Turntables & Hi-Fi,Tested for 30 Days.
We listen for a living. Your headphones get the same ears. Headphones, speakers, turntables, car audio and guitars, put through The Retro-Future Test with New Wave Radio.
The Turntables & Hi-Fi Crank It Picks.
No Crank It verdicts here yet. The first tests are being picked by your votes now.
All Turntables & Hi-Fi, Newest First.
Products on test show their day count. Finished tests show the verdict.
Nothing on test in this category yet. Request a product and it could be the first.
Five Things to Check Before You Spend.
The spec sheet won’t tell you these. Our 30-day tests measure every one.
- Sound at low volume, not just loud
- Comfort after 2 hours
- Call quality outdoors
- Real battery life against the claim
- An app and controls you’ll actually use
What We’d Skip, and Why.
Every Skip It verdict in Audio & Music Gear, with the reason. It’s the list that saves you money.
Nothing in this category has earned a Skip It yet.
You Decide What We Test Next.
Every Audio & Music Gear request from all five NextWave stations is counted. The most-requested products go on test first, and only a real 30-day test earns a verdict.
Three Verdicts. No Fence-Sitting.
Crank It
Top pick. We’d buy it with our own money.
Keep It On
Good, with trade-offs we spell out so you can decide.
Skip It
Not for our listeners, and we’ll tell you exactly why.
What Audio & Music Gear Should We Test Next?
Name it, pick your station and tell us why. The more listeners ask, the faster it moves up the list.
Audio & Music Gear Questions.
Which Audio & Music Gear products will you test first?
The ones listeners request and vote for most, as long as the brand can supply a review unit or we can buy one ourselves.
How long is each test?
30 days of real use, in three episodes: Day 1 first look, Day 7 real life, Day 30 verdict. The verdict airs on New Wave Radio first.
Do brands pay for Audio & Music Gear reviews?
No. Brands may loan or send products, and every review says how we got it. Verdicts can’t be bought.