've ...

7.1-channel sound cards are not exactly thick on the ground, particularly those costing under £30, so plenty of games and home cinema enthusiasts may be considering this Terratec Aureon 7.1 PCI sound card for their systems. ...

Could this be it? Could the Logitech Z5450 package finally be the moment where a set of wireless 5.1 speakers leaps off the drawing board and becomes reality? Could this be the moment that audiophiles across ...

Granted, we're perhaps not at the wireless monitor stage here. But in the continued quest to remove the wires from the average PC setup, wireless speakers have been a long time coming. True, wireless headphones are ...

We've become used to the regular release of new graphics chips but it's a far rarer occurrence when a new audio chip comes to market, and it's no surprise at all that Creative Labs is the ...

If you've never turned up your speakers while watching the latest Hollywood action blockbuster and felt the thump of an explosion come up through the sofa and reverberate around your ribcage, with the front windows rattling ...

It may be controversial but this reviewer would like to suggest that there is no point in having anything more than stereo speakers hooked up to your PC unless you want to watch movies, in which ...

The trade off you're lumbered with if you opt for 5.1-channel headphones is that to get all the necessary technology and speakers packed in, manufacturers need a fair amount of space. So headphones like Gainward's new ...

Appearances, as we should all know by now, can be deceptive. And while the VS4121, 2.1 channel speaker set from Altec Lansing is no slouch in the looks department, in all honesty this reviewer wasn't expecting ...