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Urbanista's New Solar-Powered Wireless Headphones Will Run Forever as Long as You Stay Outside in the SunApril 14, 2021 at 2:45 PM The limitations of battery technology continue to be the bane of every gadget’s existence, but, like the solar calculators of yesteryear, Urbanista’s new noise-canceling Los Angeles headphones feature a solar panel that helps recharge the battery any time you’re exposed to even dim lighting indoors.Read more...Tags: Google, Energy, Science, Technology, Environment, Los Angeles, Headphones, Headset, Photovoltaics, Solar Panel, Audio Engineering, Loudspeakers, Energy Harvesting, Transducers, Exeger, Urbanista 62 people like this. Like These Headphones Offer Solid Active Noise Cancellation for Those on a BudgetApril 7, 2021 at 6:30 PM Urbanista isn’t a household name. Founded in Sweden, the company makes low-cost, high-design headphones for folks who don’t want to spend a few hundred dollars on options from Apple, Bose, or Beats. Their latest product, the Miami, is a pair of active noise-canceling headphones with 50-hour battery life and a tempting…Read more...Tags: Science, Sweden, Headphones, Sony, Miami, Sound, Noise Cancelling, iPhone accessories, Bose Corporation, Audio Engineering, Noise Reduction, AirPods, Sound Recording, Noise Cancelling Headphones, Audio Electronics, Active Noise Control 137 people like this. Like THX's First Consumer Gadget Is a Tiny Headphone Amp That Will Have You Embracing Wires AgainApril 7, 2021 at 10:00 AM THX is a brand synonymous with sound, best known for its eardrum-tickling deep note trailer played before movies in theaters. For years, THX has partnered with hardware makers, lending its expertise in sound to improve the audio capabilities of everything from smartphones to laptops, and now the company is finally…Read more...Tags: Iphone, Apple, Spotify, Science, Technology, Disney, Tesla, Netflix, Headphones, Sony, Philips, Lucasfilm, Consumer Electronics, Onyx, THX, Audio Engineering 149 people like this. Like Anker's Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pro ANC Headphones Drop to $100April 1, 2021 at 11:15 AM Anker Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pro ANC Headphones | $100 | AmazonRead more...Tags: Amazon, Technology, Headphones, Lifehacks, Microphones, Sound, Anker, Apple Inc, African National Congress, iPhone accessories, Audio Engineering, Noise Reduction, AirPods, Soundcore Liberty Air, Anker Soundcore Liberty Air, Active Noise Control 83 people like this. Like Snag Microsoft’s Active Noise-Canceling Surface Headphones for Just $106 at WootApril 1, 2021 at 9:03 AM Microsoft Surface Headphones | $106 | WootRead more...Tags: Amazon, Technology, Microsoft, Cortana, Headphones, Woot, Lifehacks, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Audio Engineering, Loudspeakers, Transducers, Audiology, Technology Internet 128 people like this. Like Save $72 on a Pair of Sony's Excellent WH-1000XM4 Noise-Cancelling HeadphonesMarch 24, 2021 at 10:10 AM Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones | $278 | Best BuyRead more...Tags: Science, Best Buy, Headphones, Noise, Sony, Sound, Noise Cancelling, Jordan McMahon, Andrew Liszewski, Electrical Engineering, Audio Engineering, Noise Reduction, Loudspeakers, Noise Cancelling Headphones, Audiology, Sony Wh 1000xm4 59 people like this. Like Sony's New 360 Reality Audio Speaker Sounds So Damn Good, but It'll Cost YouMarch 24, 2021 at 11:00 AM Sometimes, a Bluetooth-enabled speaker is really all you need. But the nice part about having a speaker with wifi capabilities, too, is being able to simply tell your smart assistant what to play without having to fiddle too much with the speaker itself. It helps when that speaker also delivers exquisite audio the way…Read more...Tags: Google, Spotify, Science, Technology, Bluetooth, Sony, Science and Technology, Alexa, Audio Engineering, Loudspeakers, Ultimate Ears, Music Technology, Telecommunications Engineering, Ra5000 360, Ra5000 360 Reality Audio Speaker 94 people like this. Like How to Set Up Skype's Active Noise Cancellation on Your DesktopMarch 17, 2021 at 4:00 PM “Zoom” may have overtaken “Skype” as the preferred shorthand for making video calls, but Microsoft’s