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Daily Audio News — January 25, 2026

Highlights: Audeze LCD-5s: flagship planar gets SLAM treatment; The Sony and TCL TV merger could be a good thing – as long as each brand stays in its lane; Don't Look Back in Anger at these classic 1996 tracks turning 30 this year; BenQ W5850 vs Epson EH-QB1000: which five-star 4K projector should you buy?; Our experts scoured the January sales for deals on Award-winning OLEDs, five-star speaker systems and the latest AirPods Pro

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Audeze LCD-5s: flagship planar gets SLAM treatment

Topic: Headphones

Audeze has quietly dropped a successor to its LCD-5 flagship headphone. The LCD-5s made its debut at NAMM 2026, bringing the company’s SLAM acoustic technology (previously reserved for the US$5995 CRBN2 electrostatic) down to its planar magnetic lineup. Specs summary The technical fundamentals: a 90mm planar magnetic driver using Audeze’s […]

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The Sony and TCL TV merger could be a good thing – as long as each brand stays in its lane

Topic: Other

Sony and TCL are both great at the (different) things they do – let’s not cross the streams

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