Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a leading member of CNET's Reviews team since 2000. He covers the gamut of gadgets and is a notable reviewer of mobile accessories and portable audio products, ...

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Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. The Sony SRS-XB40 is a portable Bluetooth speaker armed ...

Sony’s EXTRA BASS portable Bluetooth speakers deliver, well extra bass, and put on a pretty good (light) show as well. The new SRS-XB range comes in XB40, XB30 and XB20 and they don’t mind showing off ...

At CES 2017, Sony introduced the latest additions to its popular line of EXTRA BASS products, including two new headphones and four speakers. In terms of the speakers, these are of course, Bluetooth ...

But the Sony SRS-XB40 is no World War. It’s a relatively small bar speaker that isn’t as light or flimsy as it looks at first glance. Portable, certainly, but not something you can slip into a handbag ...

Portable speakers promise to give you an instant party almost anywhere. But for too long, ‘instant’ has never truly been the case. You either have to struggle to pair your phone, or are forced to ...

Sony has been steadily upping its game in the personal audio space. Its 2015 flagship, the Sony MDR-100ABN was mighty impressive for what it offered back then, and Sony significantly improved on it ...

Turn the Sony SRS-XB40 on, and the speaker cones become suddenly aglow in pale LED light while a band of varying colors dances around the grille. It's a cool trick, but when the glory of these lights ...

Turn the Sony SRS-XB40 on, and the speaker cones become suddenly aglow in pale LED light while a band of varying colors dances around the grille. It's a cool trick, but when the glory of these lights ...

I've been a contributing editor for PCMag since 2011. Before that, I was PCMag's lead audio analyst from 2006 to 2011. Even though I'm a freelancer now, PCMag has been my home for well over a decade, ...