Give your old bookshelf speakers a new lease on life.

For audio enthusiasts looking to upgrade the sound quality of their smartphone or laptop, a portable DAC/amp can be a fairly simple and affordable solution. The tiny hi-fi component plugs into your ...

What if a palm-sized amp could outperform larger, more expensive modules while delivering serious sound quality? Check out ...

Rotel has launched a new compact integrated amplifier, the Rotel DX-5. It delivers 25W or 35W per channel to 4 and 8 ohms respectively, making it best suited to smaller speaker setups. Last month ...

OK, I admit to cheating a little bit with the title. The Amp in a Can is not really a tube (valve) amp at all, but rather a cheap and cheerful portable guitar amp housed in cardboard tubing that ...

Some speakers disappear into the background. The Marshall Stanmore III does the opposite. It looks like a mini guitar amp, it has actual knobs you’ll want to touch, and it’s built for the kind of “put ...

We’re loving the style of this new BOSS Katana-Mini X, because it’s pretty compact and easy to carry around. Even if you’re going to a quick practice session or playing in an apartment, you still get ...

Covering home audio and video, Matthew Moskovciak helps CNET readers find the best sights and sounds for their home theaters. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a ...

Sure, you think your iPod sounds perfectly fine, but the TTVJ Portable Slim Headphone Amplifier will dramatically improve an iPod's or any portable music player's sound. Steve Guttenberg Former ...

Portable Bluetooth speakers have joined the club of ubiquitous personal electronics. What was once an expensive luxury is now widely accessible thanks to a prolific landscape of manufacturers mass ...