gadget and smart home reviews

  • Samsung MS650 Soundbar: Australian Review

    Samsung’s been making soundbars for a while — and it sells the most of any A/V brand in Australia. Most of its soundbars have additional speakers or subwoofers to add a bit of extra audio oomph, but not the new MS650. Designed to operate without a subwoofer and still pump out dat bass, it’s an…


  • Sonos PLAYBASE: Australian Review

    Sonos’s latest speaker is built not to go around your TV, nor in front of it. It’s built to go underneath, and to blend in with your existing furniture more than any Sonos speaker before it. It’s only built for a certain kind of TV, but that doesn’t mean you’re not going to want to…


  • Bose SoundLink Revolve Bluetooth Speaker: Australian Review

    If you buy a Bluetooth speaker in 2017, you want it to be a little more useful than just being a squat black box that creates mediocre sound. The new Bose Revolve and Revolve Plus follow the tried-and-tested UE Boom formula: a waterproof, 360-degree Bluetooth speaker with great sound quality and portability, but also with…