
Shimano XTR Di2 System
The XTR Di2 System brings the first electronic shifter to mountain biking and it doesn’t stop there.

The XTR Di2 System brings the first electronic shifter to mountain biking and it doesn’t stop there.

The Smith Optics Overtake Helmet, equipped with a Koroyd core, offers best-in-class ventilation, top-mark aerodynamics, and the best skull protection you can find.

Smartphones and tablets still can’t compete with e-readers.
By Tucker Bowe

The screen is the star of this new all-in-one 27-inch iMac. Its pixel count — 14.7 million pixels at 218 PPI — is currently the highest for any computer in the world, making it vital for anyone who works in design or graphics and wants an edge.

Arcam’s miniBlink Bluetooth receiver lets audiophiles integrate wireless streaming without replacing a single piece of their existing setup.
By Ben Bowers

Home routers are boring. They’re the kind of thing you buy because you have to — because you can’t plug an Ethernet jack into your phone.
By Darren Murph

Ambition comes easily when there’s someone to dethrone. What happens after you make it — now that’s what separates the best from the rest.
By Ben Bowers

Much of this year’s acclaim has gone to B&W’s sequel to the B&W 685 S2 speakers, a fantastic entry-level unit that punches far above its weight class, but in our eyes B&W’s CM6 S2 tells an equally important story.
By Eric Yang

The Canon PowerShot G7X proves that Sony’s going to have to work for their place in the point-and-shoot camera market.
By Jack Seemer

GoPro HERO 4 defies conventional wisdom about how action cameras should look and function — and it ends up outperforming every other camera on the market.
By Sung Han

Home automation has been a beautiful mess for years, with walled gardens and incompatible ecosystems making it impossible to gain traction on a mainstream level. Logitech’s Harmony Ultimate Home Remote is the ideal fence straddler, caring not about what systems you use and serving only to unify a million fragmented components.
By Darren Murph

Microsoft first few Surface attempts were lackluster, but now it’s playing for keeps.
By Darren Murph

Oppo’s latest planar magnetic headphone improves on its predecessor by smartly stripping away luxurious elements to create an incredible value proposition for audiophiles on the go.
By Ben Bowers

Pioneer’s new Dolby Atmos Elite speakers, designed by the legendary Andrew Jones, bring Atmos technology into the home without requiring additional ceiling-mounted speakers.
By Ben Bowers

Selecting a single smartphone to sit atop 2014’s pedestal just felt awkward.
By Darren Murph

Sony knows full well that it won’t soon rival Apple when it comes to owning the portable music market, but rather than conceding everything, it’s venturing to stake a claim among audiophiles. If you care more about resolution and bitrate than device convergence, there’s a Walkman for that.
By Darren Murph

With Sony’s PS TV, the gaming industry finally wises up to modern home entertainment.
By Nick Milanes

Up until now, 4K was an exciting technology, but hardly a sane investment. With some of the earliest sets priced at around the same level as a new C-Class coupe from Mercedes-Benz, only those with far more money than sense were able to bring a 4K set home.
By Darren Murph

The virtual reality space is still coming of age, but what’s been offered up thus far falls on two extreme ends of the curve — pricey and proprietary, or cheap and forgettable.
By Darren Murph

Alpacka Raft’s latest offering, the Alpackalypse, combines the feel and handling of a hardshell kayak with a form that weighs just over ten pounds and packs down to 17 inches by 11 inches — making it still very much a backpackers raft.
By Will McGough