chat service hasn’t gone anywhere. The newest Skype upgrade brings an active noise cancellation setting (ANC) to desktops and laptops, which filters out background sounds while keeping your voice audible.Read more...Tags: Microsoft, Software, Noise, Lifehacks, Skype, Operating Systems, Noise Cancelling, ANC, Audio Engineering, Noise Reduction, Instant Messaging Clients, Cross Platform Software, Videotelephony, Active Noise Control, Technology Internet, Image Noise 81 people like this. Like Boost Your Audio Game With 20% off Sony's Excellent WH-1000XM4 Headphones, Plus a Free Mophie Battery PackMarch 17, 2021 at 10:50 AM Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones + Mophie Battery Pack | $278 | AdoramaRead more...Tags: Science, Companies, Headphones, Sony, Adorama, Andrew Liszewski, Electrical Engineering, Audio Engineering, Noise Reduction, Sound Recording, Noise Cancelling Headphones, Transducers, Sony Wh 1000xm4, Technology Internet, Wh 1000xm4 Headphones 93 people like this. Like Save $70 on a Pair of Sony's Excellent WH-1000XM4 Noise-Cancelling HeadphonesMarch 15, 2021 at 9:26 AM Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones | $278 | AmazonRead more...Tags: Amazon, Headphones, Noise, Sony, Lifehacks, Sound, Noise Cancelling, Jordan McMahon, Andrew Liszewski, Electrical Engineering, Audio Engineering, Noise Reduction, Loudspeakers, Noise Cancelling Headphones, Audiology, Andrew Hayward 112 people like this. Like The Apollo Solo Turns Your Mac Into a Recording StudioMarch 11, 2021 at 3:00 PM Recording audio into your Mac or PC requires a standalone digital signal processor. The most popular models are the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 or the PreSonus AudioBox USB 96, but now advanced audio tech manufacturers are getting into the DSP hardware game. Take the $699 Universal Audio Apollo Solo, for example, which is …Read more...Tags: Music, Science, Record, DSP, Luna, Audio Engineering, Focusrite, Universal Audio, Latency, PreSonus, Music Software, Studio One, Audio Electronics, Technology Internet, Mixing Console, Audio Editors 66 people like this. Like A deep dive into the German and UK editions of The Beatles Collection BC13March 10, 2021 at 9:00 AM You probably have to be a true vinyl and audio engineering nerd to care about this video. In it, Andrew from Parlogram Auctions spends 20 minutes comparing the UK and German editions of the infamous BC13 Stereo Box Set of The Beatles catalog. — Read the restTags: Post, Video, UK, News, The Beatles, Vinyl Records, Andrew, Audio Engineering, Record Collectors, Parlogram Auctions 138 people like this. Like Grab Two Mophie 10,000mAh Power Banks for $20 Right NowMarch 8, 2021 at 7:35 AM Mophie 10,000mAh Power Banks (2-Pack) | $20 | SideDealRead more...Tags: Science, Headphones, Consumer Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Audio Engineering, Loudspeakers, Transducers, Audiology, Sheilah Villari, 000mAh Power Banks for 20 Right Now, 000mAh Power Banks 79 people like this. Like Grab Two Wireless Mophie 10,000mAh Power Banks for $20 Right NowMarch 8, 2021 at 7:35 AM Mophie Wireless 10,000mAh Power Banks (2-Pack) | $20 | SideDealRead more...Tags: Science, Technology, Headphones, Wireless, Electrical Engineering, Audio Engineering, Loudspeakers, Transducers, Audiology, Sheilah Villari, 000mAh Power Banks for 20 Right Now, 000mAh Power Banks 70 people like this. Like Drown Out the Noise With $80 off Bose's 700 Wireless Noise Cancelling HeadphonesMarch 4, 2021 at 11:15 AM Bose 700 Wireless Headphones (Soapstone)| $300 | Best BuyRead more...Tags: Science, Best Buy, Headphones, Wireless, Sound, Bose Corporation, Audio Engineering, Noise Reduction, Loudspeakers, Bose Headphones, Noise Cancelling Headphones, Transducers, Audio Electronics, Active Noise Control, Technology Internet 84 people like this. Like Get Noise Canceled With Anker's Soundcore Q30 Headphones for $68February 26, 2021 at 7:56 AM Anker Soundcore Q30 | $68 | AmazonRead more...Tags: Amazon, Science, Technology, Headphones, Noise, Headset, Anker, Electrical Engineering, Components, Audio Engineering, Loudspeakers, Anker SoundCore, Transducers, Noise Music, Audiology, Technology Internet 58 people like this. Like Get Noise Cancelled With Anker's Soundcore