Compact

UK guitar amp maker Blackstar has introduced its first guitar in collaboration with Gordon Smith Guitars. The Carry-On Guitar is aimed at wanderlust musicians who want the feel and tone of a full-size instrument in a compact package.

Panasonic stunned us with how tiny it managed to make its full-frame 5S mirrorless video/stills camera, and now Sony has unveiled a proper full-frame rig some 30 percent lighter again. The alpha 7C puts pro-grade imaging in the most portable package ever.

The small, subcompact crossover segment is seeing a lot of action. The Hyundai Venue is the latest entrant into this category, bringing with it the upscale feel that Hyundai is known for. It’s marketed as a crossover, but is really a hatchback.

The Zound Industries/Marshall Amps collaboration has made a teeny addition to its Bluetooth speaker line. The Emberton is water-resistant, offers over 20 hours of playback and promises to throw out 360-degree sound "that only Marshall can deliver."

Musician and designer Yuri Suzuki has collaborated with Japanese education company Gakken to create a cute little record cutting machine that gets music-making consumers cutting their own five-inch vinyl records in a few short minutes.

The Audi Q3 is among the smallest of the Audi SUVs and the easiest to get into, money-wise. This is a compact crossover with plenty of features and decent interior room (overall) that makes a good everyday driver.

What if I told you that you could buy a new, premium-level car for well under US$20,000? Seem hokey? We have looked at several sub-$20k cars with top shelf comfort, quality, and amenities. Here’s another one in the 2020 Nissan Versa.

With Winter NAMM looming – the world's largest music industry show – Harmony has announced the Juno, a "perfect grab and go guitar" inspired by the brand's classic compact monster: the mid-1950s H44 Stratotone.

The CX-30 doesn’t just shake up Mazda’s usual nomenclature for models, but also changes how car audio integrates into the design process. While it misses a few marks in some areas, it sets a new (and high) benchmark for others.

Last year, Italy's XEV announced a partnership with Polymaker to produce a small electric city runabout called the LSEV. Now the name has changed to the YoYo and the car has moved closer to production with the launch of a Kickstarter campaign.

The Sony RX100 VII camera arrives with the same 24-200mm telephoto lens as its predecessor, but packs a few new tricks up its sleeve, including a built-in microphone port and a new burst shooting mode.

With smartphone cameras improving all the time, spending money on compact cameras seems less and less attractive. Nevertheless, major players like Nikon and Canon are still releasing them, and the latter has just updated a couple of its G-series PowerShots with some interesting features.