Five products to look out for this month
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1 JBL Bar 1300 £1300
This soundbar caught our attention at CES 2023 thanks to its modular form factor, Dolby Atmos support and whopping 15 channels of audio. With detachable rears and a wireless subwoofer, it can be used either in the conventional way, or in a more immersive, surround mode by detaching the battery-powered rears from the main bar. It features six upward-firing drivers and supports both Dolby Atmos and DTS:X 3D virtual sound. It also features the highest number of audio channels in JBL’s soundbar line-up and includes support for Airplay 2, Alexa Multi-Room-Music and Chromecast. Available from mid-February.
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2BenQ EX480UZ £TBC
Another CES 2023 highlight, this 48in 4K 120Hz OLED monitor from BenQ is a dream screen for gamers everywhere. Expect deep inky blacks and buttery smooth gameplay from that 120Hz OLED panel, as well as a lightning-fast response rate of 0.1ms. Tasty ingredients, all, for a no-compromise, mega-monitor gaming experience. Given that it uses a 48in screen, we do have to wonder where to draw the line between monitor and TV, but for now, let’s just enjoy it. There is still more information to come on this gaming display, including the port selection and the price, but that hasn’t stopped us getting excited about the initial reveal.
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3Sennheiser IE 200 £130
Described as an “open invitation for everyone to enjoy high-end sound” by Sennheiser’s audiophile product manager, Jermo Koehnke, these wired in-ears use trickled-down high-end features found in the company’s much more expensive headphones in a bid to combine quality and affordability. Sennheiser claims that harmonic distortion is “almost non-existent” in these buds, and that they have a natural frequency response curve that is typically found in earbuds “costing significantly more”. We look forward to finding out whether these earphones live