Q30 Headphones for $68February 26, 2021 at 7:56 AM Anker Soundcore Q30 | $68 | AmazonRead more...Tags: Amazon, Science, Headphones, Noise, Headset, Sound, Anker, Audio Engineering, Noise Reduction, Loudspeakers, Noise Control, Anker SoundCore, Transducers, Noise Music, Active Noise Control, Technology Internet 87 people like this. Like JBL's Xtreme 3 Is a Nearly Perfect Portable Bluetooth SpeakerFebruary 19, 2021 at 2:00 PM With summer right around the corner, you might want to consider JBL’s Xtreme 3. It’s a durable and portable Bluetooth speaker that delivers a surprising amount of bass for those who like to listen to music even at top volumes.Read more...Tags: Science, Technology, Bluetooth, Distortion, Science and Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jbl, Audio Engineering, You, Xtreme, Loudspeakers, Electric Guitars, Audio Electronics, In Car Entertainment 139 people like this. Like These 'Invisible Headphones' Promise to Beam Audio Into Your EarsFebruary 18, 2021 at 9:00 AM Open-ear audio is having a moment. JLab and Bose both have sunglasses that double as discreet headphones, but perhaps the most intriguing open-ear technology I’ve seen so far is the SoundBeamer, a device that can supposedly beam sound directly into your ears and your ears alone.Read more...Tags: Science, Technology, Headphones, Bose, Consumer Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Audio Engineering, Loudspeakers, Transducers, Audiology, Christophe Ramstein, Stage Monitor System, Technology Internet, Sound Production 92 people like this. Like How to Work Out Quietly So Your Neighbors Won't Want to Kill YouFebruary 16, 2021 at 4:30 PM Home workouts are convenient, but they sure can be loud. You can jump and stomp as much as you want in a fitness dance class, or even drop barbells if you’re in the right kind of gym. But at home, your downstairs neighbors or sleeping toddler might not approve. Instead, tailor your workout to your environment.Read more...Tags: Ios, Technology, Fitness, Software, Headphones, Lifehacks, Electrical Engineering, Audio Engineering, Mat, Loudspeakers, Transducers 100 people like this. Like A musician couple used biosonic MIDI technology to convert their baby's ultrasound into musicFebruary 16, 2021 at 11:00 AM From Consequence of Sound:
The baby, named Luca Yupanqui, is the soon-to-be child of Psychic Ills bassist Elizabeth Hart and Lee "Scratch" Perry collaborator Iván Diaz Mathé. Yupanqui created the songs on her album using biosonic MIDI technology that translated her in-utero movements into sound. — Read the restTags: Video, Music, News, Audio, Babies, Ultrasound, Musical instruments, Midi, Audio Technology, Lee Scratch Perry, Audio Engineering, Music Production, Audiophiles, Elizabeth Hart, Fetuses, In Utero 140 people like this. Like Long Sheets of Paper-Thin Printed Speakers Could be the Future of Surround SoundFebruary 5, 2021 at 3:30 PM A proper surround sound setup usually involved a room filled with boxy speakers in every corner, but researchers at Germany’s Chemnitz University of Technology have developed a way to print long strips of paper loudspeakers that can be rolled up into a 360-degree surround sound experience more immersive than even a…Read more...Tags: Science, Technology, Germany, Articles, Paper, Printing, Science and Technology, Consumer Electronics, Audio Engineering, Flexible Electronics, Emerging Technologies, Loudspeaker, Electronics Manufacturing, Chemnitz University of Technology, Technology Internet, Lamination 32 people like this. Like These Cheap Noise-Canceling Earbuds Give AirPods Pro a Run for Their MoneyFebruary 2, 2021 at 11:30 AM In a world in which Apple is now selling $549 headphones, and the major players like Bose are sure to follow suit with equally pricey devices, it’s refreshing to find a pair of earbuds that offer solid noise cancellation, excellent design, and a great price.Read more...Tags: Apple, Science, Headphones, Noise, Earbuds, Sound, Bose, iPhone accessories, Electrical Engineering, Audio Engineering, AirPods, AirPods Pro, Audio Electronics, Active Noise Control 52 people like this. Like I Love The New Bose Frames Even If I Look Like an Absolute JabroniJanuary 27, 2021 at 9:30 AM I liked the original Bose Frames. They were