Many portable headphones have comfort problems. To reach those higher echelons of portability, manufacturers strip away as much material as they can. Fabric and padding is replaced with silicone, then forced against or inside your car canal. And that can be cozy, for a couple of hours. But among these exceptionally small headphones, even the …
There’s no such thing as the perfect speaker for every person, in every circumstance. Sound equipment performs different from one room to the next, or from one type of song to the next. And those issues are then layered over what is already the subjective nature of enjoying music. It makes choosing audio equipment hard. …
Not every pair of earbuds is made for every type of listener. From comfort to battery life, every feature an earbud has contributes to some type of listener-archetype. Everybody cares about battery life, but an athlete has different battery demands than someone spending all day behind a desk. When you start to calculate additional elements, …
Finding the right portable Bluetooth speaker is about balancing sound quality, volume, battery life, and similar features. If you’re willing to pay $300, you can make far fewer tradeoffs. But when it comes to less expensive Bluetooth sound equipment, the tradeoffs you end up making become far more important. And getting the right equipment means …
How portable is portable enough? When you’re dealing with most audio equipment, bigger tends to be better. It’s something you can notice when comparing the difference between the speaker inside a singing birthday card, the speaker on the back of phone, and the speaker on a full-sized TV. When sound quality matters, you want to …