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Philips’ new audio gear brings back the bright, bold colors of the ’80s

The Moving Sound collection includes wireless speakers and headphones with chunky buttons and bright colors. The Moving Sound collection includes wireless speakers and headphones with chunky buttons and bright colors. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Not even electronics were able to escape the dominant ’80s aesthetic of garishly bright colors. Both Sony and Philips offered devices wrapped in yellow plastic during that era, but Philips has decided to bring its hardware back as part of a new Moving Sound collection celebrating 100 years of the company making audio gear, as spotted by What Hi-Fi?. The collection includes two wireless speakers that both feature Bluetooth 5.5 with Auracast support, an IP67 rating so they can survive the occasional short dunking, 24 hours of battery life,

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