You don’t have to look hard to find wireless earbuds. Even with noise cancellation and similar features, you’ve got an almost endless supply of choices available. And that high degree of granularity means audio manufacturers end up making earbuds for many different types of listeners. People who want to throw their next three paychecks at …
If you’ve ever visited a decent movie theatre, then you’ve probably experienced true surround sound. It’s the kind of immersion that gets people to go to the movies in the first place, and it provides something that you can’t get at home without some hefty investments. Humans ears are fine tuned to hear the directionality …
It’s hard to expect top-level audio quality while you’re walking down a busy city street, or when you’re jogging in the woods. And it’s just as hard to design audio equipment built for those conditions. The selling point of sports headphones is their highly portable design. But that can put heavy constraints on the kind …
When you’re trying to listen to something in an environment with little ambient noise, you need little in the way of noise cancellation. Even a common pair of earbuds may provide enough of a physical barrier for adequate noise isolation. But when you’re dealing with more than a little ambient noise, what you need is …
It doesn’t matter what you’re trying to listen to, ambient noise can ruin your experience. It’s the guy next to you coughing, it’s someone else’s loud conversation, and it’s the roar of a bus passing you on the street. Ambient noise can be partially blocked with over-ear headphones or in-ear buds, but there’s only so …