11 Cool New Gadgets to Keep on Your Radar

This is a modern version of the British hi-fi brand’s iconic Gyro turntable, first introduced in the early 1980s — and, according to Michell Audio, the latest Gyro is the most significant reimagining yet. It maintains the same iconic fully suspended design, but everything beneath the surface has been updated and refined. The standout upgrades include a new aluminum baseplate and a reworked, more rigid chassis, both designed to increase stability and absorb unwanted vibrations.

Leica M EV1 is the company’s first M-mount camera that’s not a rangefinder. Instead, it features a 5.76-million-dot electronic viewfinder, making the camera a lot more familiar and user-friendly for modern photographers who use mirrorless cameras. Aside from the new viewfinder, the M EV1 shares many of the same specs as Leica’s 2023-released M11-P; it features the same processor, a 60-megapixel full-frame sensor, and also lacks the ability to record video.

The ATH-ADX7000 is the Japanese hi-fi manufacturer’s newest flagship pair of open-back audiophile headphones. According to the brand, they “provide the most natural, spacious, and comfortable listening experience of any Audio-Technica open-back headphones.”

Bang & Olufsen has introduced “The Centennial Collection” as part of its 100th anniversary celebrations. It features special-edition — or “reimagined” — versions of three of its most popular audio products, including its iconic Beosound A9 (5th Gen). It’s the same high-end wireless speaker as before, but comes in a new brushed aluminum finish with a “Century Blue” fabric grille, along with matching feet and a power cable.

Samsung and Google teamed up to create the Galaxy XR, a mixed reality headset that is designed to work similarly to Apple’s Vision Pro, but be significantly lighter and more affordable — in fact, starting at $1800, it’s almost half the price. The headset features 4K micro-OLED screens, a number of high-resolution cameras for face and eye tracking, and runs on the Android XR platform, which was developed by both brands. And, just like the Vision Pro, the headset can be used to navigate the real world (with its integration with Google Maps), watch movies and shows, experience live sporting events from afar, and capture and experience immersive spatial photos and videos.

KEF’s Coda W is a powered active speaker system modeled after the brand’s Coda loudspeakers, which were first released in the 1970s. Both speakers are individually amplified, and together the system delivers a beefy 200 watts of power. Like its other wireless speaker systems, the Coda W is extremely versatile thanks to a wide variety of wired connections, so you can use it as a desktop or TV speaker. Most interestingly, the Coda W is KEF’s first active speaker system to feature a built-in phono preamplifier (compatible with MM cartridges), making it plug-and-play ready for most entry-level turntables today. If there’s one tradeoff, it’s that it only supports Bluetooth streaming — there’s no built-in Wi-Fi, meaning it’s probably best used with a wired source.

Bluesound’s Pulse Flex (2025) is a new and improved smart speaker that, compared to the original released in 2015, has been updated in just about every way. It features a totally new industrial design with an interchangeable fabric grille, as well as a new acoustic architecture — it has a custom-designed 50-watt amplifier that powers a 4-inch woofer and a 0.75-inch tweeter. Like before, the speaker works with the BluOS multi-room streaming platform, and it can be grouped with a wide range of wireless speakers and systems.

Nomad’s Stratos is the brand’s most premium Apple Watch strap to date. It’s the only hybrid Apple Watch band with Grade 4 titanium links and an FKM rubber interior, giving it a premium look while feeling more flexible and sporty. As far as color options, you can pick between silver or carbide for the titanium, and black, volt (electric yellow) or ultra orange for the FKM rubber. It’s designed to fit any Apple Watch Ultra and comes with a tool for adding and removing links.

The legendary British audio manufacturer announced a new flagship range of hi-fi components, called the Platina Series, which includes the Platina Integrated, which the brand is calling its “finest ever” amplifier. It’s an integrated amplifier that combines a power amplifier, a phono preamplifier (MM/MC compatibility), a 32-bit DAC, and numerous analog and digital connections. It also has a headphone amplifier, for the times when private listening is preferred. As an amp, it promises to deliver 200 watts per channel into 8 ohms or 300 watts into 4 ohms, meaning it should be able to drive really demanding loudspeakers.

Clearaudio is a German hi-fi manufacturer that specializes in high-end audiophile turntables — they range from a few grand to a lot more (its flagship Reference Jubilee costs $30,000). Now, it has launched a premium collection of precision tools designed to keep your turntable and vinyl records in immaculate condition. According to the brand, “each tool has been carefully designed to meet Clearaudio’s exacting engineering standards, helping enthusiasts achieve and maintain the highest possible sound quality from their analogue systems.”

House of Marley’s Soul Rebel is an affordable all-in-one turntable that comes with built-in stereo speakers and an Audio-Technica AT3600L stylus. It has Bluetooth for streaming when you’re not listening to vinyl, as well as RCA and auxiliary outputs for hooking the turntable up to larger hi-fi systems. That said, the most interesting thing about the turntable is the built-in lighting beneath its plinth, which is designed to help set the mood while you’re listening to records.