The days of cheap earphones being tinny trash are behind us: sifting through the bargain bin today can surface audio gold. Like these…

Affordable earbuds with with tons of tech

Offering full awareness of your surroundings during activity, bone-conduction headphones are growing increasingly popular among the sports crowd. Here’s our pick of the latest buys

TESTED STEELSERIES ARCTIS NOVA ELITE

£119| audio-technica.com | Tester Esther These are smart cartilage conducting ’phones, but in terms of look and feel, if you’re used to bone-conducting, they’re very similar. They stay put and are com

THINKING BIG Bluesound Pulse Cinema Mini £799 Launched just in time for Christmas, this wonderfully compact (850x74x140mm), fully-featured Dolby Atmos soundbar boasts a size-defying 280 watts of high-