The Verge

JUNE 8, 2021

The audio quality has been further refined, and Sony added key features it frustratingly omitted last time — like IPX4 water and sweat resistance. The 1000XM4s also raise the bar for wireless audio and battery life in noise-canceling earbuds. Sony told me that when it tunes earbuds, it closely looks at current music trends.

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MARCH 15, 2021

So you can take a call or have audio from any app come through from a phone, tablet, or a PC mixed in with the sound coming from your Xbox console. In addition to how the headset looks, its functionality is similar to the Surface Headphones, with twistable dials on the outside of each ear cup for adjusting elements of the audio.

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MARCH 27, 2021

Bose’s sporty shades offer good sound, a steady fit, and total awareness It’s still fair to call audio sunglasses a niche category, but with Bose offering several models, Amazon in the game , and counting recent announcements from Razer and JLab , it’s certainly a growing one. Describing the sound quality of audio sunglasses can be tricky.

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The Verge

MARCH 21, 2021

The buttons are mushy, which I can understand since that means they don’t click loudly as you’re listening to music. The music control buttons can be a little cumbersome. They support aptX HD, aptX, AAC, and SBC Bluetooth codecs, so they’re well-rounded for wireless audio. Photography by Chris Welch / The Verge.

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The Verge

JANUARY 21, 2021

Almost a great gaming gadget The $199 GTW 270 Hybrid earbuds from audio company EPOS are, to my knowledge, the first truly wireless earbuds made for gaming — but the buds themselves aren’t the biggest selling point. However, there is one problem: the microphones don’t work when you’re listening to audio via the USB-C receiver.

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2020

You’ll quickly get a sense of how you should orient the HyperBoom in your room once you start hearing music. And no matter how loud you like to play your music, it sounds clear and balanced with plenty of bass, mids, and highs. Additionally, it has a 3.5mm input and a digital optical audio port, letting you connect another two devices.

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The Verge

MARCH 11, 2021

The app plays about 10 seconds of ringtone-esque orchestral music, then displays a “good seal” or “bad seal” result for each earbud. There is also an audio test called HearID that claims to map your personal hearing sensitivity at multiple frequencies to best tailor the EQ settings for you. Photography by Becca Farsace / The Verge.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web. This tool turns your smartphone or desktop computer into an audio recorder that allows you to easily share audio messages and podasts with your supporters. Animoto :: animoto.com.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Photo Illustration by Alex Castro | Photography by Spotify. The company wants to be at the center of creator monetization Spotify hosted an event on Monday to discuss its ambitions in audio, and one message came through loud and clear: the company wants to play a major role in helping creators make money. That just wasn’t the case.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

Good sound quality and best-in-class noise cancellation come in an awkwardly big case Bose’s original true wireless earbuds, the SoundSport Free, sounded fantastic but were foiled by connectivity problems and audio / video sync issues that the company never fully resolved. Music also automatically pauses when an earbud is removed.).

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The Verge

OCTOBER 19, 2020

These moves show that as Apple continues putting a greater emphasis on audio products — with the new HomePod mini and long-rumored premium headphones expected to launch soon — Beats is realizing it needs to stand independently from Apple’s ecosystem if the brand wants to continue its enormous success.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The new regular AirPods get a lot right even before the gimmicky spatial audio part For the first time since their introduction in 2016, Apple’s AirPods have a completely new design. In the right ways, they still sound like AirPods, and they’re tuned to work equally well for music, watching videos, podcasts, games, and so on.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Music can be said to be the universal language: while our tastes in tunes may differ, there are few people who don’t have their own favorite songs to listen to. New technologies have increased the quality of that music — however, we can’t all afford the types of speakers and headphones that offer the most superior sound.

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The Verge

AUGUST 6, 2020

This spaciousness lends well to audio quality, which is dynamic and full-bodied. Some people will like that they won’t have to worry about missing travel announcements or someone trying to speak to them nearby, but I’m more of a tune-out-everything-else person when I listen to music. Photography by Chris Welch / The Verge.

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The Verge

JUNE 29, 2020

Music is full-bodied regardless of whether you’re playing a pop-filled running playlist or something quieter. I think the Powerbeats Pro also best these in overall audio quality, but their open design isn’t for everyone — especially if you want noise cancellation. You can use either earbud individually for audio or making calls.

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The Verge

MAY 2, 2021

USB-C, USB-A, audio jack on the left. Gen 1 Type-A, and a 3.5mm combination audio jack. My one disappointment was audio. The Chromebook delivered decent volume — certainly enough to fill a room — but percussion was tinny as I listened to music, and you can forget about bass entirely. It’s also quite portable at 2.65

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web. This tool turns your smartphone or desktop computer into an audio recorder that allows you to easily share audio messages and podasts with your supporters. Animoto :: animoto.com.

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OCTOBER 3, 2020

One thing that did surprise me was the audio. My music sounded like it was coming from all around the room, the percussion really hit, and the bass was even present (which is rare for laptop speakers). You’ll get a slightly brighter screen, better audio, and a handy numpad, too. Photography by Monica Chin / The Verge.

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The Verge

MAY 22, 2020

Except for the dials along the perimeter, the entire surface area of either ear cup can be tapped to pause or play music, skip tracks, and answer calls. But if you’re super particular about balancing your music with the outside world, there’s no getting more granular than this. Photography by Chris Welch / The Verge.

