Published on May 8, 2023, 8:45 p.m.

For years, the personal audio industry operated on a single premise: isolation equals quality. To hear the music, we were told,…

Published on May 16, 2023, 9:04 p.m.

In the hierarchy of computer peripherals, the humble wired headset is often overlooked. Yet, for millions of remote workers and…

Published on June 3, 2023, 3:14 p.m.

In the crowded landscape of audio technology, innovations often focus on isolation—active noise cancellation, sealed ear tips, …

Published on June 5, 2023, 11:39 a.m.

Evolution designed the human ear to be an always-on alert system. Long before we appreciated Beethoven or podcasts, our ears we…

Published on June 12, 2023, 6:16 p.m.

In the architecture of the modern digital workplace, audio quality is the new business suit. It is the primary indicator of you…

Published on June 21, 2023, 7:52 p.m.

In the rapidly expanding universe of personal audio, the consumer is often adrift in a sea of acronyms. From "ENC" to "IPX7," m…

Published on June 12, 2023, 11:17 a.m.

In the modern era of audio, silence is often the primary commodity. Active Noise Cancellation creates artificial voids, and clo…

Published on March 8, 2025, 7:58 a.m.

For decades, home theater sound was a two-dimensional affair. Stereo gave us width (left to right), and 5.1 surround gave us de…

Published on March 8, 2025, 10:01 a.m.

In the world of home theater, "Surround Sound" has become a diluted term. Many single-bar systems claim to offer it using "Virt…

Published on June 12, 2023, 2:42 p.m.

When it comes to underwater audio, there are two schools of thought: shake the skull (bone conduction) or seal the canal (air c…