Neil Young's new HD music player, PonoPlayer, surpassed its Kickstarter goal of $800,000 just hours after launching. But can people really tell the difference in sound quality, or is it purely psychological? And how will its Toblerone shape fit in our flexible, sleek world?

Whether coffee or chocolate, pizza or pencils, connoisseurship has become a pastime for the masses. But if anyone can become a connoisseur of anything, will the concept lose its mystique?

To promote its wireless music system, Sonos created a model home with a colourful difference. Play any track and the walls come alive with ‘generative soundscapes’; digital projections and colours which transform the space according to the pitch and rhythm of the music.