DAPs Apple Celebrates 25 Years of the iPod with a Virtual Comeback. The Real Thing Is Still Dead Apple's iPod turns 25 with a playable 404-page tribute. We explain the hidden Brick game, the DAP alternatives, and why we'd rather have a... Ian White6 days ago
Music Streamers Spotify Wants Proof You Live Together: Family Plan QR Checks Come With a 12-Month Penalty Spotify is enforcing Family plan rules with QR code checks. Here's what the 7-day deadline and 12-month restriction mean for subscribers. Ian WhiteOctober 22, 2026
Music Streamers Apple Music Finally Arrives on Bluesound and BluOS: Your iPhone Can Stop Being the Middleman Apple Music finally comes to Bluesound and BluOS with native streaming and multiroom playback. But what about lossless and hi-res audio? Ian WhiteOctober 21, 2026
Music Qobuz Starts Labeling AI Generated Music and the Fraud Numbers Are Ugly Qobuz adds AI music labels as 60% of streams from identified AI tracks are deemed fraudulent and four million tracks disappear from search. Ian WhiteSeptember 25, 2026
Music Apple Music Hall Turns Battersea Power Station Into a 48 Speaker Spatial Audio Venue Apple Music Hall combines 48 speaker Spatial Audio, recording studios and broadcast production inside London’s Battersea Power Station. Ian WhiteSeptember 24, 2026
Music Spotify Adds All 58 Taylor Swift Music Videos as Its YouTube Ambitions Get Harder to Ignore Spotify spent years owning your ears. With all 58 Taylor Swift videos now onboard, it would rather YouTube stop borrowing your eyeballs too. Ian WhiteSeptember 17, 2026
Car Audio Volvo Brings Apple Music and Dolby Atmos to More Than 2 Million Cars Volvo adds native Apple Music to over 2 million cars, with Dolby Atmos Spatial Audio for select Bowers & Wilkins-equipped models. Ian WhiteJuly 10, 2026
Music Amazon Music Opens Alexa+ AI Playlists and Conversational Search to Every U.S. User Amazon Music opens Alexa+ AI playlists and conversational search to every U.S. user, including free and paid tiers, on iOS and Android. Ian WhiteJuly 23, 2026
Music Apple Music Raises Prices to $11.99 as Family Plan Jumps Nearly 18% Apple Music now costs $11.99, while Family jumps nearly 18% to $19.99. Subscribers get no major new feature with the increase. Ian WhiteJuly 22, 2026
Music TIDAL Says AI Music Can Stay, But It Won’t Get Paid TIDAL will label fully AI generated tracks and stop royalties, while Qobuz, Spotify, and Apple Music take different paths against AI music fraud. Ian WhiteJuly 9, 2026
New Products Apple AirPods 3 Revealed & Melt Down the Internet The Apple AirPods 3 were finally unveiled this morning and were they worth the wait? Let's take a hard look and see what $179... Robert SilvaOctober 18, 2021
News New US Patent Filed for Sonos Wireless Earbuds? Are there Sonos wireless earbuds or headphones on the horizon in 2021? A new series of patent filings in the US suggests something is... Ian WhiteMay 25, 2021
Articles How (and Why) To Listen to Dolby Atmos Music on Your Receiver, Speakers or Soundbar Ditch those headphones. Immersive music sounds best through speakers. Here's how to make that happen in your home. Chris BoylanOctober 26, 2022
News Apple Music Classical is Now Available On Your Desktop Tired of all of those music streaming apps on your smartphone? Apple Music Classical is now available via your desktop browser. Ian WhiteMarch 24, 2025
Music Streamers Shanling SM1.3 Music Streamer: It Does Everything Except Roon For $1199, the Shanling SM1.3 music streamer comes loaded with features including MQA, DSD512 and up to 32-bit/768kHz hi-res audio. Robert SilvaNovember 7, 2024
Music Focal Naim America Releases New Immersive “Mixed On Focal” Playlists New immersive audio playlists from Focal highlight Dolby Atmos and Sony 360RA tracks mixed and mastered on Focal speakers. Robert SilvaAugust 2, 2024
News Speaker Startup Syng Gets Funded to the Tune of $48.75 Million The new Syng Cell Alpha is unlike any wireless speaker we've seen. Investors have taken the bait, but will consumers bite at $1800 per... Brian MitchellSeptember 28, 2021