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WHAT ARE THE BEATS STUDIO HEADPHONES? The Beats by Dre. Studio have, for years, been the top-end model in the highly-recognisable Beats range. And now they've been given a refresh for 2013 and beyond. The price hasn't changed, £269.99, and for that you get a pair of great-feeling, good-looking headphones that feature active noise cancellation to make them even more commute-friendly. These are the best-sounding Beats headphones we've tried, too, but as ever with Beats headphones the sound quality doesn't entirely match the price. BEATS STUDIO - DESIGN AND COMFORT Beats by Dre. has simplified the Beats Studio look in this new reincarnation. Where the previous model had cups that stuck out a way from the side of your head, these stick pretty close. Any design suggestion that these are headphones for the music studio seems to have vanished, besides the name, as the design here is clearly formulated with the commuter in mind. And really, that's no bad thing....

There are a million Bluetooth speakers on the market but JBL has always stood near the top. Its line of Charge speakers are one of the only Bluetooth speakers out there that'll let you charge your device while playing music – hence the Charge name. Like its competitors in the UE Boom series of speakers, the JBL Charge 3 is completely waterproof so you can use it at the beach or near a pool without worrying about frying its electronics. There were many fans of the  JBL Charge 2  speaker battery life, build quality and sound. It's definitely a tough act to follow, and while there's one or two minor snags, the JBL Charge 3 mostly improves on its predecessor's legacy. Design I'll just come out and say it: The JBL Charge 3 is a big speaker. There's no getting around it. At 213 x 87 x 88.5mm, the speaker will take up a fair bit of room in your backpack or purse and at 1.76 pounds, it'll weigh you down as well. However, what you get for having such a b...