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Sony offered a glimpse of its first 360-degree audio speakers back at the online-only CES 2021 expo in January, with two units based around the company's 360 Reality Audio tech. Now the SRS-RA5000 and SRS-RA3000 are up for pre-order.

If you want big screen entertainment in your home but don't want a huge TV dominating a room, ultra-short-throw projectors offer a tidy alternative. The latest 4K UST projector to be released by China's Hisense is the L5F Laser Cinema.

The new, second-generation Google Nest Hub is here, with one big change from its 2018 predecessor: it can track your sleeping patterns from a bedside table, with no wires or wearables required, besides offering all the smarts of Google Assistant.

The newest Sonos speaker is the brand's most compact and most portable yet – the Sonos Roam is designed to be carried anywhere, supports Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections, is fully waterproof and can be yours for US$169.

If you like your living space light and airy, big-screen TVs can present a bit of an aesthetics problem. The M1 from Austrian luxury brand C Seed lives in the floor until needed, then rises up and unfolds for 165 inches of MicroLED 4K visuals.

California's ViewSonic has launched a new 1080p portable projector that uses a technique called time of flight ranging to quickly measure the distance to the wall and achieve sharp focus in just one second.

Back in 2018, China's Puppy Robot launched the puppy cube interactive projector on Indiegogo, and we got to review a unit. The next generation launched early 2020, followed by the higher spec Hachi Infinite M1 Pro – which we've been trying out.

Much of today's music consumption is digital, and most of that is streamed. Some folks still play CDs though, and McIntosh Labs has today launched a retro-cool player for those who want to rock the house with the help of spinning plastic discs.

Bang & Olufsen has added a stylish new wireless speaker to its Beosound range. The Level puts out over 100 watts of sonic power, has a built-in battery for portability and can automatically change its sound profile depending on how it's positioned.

Optoma has launched a new laser projector for professional installations such as museums, conference rooms and lecture halls. The ZU720TST is billed as the world's first short-throw, 7,000-lumens, fixed-lens, WUXGA laser projector.

Even without that striking logo, audio gear from McIntosh Labs has a look all its own. The latest addition to the company's high-end catalog is a versatile 2-channel vacuum tube headphone amplifier named the MHA200.

Back in 2014, French audio house Devialet launched a $2,000, 750-W wireless speaker called the Phantom that looked like nothing else out there. Now the company has upgraded its flagship compact all-in-one speaker for 2021.