Five products to look out for this month
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1 PSB Passif 50
£2499
Retro speakers are in, and PSB is here for it. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the PSB Passif II, the company is releasing a new set of speakers modelled after the classics, but with the modern performance you would expect from a set of two-and-a-half-thousand-pound speakers. With the new internal upgrades, the PSB Passif 50s should have a higher output, improved power handling and reduced distortion.
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2 Sony Inzone H9
£269
Sony has knocked it out of the park with its WH1000-XM5 Bluetooth headphones, so what would happen if there were a gaming-focused version of those five-star headphones? Introducing the Inzone H9 wireless gaming headset. The H9 is part of Sony’s new Inzone gaming brand, which is focused on bringing Sony’s hi-fi pedigree to PC and PS5 gamers. This headset boasts Sony’s 360-degree spatial audio for PC or Tempest Audio on PS5 as well active noise-cancelling to tempt gamers into upgrading their audio set-up.
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3 Beyerdynamic Free Byrd
£205
Beyerdynamic enters the already competitive wireless earphone market with its distinctive take on truly wireless earbuds. The Free Byrds include a competitive feature set with active noise-cancelling, aptX Adaptive and AAC codecs as well as IPX4 splash resistance. That lot should give them a fighting chance against the likes of the AirPods Pro or Sony XF-1000M4.
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4 Audio-Technica AT-ART20
£1895
Audio-Technica’s newest addition to its high-end phono range is the AT-ART20, a top-of-the-line, dual-moving-coil cartridge with a distinctive curved design. Audio-T
