The U8N also lets you control the volume output of its optical port with the TV remote, making it much simpler to control older audio systems that don’t support HDMI ARC/eARC, like my original KEF LSX speakers. If you decide to settle for the onboard sound, the U8N’s 2.1.2 speaker system offers some decent detail,…
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Gazelle Eclipse Review: A Luxury Dutch Electric Bike
If you’re looking at bikes online—or anything, really, whether it’s headphones or monitors—you have to consider price versus payoff. Gazelle has billed its newest ebike, the Eclipse, as a long-range comfort cruiser. It is basically the expensive Dutch version of the direct-to-consumer (DTC) Rad Power Bikes’ Radster Road (8/10, WIRED Recommends).I brooded over that price…
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Reading Has Hurt Me for Years. With a Tablet Holder, It Doesn’t
I blame my right hand’s cyst on my intense Animal Crossing addiction from spring 2020. Too many days were spent lying around with my Nintendo Switch Lite without considering the unfortunate wrist angle I favored at the time, much like my disregard for how loud my headphones were in my teens. I'll pay for both…
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An Innovative EV Motor Used by Lamborghini, McLaren, and Ferrari Is Being Mass-Produced by Mercedes
Car enthusiasts mourn the commoditization of propulsion. Once petrolheads would have chosen a BMW for its sonorous straight-six or a Mercedes-AMG for its thunderous V8. Now many believe that distinctiveness is rapidly diminishing. Electric cars might provide mad, silent thrust, but a common complaint is they are mostly indistinguishable for the character of their drivetrains.Carmakers…
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