12 Cool New Gadgets to Keep on Your Radar

The Denon AVR-S980H is a 7.2-channel AV receiver that, according to the brand, is designed for people “ready to step up from a soundbar or basic audio setup into a more immersive home theater experience.” It packs a Class A/B amplifier that delivers 90 watts per channel, making it suitable for medium-sized rooms and for driving a wide variety of entry-level and midrange sound systems.

The Leak Sandwich 100 is a pair of bookshelf speakers modeled after the brand’s original 1961 Sandwich loudspeaker. They’re essentially smaller versions of Leak’s Sandwich 150. Despite its smaller size, Leak claims the Sandwich 100 has the same hallmark qualities as its other Sandwich loudspeakers and delivers “an engaging, natural sound across a wide range of music.”

The Heritage Centre is a dedicated center channel that’s designed to match Wharfedale’s other Heritage series speakers both aesthetically and acoustically. It’s aimed at Linton or Denton owners who want to transform their traditional stereo system into a 3.1- or 5.1-channel home theater system.

DJI isn’t messing much with success. The fourth-generation Osmo Pocket looks and works just like the Osmo Pocket 3, which was released in 2023, as it’s a three-axis handheld camera designed for vlogging and content creation. Naturally, the Osmo Pocket 4 comes with quite a few upgrades, the most notable of which being a higher-capacity battery, more storage and better 4K video capture (particularly in low light). Unfortunately, US pricing and availability aren’t yet known.

The A-i130 is one of two integrated amplifiers in the brand’s flagship Nova series. It combines a power amplifier, preamplifier, DAC and a wide range of connections into one box. And it’s capable of delivering 130 watts per channel. It lacks Wi-Fi and Bluetooth streaming capabilities, but Advance Paris sells accessories that are specially designed to add both.

The A-i190 is the French audio maker’s flagship integrated amplifier. It’s quite similar to its smaller sibling, A-i130, but the A-i190 is more powerful (capable of delivering 190 watts per channel) and features more connections. Specifically, it adds XLR inputs and pre-out, two coaxial digital inputs, and an MC phono stage, so it’s compatible with higher-end turntables. 

Do your charging cables keep slipping off your desk or nightstand? Enter the CableStay. It’s a five-foot, woven nylon USB-C charging cable that comes with a weighted anchor (which isn’t attached to the cable). The idea is to place the small but nearly half-pound weight on top of the cable to prevent it from falling off the ground. Neat and simple. The CableStay does not come with a wall adapter, but it accepts up to 60 watts with Power Delivery. It comes in four colors (as shown above).

We Are Rewind teamed up with Discogs and Recording The Masters to release a special-edition version of its WE-001. Like before, it’s a portable cassette tape player with new-age features, such as Bluetooth connectivity and USB-C charging, but it comes in a new matte black finish with the Discogs logo front and center. Additionally, it comes bundled with RTM’s C60 Blank Cassette tape, so you can record your own mixtapes. Only 150 of these bundles will be sold.

Audio-Technica’s AT-LP60X is the company’s most entry-level turntable. Released in 2019, it’s positioned as an affordable option for those who want to get into vinyl. The AT-LP60X-PL is a special-edition version of the AT-LP60X with a purple finish. Other than that, it’s the same fully-automatic, belt-drive turntable as before.

The Tuk Grand is Kanto Audio’s new flagship speaker. It’s essentially a bigger and better version of Kanto’s Tuk speakers. Like the rest of its speaker lines, the Tuk Grand comes in both passive and powered models, which gives you more flexibility to build out a hi-fi system. According to the brand, the Tuk Grand “represents the most ambitious speaker Kanto has created to date.”

GoPro is making the most significant change to its action camera lineup in the last two decades with the introduction of the Mission 1 Series. It comprises three different models, all of which feature a 50-megapixel 1″ sensor, GoPro’s ultra-efficient GP3 processor, and work with an interchangeable Micro Four Thirds lens system (that’s compatible with an even broader array of lenses via adapters). Designed for professional filmmakers and creators, GoPro says the series features the “world’s smallest, lightest, and most rugged 8K and 4K Open Gate cinema cameras.” At the time of writing, pricing and availability information have not been revealed.

Summer is right around and a handheld portable fan is an EDC I think we can all get behind. Enter Dyson’s HushJet Mini Cool, which you can consider the Rolls-Royce of the category. It’s the brand’s first-ever portable fan and, naturally, it’s engineered for excellence. It features a brushless 65,000-RPM DC motor that delivers 55mph of cool air right to the face. And despite that power, it promises not to be any louder than a common desk fan. It changes via USB-C and has an “up to six-hour” battery life. At $100, it’s cheap for Dyson but wildly expensive for a portable fan.