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Open Back Headphones for the Ultimate Sound Quality
By Lauren Dragan Music lovers looking for the ultimate headphone listening experience have more options today than ever. Many high-end audio aficionados prefer the sound of open-backed headphones above all others. What makes open-back so special? How do you know if they’re right for you? Here are a few pointers to get you acquainted. First, a word on what open-back means: open-backed headphones have exterior shells that are not made of solid material in the way that most headphones are commonly designed. Whether it’s mesh or fabric, open-back headphones allow air into (and some sound out of) the space between...
Living Without Wires: A Bluetooth Primer
By Darryl Wilkinson I hate cords, cables, and wires. Wires and cables collect dust, trip you, are never long enough (or are way too long), and in general make living with electronics a tangled mess. If you’ve ever had headphones wrenched from your ears when the cord got snagged on something, you’ll understand why I have a particularly intense loathing of headphone cords. Fortunately wireless pioneers such as Tesla and Marconi sought to cut our electronic chains. For well over a hundred years, others have amplified their efforts, to the point where new wireless technologies are developed with such frequency...
The Hows & Whys of Noise Canceling Headphones
Headphones provide listeners the rare opportunity to shut out the world and immerse themselves in music. But when the world is a little noisier than usual, that can be tough to accomplish. That’s where noise-cancelling headphones come in. But what’s the difference? How do they work? Let us guide you through the basics. Most headphones block out external sound either by covering the ear with a solid cup or by plugging the ear canal. This helps to prevent some of the noise around the listener from reaching the eardrum by mechanical means. This method is often referred to as “sound...
Why Wireless Audio
Did you know wireless audio can bring tunes to places you never dreamed possible? With the advent of wireless audio, now there is a way to grow a whole-home music system in ways never dreamed of. Why does wireless audio make lots of sense? Here's why. WHAT IS WIRELESS AUDIO? Wireless speakers are more myth than reality. There are battery-operated speakers that work for a short periods, but generally speaking, speakers still have wires, namely, the power cord. In the surround sound world when you hear the term ‘wireless-rears’, there is a power pack that is plugged in, and speaker...
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