stylish sunglasses that featured audio-based augmented reality, which actually seemed like a clever workaround for the technological challenges of smart glasses. But alas, Bose AR wasn’t meant to be. Last summer, the company shuttered that division and as a result, Bose…Read more...Tags: Glasses, Science, Clothing, Headphones, Sunglasses, Eyewear, Bose, Consumer Goods, Bose Corporation, Audio Engineering, Bose Headphones, Ophthalmology, Technology_internet, Business_finance, Audio Electronics, In Car Entertainment 89 people like this. Like Make Action Movies *Boom* With a VIZIO V51-H6 Sound Bar SystemJanuary 19, 2021 at 10:10 AM VIZIO V51-H6 Sound Bar System | $200 | Best BuyRead more...Tags: Video, Technology, Lifehacks, Vizio, Subwoofer, Science and Technology, Surround Sound, Consumer Electronics, Soundbar, Vizio Inc, Audio Engineering, Home Video, Loudspeakers, H6 131 people like this. Like How the oil industry accidentally created autotuneJanuary 8, 2021 at 9:10 AM Autotune gets a bad rep. Sure, it's been abused by plenty of artists, notably T-Pain and Cher's "Believe" single. But used as a mild assistive, it can be a great way to punch up a piece of music. Like anything involving computers, it's junk-in, junk-out; with a decent base take, it can elevate a good performance into a great one is almost imperceptible ways. — Read the restTags: Post, News, Audio, Cher, Seismology, Oil Industry, Audio Engineering, Oil Drilling, Music Technology, Autotune, Auto Tune 51 people like this. Like This is not a review of Apple’s new AirPod Max headphonesDecember 10, 2020 at 9:22 AM I’ve had Apple’s AirPod Max headphones for less than 24 hours, so there is no way I would attempt to write a review of any sort. But I do have some of those oh so popular these days “first impressions” to share. Mostly on build quality, but I’ll throw a few first listen thoughts at you too.
These are thoughts that I have now that may change or get reinforced as I continue to evaluate them over the next week or so. So consider the below a sort of draft review that I’m publishing my early notes on...Tags: Apple, Startups, TC, Headphones, Sony, Atmos, Don, Audio Engineering, Mass Media, AirPods, Disc Jockey 32 people like this. Like When people used to press bootleg recordings onto X-Rays to pass around Soviet RussiaDecember 2, 2020 at 7:47 AM Brian Heater of TechCrunch has a fascinating post on his SubStack about "music on ribs" — when people in Soviet Russia would rip audio onto discarded X-Ray printouts in order to share them with friends:
It's difficult to say whether Philo was first to discover that the soft, pliable nature of X-rays made them – if not ideal, then at least suitable media for pressing records. — Read the restTags: Post, News, Audio, Russia, Vinyl, Vinyl Records, Philo, Soviet Russia, Audio Technology, Audio Engineering, Bootlegs, Bootlegging, Brian Heater of TechCrunch 56 people like this. Like How does sound travel through space?November 27, 2020 at 10:20 AM Twenty Thousand Hertz is a podcast about sounds. Case in point: the latest episode, "Space Audity," which explores how, exactly, sound travels through the vacuum space, and the very practical technological complications that would make potential Martian communications difficult. — Read the restTags: Post, Space, News, Audio, Nasa, International Space Station, Space Exploration, Astronauts, Hertz, Sound, Audio Technology, Sound Design, Audio Engineering, Ground Control to Major Tom, Twenty Thousand Hertz 56 people like this. Like New "soundbeaming" technology claims it can broadcast music to your brain without headphonesNovember 16, 2020 at 9:57 AM Stereogum explains this eerily dystopian sci-fi device from Noveto Systems:
SoundBeamer 1.0. Developed by Noveto Systems, the product reportedly creates a personal sound bubble that allows you to hear 3D audio while continuing to observe other sounds in the space. According to Noveto, the product's sensing module locates and tracks your ear position, creating sound pockets in your ears by sending ultrasonic sound waves. — Read the restTags: Post, Video, News, Audio, Audiophile, Personal Audio, Audio Technology, Audio Engineering, Noveto, Audio Illusions, Noveto Systems, Sound Beaming, SoundBeamer 135 people like this. Like |