11 Cool New Gadgets to Keep on Your Radar

The American hi-fi company has introduced the Classic Series. It comprises seven of the brand’s most recognizable open-back headphones, ranging from its entry-level SR60 ($125) to its flagship GS3000 ($3,000), but each one has been updated with Grado’s new X2 driver platform along with updated cable assemblies and refined build components. (Note: each of these headphones has a traditional hard-wired construction; for listeners looking for detachable cables, check out Grad’s Signature Line.)

The Schiit Lyr 5 is a desktop amplifier destined to drive high-performing wired headphones. And, most interestingly, it has a hybrid design that gives you two different gain modes for doing just that: either vacuum tube or solid-state. Depending on the headphones, you can easily switch between modes. (Tubes generally deliver a warmer and layered sound, while solid-state delivers a cleaner and purer sound.) Additionally, the Lyr 5 is Texas-based maker’s first headphone amplifier to have Forkbeard, its app that lets you adjust EQ, balance, loudness, and volume, as well as monitor advanced system settings.

The Quad Platina CDT is a high-end CD transport designed to match the look, footprint and playback capabilities of the company’s existing Platina Series components, including the Platina Integrated and Platina Stream. As its name suggests, it’s a CD transport only, meaning it handles the CD mechanism and CD playback and requires a separate DAC (which is why is designed to work with the brand’s integrated amplifier). It’s capable of playing traditional audio CDs, as well as higher-performing CD-R, CD-RW, and data CD formats.

The Home 200 is the smallest of Denon’s refreshed lineup of multi-room speakers for 2026. Like the larger Home 400 and Home 600, the Home is a versatile speaker that runs on Denon’s HEOS platform, allowing it to be grouped with other HEOS-compatible speakers, soundbars and AV receivers. You can think of it as a rival to Sonos’ Era 100 (even if it looks more like a Move 2).

The Home 400 is the middle-sized option in Denon’s refreshed 2026 lineup of multi-room speakers. It has twice as many drivers as the Home 200 and, most notably, features up-firing drivers to deliver a more immersive Dolby Atmos experience. According to the brand, it’s built for those who “want deeper immersion and more presence from their speaker, wherever they choose to place it.” You can think of it as Denon’s answer to the Sonos Era 300.

The Home 600 is the largest and most powerful of Denon’s three new multi-room speakers for 2026. It features dual, opposing 6.5‑inch woofers, along with an array of tweeters, midrange, and up-firing drivers. The latter of which promises to actually make it a more immersive-sounding speaker than the Sonos Five. According to the brand, the Home 600 “delivers deep, authoritative bass from its built‑in subwoofer system, revealing the full depth of your music.”

Ècoute TH1 is a pair of premium, wireless over-ear headphones that are designed for audiophiles. It holds the unique distinction of being the first wireless headphones with a built-in vacuum-tube preamp and amplifier. This helps it deliver a warm, high-resolution sound that’s typically associated with analog hi-fi setups. The headphones support LDAC for hi-fi streaming and can also work as wired headphones via USB-C and 3.5mm inputs. According to the brand, the TH1 “combines the performance of high-end wireless audiophile headphones, a headphone DAC, and a portable vacuum tube headphone amplifier in one design.”

The CX Black Series consists of three of Cambridge Audio’s existing hi-fi components: the CXA81 Mk II integrated stereo amplifier, the CXC CD transport and the CXN100 SE music streamer. But while each was previously only available in the brand’s signature Lunar Grey finish, the British hi-fi brand is now offering each in a refined matte black finish. (The CXN100 SE music streamer is technically an updated version of its CXN100 SE, but the only thing new is that the SE adds an HDMI eARC input, making it easy to connect your TV directly to your hi-fi system.)

The Fosi Audio S3 is the company’s first foray into high-resolution streaming. It’s a network streamer, a high-resolution DAC and a preamp, designed to bring your home’s traditional hi-fi system up to today’s modern streaming standards. It supports a wide range of streaming protocols, including Spotify Connect, TIDAL Connect, AirPlay 2, Google Cast, and DLNA. More than a streamer, the S3 can function as a standalone digital transport, DAC or preamp, allowing it to work in a wide range of home stereo and home theater systems. According to the brand, it can “serve as the centerpiece of a 2.1 system or a traditional hi-fi setup.”

Sony’s Bravia Theater Bar 7 is a Dolby Atmos soundbar that sits just under the brand’s more premium Bravia options, the Bar 8 and Bar 9. The Bar 7 packs nine total drivers, including two up-firing and two side-firing, enabling it to deliver an immersive sound. The Bar 7 comes bundled with the company’s small subwoofer, the Sub 7 (which costs $330 on its own).

Satetchi has introduced a budget-friendly keyboard and mouse that match Apple’s Space Black or Silver finishes. Both the Slim LX3 keyboard and Slim LX mouse are wired accessories and thus need a constant connection to your Mac or PC. Each has a USB-C cable, but also comes with a USB-C to USB-A adapter, allowing them to work with a wide variety of accessories. The Slim LX3 has a physical OS switch for swapping between Mac and Windows.