Earbuds Archive

These days, you can’t throw a rock without hitting a pair of wireless earbuds. Okay, maybe that’s an exaggeration. But the fact remains that over the last few years, there’s been a massive growth in the wireless earbud market. This is good news if you’re looking for a new pair. There are so many to choose from, there’s no excuse not to get a pair …

When Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that 2016’s iPhone 7 would use wireless headphones only, people thought he was crazy. Why would you want to ditch that old reliable 3.5mm aux jack? The reason is that Cook was banking on then-new True Wireless Stereo (TWS) technology for better audio quality. As it turns out, Apple’s bet paid off. The iPhone 7 was a huge success, …

These days, there’s no end to the number of Bluetooth headphones and earbuds on the market. If we reviewed a pair every single day, we still wouldn’t be able to keep up with all the new offerings. The reason for this is that we’re currently living in an age of rapid growth in that industry. A few years back, Bluetooth earbuds or headphones couldn’t offer …

These days, there are an absurd number of wireless earbuds on the market. This isn’t just because there’s a current wireless earbud fad. In fact, it’s because recent revolutions in technology have allowed for significantly better quality at lower prices. This wasn’t always the case. Just a few years ago, True Wireless Stereo was nothing but a concept on an engineer’s desk. Now, it’s the …

A decade ago, if you had suggested buying a pair of wireless earbuds, most people would have laughed. Why would you want that kind of junk? And make no mistake, early wireless earbuds were junk. This isn’t because they were badly-made. You could buy them from marquee manufacturers. It’s because older Bluetooth technology only allowed for low-bitrate, single-channel audio. It didn’t matter how well-engineered the …