Thonet & Vander’s Kurbis BT may go down as the most surprising product we reviewed in 2015. These speakers have no business sounding so good for their price. In fact, if you don’t win this giveaway, you should probably buy a set anyway.
Put aside for a moment that the brand may be unfamiliar and the name more like something out of an Ikea catalog. These German-engineered speakers produce impressive sound full of room-filling bass, clear midrange, and articulate treble. Unlike small, portable Bluetooth speakers, the Kurbis BT are suitable for desktop applications, movie watching, and discerning music listeners.
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Instagram is making its way to yet another screen, and this time, Apple TV is getting a taste of the Reels rabbit hole. The company has launched a dedicated Instagram app for Apple TV, bringing Reels, longer videos, and live shows to the big screen. So, if watching one quick clip on a phone somehow turns into an hour of scrolling, there's now a much larger screen for that.
Instagram brings Reels and more to Apple TV
Audio-Technica, a brand well known for making some of the best studio and professional headphones on the market, has just come out with the ATH-AWX7000, which the company itself claims to be its "finest headphones ever." The new flagship closed-back headphone has debuted at an eye-watering price of $3,799. It combines hand-finished Japanese woodwork with a newly developed 58mm driver.
The earcups are made from Kiso cypress, a prized wood historically used for Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. Each housing is finished by hand with traditional Echizen lacquer, which brings out the grain and is expected to darken over time. The frame and sliders are finished in a deep navy kachi-iro shade traditionally associated with samurai.
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