The Audition Pro headphones from Avantree are low cost headphones with high cost visuals; this stylish headset comes with beautiful minimalist design, the earpads are lovely and soft and can be adjusted for a personalised and comfortable fit. It was the ear cups however that proved to be a bit of an issue, for some reason, no matter how the headset was adjusted the bottom of both the cups didn’t sit flush to the skin, this was the case for both me, with a small head and slightly sticky out ears (sorry folks, I’m already married) and a colleague with a larg

The W10 earphones from Westone are in-ear earphones featuring Bluetooth and True-Fit technology, they have specially tuned, full range, single balanced armature drivers, these drivers aim to enhance sonic detail and frequency range. The True-Fit Technology is a result of Westone’s 60 years of experience designing products for the ear, the result being a universal-fit earpiece that is compact, low-profile, lightweight, and a comfortable fit.

The first thing that strikes you when you see the Sphere 6 speaker is the visual design, it looks great with clean lines, circular grilles and chunky body and will get noticed in any room. The leather handle makes it easy to move around and the angled feet give it a sturdy foundation. It can store up to five different internet radio stations from all over the world as pre-sets, music can be streamed from the free TIBO app that supports Spotify, TIDAL, Napster, TuneIn and iHeartradio etc.

Technology is allowing kids and adults alike to pick up skills and pursue independent learning like never before. The YouTube generation are teaching themselves everything from dance styles to cookery and plant care in their rooms, and the ONE Light Keyboard is here to cash in on and further enable that trend.

The StreamR portable speaker, by Pure, claims to bring together the best of Bluetooth streaming, digital radio and Alexa voice technology. This is basically three devices in one, with a whole host of functions that are, for the most part, easy and straightforward to select. Like any device with multiple purposes on offer, you need to learn your way around the StreamR, but Pure has done a great job of trying to make this as simple and user-friendly a little speaker as possible.

Custom Design focus on speaker stands, HiFi furniture, HiFi supports, tables and stands. Basically, they know speakers, and any furniture you need to store, stand or integrate your speakers, they have you covered. The FS 104 Signature Range is no exception!

When your working life or even your social life revolves around sitting in front of a screen for hours, you deserve to have some decent speakers. The 104 speakers from JBL One series are compact powered desktop monitors. Created with the mission to give content creators the ability to hear all the details in their audio for better control while mixing and editing, they have drawn on seven decades of JBL professional engineering experience to achieve this.

Earin is a Swedish based company that take audio seriously, they were one of the first companies to produce truly wireless headphones after a successful Kickstarter project way back in 2016 which is about 50 years in gadget time. At first look the Earin M-2 appears to have the same level of quality and class as their older brother, these small but mighty earbuds are wonderfully light that you could be forgiven for thinking you weren’t even wearing them.

The Amico, meaning “friend” in Italian, is a portable music system based around the Como Solo with with some added extras, including a real teak wood veneer for weather resistance, a nearly ½” marine-grade plywood substrate for additional moisture protection and a slip-resistant bottom silicone pad. The 2200mAh rechargeable LI-ion battery will give you up to 8 hours of play time whilst the included 100-240V external power supply is ready to keep the party going if you do run out of juice.

The Squaver P1+ from Sonicsmith is a semi-modular, audio-controlled analog synth pedal, this single-oscillator, three-voice monophonic audio-controlled synth (ACS) is the closest you can get between the performer’s instrument/voice to analog synth sound. This “+” version expands on the former Squaver P1 by giving it a variable gate, wider sweep PWM and a smoother ENV, it expresses the instrumentalists’ performance to an analog synthesizer according to its frequency, amplitude and articulation.