While designing a guitar, a regular guitar design follows a fairly consistent blueprint: a body, a neck, and a headstock—where the tuning machines are—strings go from top to bottom. But over the last ...

If you work in the professional audio field, you need to use balanced lines for long signal runs to prevent hum and noise pick-up. This Balanced/Unbalanced Converter is really two projects in one. It ...

The Edifier W820NB are an affordable pair of headphones. Let’s see if they’re still worth your money. There are the cheap store-helf headphones that you get just to funnel sound into your ears. There ...

The Binary EP321, with its MEMS driver, may not be for everyone... but it's definitely for me.

There is no shortage of over-the-ear headphones, with manufacturers ranging from Bose to Bang & Olufsen and even Sony flooding the market with models. So where does a midrange brand like Plantronics ...

In professional audio, analog interconnections between devices typically use “balanced” interfaces. At the source, a balanced output stage differentially drives two signal wires (theoretically with ...

Branded soundbars from names like Sony, JBL, Sonos and Bose offer premium systems that are engineered with advanced audio ...

At $1,999, Orchard Audio Valencia is a balanced desktop power amplifier designed for headphones, but powerful enough for speakers. Having just driven past an orange grove in Florida earlier this week, ...

Monoprice’s Desktop Headphone Amplifier delivers high performance, rich features, and high value for the demanding audio enthusiast. It might be disappearing from smartphones, but plenty of home and ...

The Art of Living Center in Los Angeles is part of a global nonprofit movement dedicated to reducing stress and fostering wellbeing through meditation, breathwork, and community service. The building ...