Published on June 10, 2023, 8:02 a.m.

There’s a modern paradox that every urban runner, cyclist, or even pedestrian knows intimately. It’s the desire to be lost in t…

Published on June 11, 2023, 7:44 p.m.

For decades, the standard for personal audio has been a simple trade-off: to truly immerse yourself in sound, you must shut out…

Published on May 31, 2023, 8:37 p.m.

In an increasingly connected and fast-paced world, the simple act of listening to music has become a complex negotiation betwee…

Published on June 8, 2023, 2:53 p.m.

In early 19th-century Vienna, amidst the twilight of his career, Ludwig van Beethoven faced a musician's cruelest fate: profoun…

Published on May 14, 2023, 9:22 a.m.

Typically, you hear when sound waves travel through the air, are collected by your outer ear, and cause your eardrum to vibrate…

Published on Dec. 4, 2024, 11:44 a.m.

For decades, the holy grail of personal audio has been silence. We’ve engineered headphones to be fortresses for our ears, usin…

Published on Dec. 4, 2024, 8:41 a.m.

In 1979, a device emerged from Japan that would fundamentally alter our relationship with public space. The Sony Walkman didn’t…

Published on Dec. 4, 2024, 5:17 a.m.

We’ve all been there. Lost in a podcast or a favorite album, the world outside our headphones fades into a muted, distant film.…

Published on Dec. 3, 2024, 5:44 p.m.

The world arrives as a cacophony. A distant siren weaves through the rumble of traffic, a snippet of conversation brushes past,…

Published on Nov. 7, 2024, 2:34 p.m.

In the world of personal audio, we've long been presented with a compromise: seal off the world for immersive sound, or stay co…

Published on June 2, 2023, 5:40 p.m.

It began, as many revolutions do, with a simple desire. In 1979, the pockets of the world began pulsating with the sound of mus…

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

The world today hums with a symphony of digital sound, a personal soundtrack accompanying our every move. We crave the immersiv…

Published on June 9, 2023, 10:38 a.m.

In 1910, in a small kitchen in Utah, a naval radio operator named Nathaniel Baldwin cobbled together a device from a mile of wi…

Published on May 7, 2023, 5:54 p.m.

There is a unique silence to the modern world, and it is the sound of noise-canceling headphones. It’s the manufactured quiet o…

Published on June 1, 2023, 6:47 p.m.

Consider, for a moment, the profound magic of hearing. Think of the first sound you registered this morning—perhaps the gentle …

Published on May 30, 2023, 7:40 p.m.

There’s a universal moment every music lover knows. You’re lost in a soaring guitar solo or a driving bassline, the world outsi…

Published on Dec. 3, 2024, 4:38 p.m.

There was a time when personal audio had a color: a vibrant, unmistakable orange. It was the color of the foam on the headphone…

Published on May 13, 2023, 5:07 p.m.

Picture this: Vienna, early 19th century. Ludwig van Beethoven, the titan of music, is losing his most precious sense. Deafness…

Published on Nov. 7, 2024, 9:41 a.m.

There’s a unique magic to walking through a city like Montreal in late afternoon. It’s a symphony of a thousand tiny events: th…

Published on Nov. 7, 2024, 8:06 a.m.

It was the faintest shimmer of sound, a high-frequency whine that sliced through the bassline of my morning playlist. A ghost. …