On the Road to Autonomy

Just because you're a venerable speaker company going back to the sixties and you have a pedigree that puts you in the pantheon of British audio companies, doesn't mean you're going to rest on your laurels. And KEF definitely is not resting on its laurels, as demonstrated by its Coda W all-in- one wireless powered speakers. These are kind of speakers I would have killed for in high school.

About 40 years ago Martin Logan started shipping its first audacious and stunning electrostatic speakers. Since then, the company has become a venerable brand offering not only cutting-edge towers but also wireless, in-wall, and bookshelf speakers, such as the Motion XT B100s. If you're like me, the first pair of speakers you owned were a pair of bookshelf speakers, primarily for their affordability but also because your parents wouldn't let you put a pair of 6-foot-tower spe

News this week on the electric vehicle (EV) front may have reminded one of the rather mean spirited admonishment from Steve Martin's character in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles : "When you're telling these little stories, have a point." That's the primary lesson to be learned from the demise of the Sony Honda Afeela. The Sony Afeela 1 was regularly ballyhooed at CES, the massive trade show in Las Vegas once dominated by the consumer electronics company, and much like the App