Speakers

Extremely expensive but a long-held dream purchase that gives huge, surround-like sound and a futuristic look.

Chosen as the best of everything he auditioned, and he calls the result the best sound he has heard in any cinema.

A fascinating AI stem-splitting toy with poor sound and awkward music loading; scored 5 out of 10.

A generic, soulless speaker that is poor value at $130; scored 4 out of 10.

A powerful, decent speaker with a bass control that just tweaks software; scored 6 out of 10.

A tiny desktop-computer-style speaker that sounds better than its size suggests.

Absurdly expensive and overengineered, but wonderfully smooth and satisfying; scored 9.1 out of 10.

An invisible speaker that sounds merely okay and had buggy setup; only worth it if it must be hidden.

Surprisingly big sound for its size, but harsh and not worth $1,000 for pure audio quality.

In a world of its own with zero distortion and very deep bass, scoring ten out of ten.

Trueplay tuning adjusts to your room and it is bassier than the JBL, scoring eight out of ten.

Adds features, waterproofing and strong bass, earning seven out of ten.

Fuller sound and some bass, but only an average five out of ten.

Sounds good and survived a 10 m concrete drop, a strong 9 out of 10.

A weighty, balanced-sounding speaker for under $20, rated 8 out of 10, with sound from only one side.

The cheapest Bluetooth speaker he has used, loud and functional for a barbecue, rated 9.5 for what it is.

A promising speaker that Samsung never released, leaving fans waiting for years.

Only appeared as a beta in Korea and a pre-order gift for the Galaxy S20.

The most effective transparent tech he's tested; good upper-end consumer sound, but you pay extra for style. Seven out of ten.

Pricey for the sound, but the lighting, style and character are brilliant; eight out of ten.

A neck speaker that gives surprisingly good positional gaming audio and comfort, though light on bass. Seven out of ten.

An all-in-one portable record player whose sound is compromised, so he says it doesn't make sense.

Astonishing focused-sound effect, but not worth buying yet given the lost sound quality; 9/10 for futuristic.

Looks cool with nice lighting but sounds like a $50 speaker; 5/10.