The Cognitive Processor: How Surround:AI Redefines Home Cinema Immersion

Published on Feb. 28, 2025, 8:30 a.m.

For decades, the role of an AV receiver was essentially that of a traffic cop and a muscle car. It directed signals (traffic) a…

The Software-Defined Earbud: How Algorithms Are Reshaping Budget Audio

Published on June 10, 2023, 5:51 p.m.

The narrative of consumer audio has historically been written in hardware: the size of the driver, the material of the diaphrag…

The Architecture of Immersion: Deconstructing the Spatial Audio Physics of the Sonos Era 300

Published on March 15, 2025, 11:41 a.m.

For over half a century, home audio has been dominated by a single geometric concept: the triangle. The "Stereo Triangle"—liste…

Sonos Beam (Gen 2): Immersive Sound, Simplified Home Theater

Published on March 15, 2025, 11:34 a.m.

In 1931, a brilliant and tragically short-lived British engineer named Alan Blumlein walked out of a cinema frustrated. The new…

Apple AirPods 4: A Refined Listening Experience

Published on Nov. 7, 2024, 10:27 a.m.

It began, as many great ideas do, with a profound annoyance. The year was 1978. Dr. Amar Bose, an MIT professor and audio enthu…

Apple AirPods Max Wireless Over-Ear Headphones: A Luxurious Listening Experience

Published on May 2, 2023, 3:29 p.m.

There is a sound to the modern world, a relentless hum composed of traffic, construction, overlapping conversations, and the di…