Audio

Counterfeit earbuds with nice packaging but poor everything else, and one earbud didn't work.

A headphone jack adapter with a high-end DAC that is worthwhile if you have good headphones or hi-fi streaming.

He points to the Air Dots as an example of Xiaomi products that look very like Apple's AirPods.

A $20 Devialet Phantom lookalike that sounds better than expected despite one-sided sound.

Beats were never the best-sounding or best-value headphones, but brilliant marketing and bass-heavy tuning made them a phenomenon before Ap…

Badly named but great-sounding speaker he uses to blast music before filming.

Purple BTS-styled buds that are as expected, though the colour does not match the phone.

Cited as a cheaper way into Apple's ecosystem that works poorly with Android phones.

Still amazing value at around $30, but clunkier and not as good value as the first Basics.

Convincing at first glance but all plastic, bass-heavy, and not that bad for the price.

A pocket speaker with surprisingly good sound that mounts magnetically and expands for deeper bass.

A long-range Bluetooth transmitter and receiver that cuts down on cables.

A clever speaker that splits into a stereo pair and houses earbuds, with great battery life, though the case is bulky.

A Bluetooth speakerphone with six microphones, more useful than he first expected.

Custom leather-covered Galaxy Buds Plus supplied in the Bellperre package, which he found wacky but nicely packaged.

Used as a premium comparison for the Xiaomi earbuds, with a sturdier case and USB-C.

$19 earbuds that feel cheap but sound surprisingly rich, bassy and detailed.

Clean-looking speaker with a volume dial, quick pairing and louder than expected, but distorts at max volume.

Bought to prove that different is not always good, a badly designed speaker that makes you use a remote instead of your phone.

Looks like a £60 speaker but sounds poor and is not the surround speaker it implies.

Cheap-feeling and bass-heavy but serviceable for the price.

Looks better than expected despite a loose hinge and cryptic instructions.

Better than expected for the price, bassy and about as good as $15-30 headphones.

Nice limited edition with branding on the buds too, and he is a fan of the standard Buds+ despite losing-risk and touchpad issues.