Edifier QD35 Review – Bluetooth monoculture in styled up and spacy

And no, that’s not some oversized underwater camera; it’s genuinely a real Bluetooth speaker. This beauty is called the Edifier QD35, and its street price is now 120 Euros (RRP 170 Euros). You really have to come up with such a design, and this piece was so distinctively different that I just couldn’t resist, price [...]


CORSAIR K70 MAX Magnetic-Mechanical Keyboard Review – Are switches with a variable trigger point the solution for all problems?

With the next refresh of the K70 – in this case the K70 MAX – Corsair introduces the brand new magnetic switches. Thanks to the adjustable trigger point, the MGX switches are supposed to achieve the perfect balance between fast response (gaming) and maximum precision (typing). You can read whether the “wonder switches” [...]


A revolution in mechanical keyboards? Epomaker announces Shadow-X

This news is based on a press release from Epomaker and thus does not represent a test. However, the whole thing could be interesting, because the Epomaker Shadow-X mechanical keyboard presents a quite innovative technology. With high-quality mechanical switches, it offers precise typing and durability. The modern design combines form and [...]


SoundPeats Engine 4 True Wireless In-Ears in the test – evolution instead of revolution! But in favorable.

We have already tested several inexpensive in-ears from the Chinese manufacturer SoundPeats, and so far they have all scored with a decent price-performance ratio and rich bass. New models are tirelessly introduced to the market and with the Engine 4, enough new features have been added that I dared to take another look. To the manufacturer itself [...]


AliExpress as a hub for Plagiarism – Beyerdynamic, Shure, Neumann and many other Brands at discount Prices (with Teardown)

Product copying of major brand audio equipment in China is now a sad reflection of global challenges. In recent years, the copying and replication of major brand audio equipment by Chinese manufacturers has attracted worldwide attention and also a great deal of anger. This practice, also known as “cloning,” has drawn both highly [...]


Creative Sound Blaster X5 in long-term test with teardown – Plastic sound with highs and lows from a dark plastic box

What goes around comes around, and I was already a bit torn during the test 5 months ago, so I decided not to judge the Creative Sound Blaster X5 on my first impressions, but to run it in parallel with my HIFIMAN EF 400 for a longer time with various headphones alternately. In principle, not much has changed in the acoustically oriented judgment [...]


Solving “unexplained” interrupt problems: Message-Signaled Interrupts (MSI) against sound dropouts, USB problems & Co. | Practice

If the sound card drops out or cracks, USB devices do not work or only work sporadically or the performance drops, then interrupt conflicts are usually the cause. This is something that Windows users have long since ignored out of sheer convenience, although the problem is as old as PCs and has only shifted under the colorful operating system [...]