DEVORE FIDELITY O/96

£ 13,500 per pair, absolutesounds.com

Absolute Sounds’ founder, Ricardo Franassovici, is on a mission to bring the best international hi-fi products to the UK. In this case, he’s personally curating a selection of 10 artisan audio products (a concept cleverly titled Ten), the first of which comes from New-York-based DeVore Fidelity. The ‘O’ in O/96 stands for ‘Orangutan’, because of course it does. The ‘96’? Well, here we have a handmade wide baffle loudspeaker with an electrical sensitivity of 96dB, a contrast to most 85dB to 90dB modern cones, and perfect as a tonal accompaniment to lighter weight

PHILIPS 326P1H

£399, philips.co.uk

Home working is a wonderful thing, isn’t it? If you’re lucky enough to have swapped the train or car for a 13-stair commute to your desk, it’s time to start doing it right. And you could do a whole lot worse than to put the new Philips 326P1H in front of you all day. It’s a huge 32-inch QHD panel with exacting colour reproduction, that’ll take HDMI, DisplayPort or USB-C inputs (meaning it can charge your connected laptop, too) and daisychain over to a second monitor via DisplayPort out if you need it. The built-in pop-up webcam means you can log in via Windows Hello and be

valve amps. These look as special as they sound, too, and if you’re not happy with any of the fancy veneers on offer, DeVore will even customise your O/96 pair to your exact specifications – as you might expect, given the price.

T3 SAYS: Handmade, sensitive and limited- edition audio loveliness.

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JLAB EPIC AIR SPORT

£70, jlabaudio.com

The value end of the true wireless space is expanding at the moment. That doesn’t just mean basic true wireless buds, either: JLab Audio is determined that ANC deserves its place at the budget table, and that there’s no reason to sacrifice audio quality at this price point. The Epic Air Sport ANC was released alongside the non-sport Epic Air ANC (which are the same price so pick up the Sports, unless their over-ear form doesn’t work for you) and uses the company’s own smart hybrid ANC tech, tunable via an app. It offers pass through, fully customisable EQ, ready for interminable enforced fun over Zoom. When it’s retracted, you’ll have the security of knowing your boss can’t possibly be watching you slobbing out in your pyjamas with

on in the background. Not that you’d do that, of course…

T3 SAYS: This decent, generous-sized monitor is a home worker’s dream.

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COOLNESS INNOVATION FEATURES optional low latency communication, and wear detect sensors to start and stop your tunes when the buds are inserted and removed. That’s a high-end feature set – and IP66 water resistance ensures you can sweat to your heart’s content too.

T3 SAYS: Top-end audio features in an affordable wireless bud set.

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