When you’re choosing headphones in the $20-$30 range, it’s easy to accidentally end up with terrible audio equipment. The entry-level portion of the headphone market is incredibly saturated. As a result, it can actually be more important to investigate headphones in the $20 range than some equipment in the $60 range. But solving this problem …
It’s uniquely challenging to design in-ear monitors. You’re using tiny audio drivers, sitting right next to your ear, but they’re supposed to sound like listening to speakers in a room. It’s like viewing a photograph on the wall, and then looking at the same photo on your phone. Though both photos might be roughly the …
Audio engineering is like automotive engineering. The engine doesn’t get reinvented every year. But year after year, small improvements do gradually amount to something big. We generally don’t see huge improvements in sound within a single generation. But there are exceptions. Over the past two years, there have been nearly half-a-dozen examples of audio equipment …
Sometimes having a cable between earbuds isn’t bad. Sometimes it’s annoying. In almost every case, it’s terrible for the longevity of the buds. Allowing you to listen to your music without feeling encumbered, it’s easy to see the appeal of truly wireless earbuds. But it’s tricky to get rid of that wire. Each bud has …
How many earbuds claim to be wireless, but are still wired together? With so many partially-wireless earbuds out there, marketers have been forced to switch to using the phrase “true wireless” instead. And if you’re looking to escape all wires, true wireless earbuds might be able to help you out. But going true-wireless does make …