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Gavin Phillips

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Tech Explained, Security, Internet & Entertainment Editor @MUO_official. Product Reviewer. Tweets on tech, football, Spurs, & F1.
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I tried the viral $50 FiiO EH13 headphones, and I'm struggling to find the catch

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By Gavin Phillips Verified
| MUO Verified
I love a new set of headphones, and I love a bargain even more. So when I saw the FiiO EH13 headphones with LDAC and ANC popping up on my socials, I was immediately hooked. And now, after using them for a week, I'm blown away with the quality that FiiO has managed to pack into these $50 cans — but they're not completely without fault, as you'll see.
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Android phones slow down past a storage threshold nobody talks about, and mine was way past it

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By Gavin Phillips Verified
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Keep 10 percent of your storage free. It's the Android storage mantra that's been repeated for years, passed around almost like folk wisdom. It's not wrong exactly; in fairness, it's just not quite right, which is why it doesn't behave as it should across different devices. Different phones at the same fill percentage will be affected differently because, for many storage types, the percentage isn't the problem — it's all down to the storage type in your phone and how your device manages it.
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I added hi-res audio to my Windows 11 PC for under $6, and my music finally sounds right

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By Gavin Phillips Verified
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I've owned various headphones and earbuds over the years with hi-res LDAC codec support. The only problem is that Windows 11 doesn't support LDAC, which means I invariably connect to my phone, which does, but then it becomes a problem playing audio from my PC. I know, I know, it's not the worst problem, but it is frustrating. There is a solution to this problem: The Alternative A2DP Driver.
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