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The Verge

MARCH 23, 2021

They reliably resumed the music whenever I put them back in my ears. Usually, there’s one genre or even a style of music production that will expose the weaknesses of a particular set of earbuds, but I struggled to find that with the ComfoBuds Pro. Photography by Chris Welch / The Verge. millimeter driver in the ComfoBuds Pro.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Perhaps most surprising is that Sony also includes its higher-quality LDAC codec among the speaker’s features, allowing you to play music at higher bitrates from services like Amazon Music, Apple Music, Tidal, Qobuz, and others that offer lossless audio. Photography by Chris Welch / The Verge.

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The Verge

APRIL 6, 2021

But it’s also designed to slot into Sonos’ multiroom audio platform and showcase the versatility that comes with it. But this is not a cylinder-style speaker that shoots audio in all directions. The Roam seems to make a priority of ensuring that the texture and vibrancy of music comes through with maximum clarity.

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The Verge

JUNE 14, 2021

The Powerbeats Pro, Powerbeats, and even the $50 Beats Flex neckband earbuds all have one of Apple’s branded chips inside — either the H1 or W1 — for features like instant setup, automatic pairing across all Apple devices that are signed in to your iCloud account, and audio sharing. Audio sharing is nowhere to be found.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Razer’s second set of true wireless earbuds nail fit and audio but fall flat elsewhere Razer’s Hammerhead True Wireless Pro earbuds are a major improvement over the company’s first pair of true wireless earbuds. In Apple’s case, that’s Spatial Audio. Photography by Chris Welch / The Verge.

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The Verge

JULY 21, 2020

There’s no way to pause music with the earbuds right now; all you can do is double-tap to skip to the next song or hold down for three seconds to switch between synced devices. Unfortunately, you can’t use either of the earbuds standalone for audio or making calls, and they can only pair to one device at a time.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

All of these headphones now do a tremendous job of quieting your surroundings and putting you in a private bubble with your music, podcasts, movies, or whatever else you’re using them for. There’s still the Bose-standard 2.5mm audio jack for wired listening with the included 2.5-to-3.5mm to-3.5mm cable.

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MAY 20, 2020

And once we all return to offices, you’ll have to ignore nearby conversations cutting into your music. The audio is about as full as it can be considering all the air these buds let in, but the Surface Earbuds don’t match the detail and richness of pricier earbuds. The Surface Audio app lets you customize the EQ for the earbuds.

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The Verge

JULY 13, 2021

Artist Jennifer Idrizi has said that it’s inspired by the “structure” of music — the fade in and fade out. There’s enough bass to give music the oomph it needs, but your walls aren’t going to be rattling at normal volume levels. Tap a button, and the three devices are grouped together for both TV audio and music.

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The Verge

AUGUST 13, 2021

Sony has also stuffed this soundbar with practically every way to stream music you could possibly want. There’s a USB port if you want to plug in a drive that contains your FLAC collection or whatever local audio you feel like playing. When the soundbar is outputting TV audio, you’ll see those details on the tiny front display.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

You can be listening to music from your laptop and take an incoming call on your phone without having to manually switch the earbuds over. Multipoint works well on the 85t earbuds, seamlessly switching back and forth between your phone and PC or tablet based on what’s actively playing audio. Photography by Chris Welch / The Verge.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The Liberty 3 Pros are the latest example of this and a showcase of how far the company has come in designing audio products. I’ve noticed occasional audio cutouts throughout my time using the Liberty 3 Pros. Photography by Chris Welch / The Verge. Despite their support of Bluetooth 5.2,

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The Verge

JUNE 22, 2020

The new XPS 15 has three USB-C ports as well as an SD-card reader, an audio jack, and a lock slot. The XPS comes preinstalled with the Waves MaxxAudio Pro driver where you can enable 3D audio and toggle between various presets. Music sounded good, and the 3D feature made a noticeable difference. percent screen-to-body ratio.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

and an audio combo jack on the left and two Type-A USB 3.2 separate input and output audio jacks, and an SD card reader (though that reader was frustratingly slow according to reviewers ). Game audio was fine with a decent surround quality — but not the best I’ve ever heard and not as good as you’d get from a decent external speaker.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Building on its first iteration as the smallest smart display on the market (ideally suited for your bedside), the Smart Clock 2 is still a Bluetooth speaker with a touchscreen and the full power of Google Assistant on tap to stream all the audio you could want. watts on an iPhone, and only up to 5 watts if there’s also playing music.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The Cosmos Plus come with a color-matched hard case, charging cable, audio cable, and boom mic in the box. As for the audio specs, the Cosmos Plus have 40mm neodymium drivers, similar to many other over-ear Bluetooth headphones. Photography by Dan Seifert / The Verge.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

So far, most sleep tech I’ve tested falls into two categories: health trackers meant to track the quality of your sleep and audio-based devices meant to help you fall (and stay) asleep. Kokoon Nightbuds — a pair of earbuds that promises to do all this, with some added perks like adaptive audio and the ability to choose your own content.

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JUNE 6, 2024

Think like a musician Those who have played music in a band or orchestra or sang in a choir understand the profound impact of an engaged and participatory audience. As someone who participated in band, chorus, and musical theater growing up, I can attest to the impact of that participation.

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