Friends, it's official: Amazon Prime Day is on the horizon. The sales extravaganza is slated for June 23 - 26.
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But we needn't be anything other than calm and composed about this; that's why you're here, furnishing the rooms of your mind palace early doors, with me.
And if it's new and highly rated audio products you came to bone up on, from my friendly 'Audio, Headphones and Hi-Fi' corner of TechRadar, you came to the right place.
Seven of the following products were reviewed in May or June of this year and all gained a highly-coveted four stars or above. The other is a cassette player that's a dead ringer for the Maxell Wireless Cassette Player my colleague reviewed and loved recently, but it's even cheaper than that model.
Top of the pile for me? The Anker Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro earbuds. The review is hot off the press and at this level, competition is rife in earbuds. But we've tested the rest and let us tell you, these are good. If you see a set discounted on Prime Day, I wouldn't hesitate.
Next up, the AirPods Pro Max 2, which are perhaps a little rich for the blood usually, but Prime Day isn't your usual deals event and I reckon we might see a few tasty savings out there as competing retailers gear up for Prime Day. And honestly, I've never heard noise cancellation so good from an Apple source device…
OK, but what if you're happy with your earbuds or headphones and just want to level up the resolution and be 100% sure you're getting the goods? The Khadas Tea Pro (especially if it's an iPhone you're looking to enhance) or the pocket powerhouse iFi Go Link 2 are for you. Simply add these little bobby-dazzler dongles to your setup, make sure your streaming quality (or downloaded files) are up to scratch and get ready to hear the difference. Stressed, you? Not when music sounds this good.
Want to level up your Bluetooth speaker game ahead of (ooh-ah!) all those summer nights? I've got you. It's big, it's beefy and you absolutely can't go wrong with the new JBL Xtreme 5 thanks to its meatier bass, enhanced clarity and even more power over its predecessor. It's also got edge lighting, lossless USB-C audio and an IP68 rating, so it'll be absolutely fine if the party goes really well and it ends up dunked in the pool.
Lastly, two slightly more niche picks: a set of wired earbuds (although that trend continues apace) from House of Marley, namely the Smile Jamaica USB-C set, which we adored under intense review, and the Shokz OpenFit Pro open earbuds, which are the best-sounding sports-specific set of open-fit buds I've ever heard.
The best deals at Amazon are listed beside each entry below — just keep your eyes out for tumbling prices!
Your pre-Prime Day audio roundup
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