Blogs

Why Dynamic Drivers Simply Rule Over Balanced Armatures, and Why Hybrids Are Weak Sauce OK, many know that we are NOT fans of balanced armatures (BAs).  If you’ve ever been to a show and seen us, you’ve probably heard us loudly state BAs are of the Devil.  Well – time to show you why we…

Building your own portable measurement chamber (from May 2020) We thought this might be fun to read – how we built a small test chamber for making headphone measurements. With all things measured, it’s not just a desire, but the gear that matters.  We’ve got a rack full of great gear – Audio Precision, CRYSound,…

A Deep Dive Into The Bright Lights of Neon Everyone wants Bluetooth. And this is our take on a quality Bluetooth receiver. Neon is a wonder of a small device. It’s deceptively small and simple, but inside there’s a large assortment of great features, creative engineering, and downright “that shouldn’t be possible” type stuff. So…

We’re going to talk about sebum. “See what?” you say? Sebum. No, it’s not a Beavis and Butthead pun/joke, it’s real stuff. More commonly known as: “Ear Wax” Yep. Bet ya didn’t stop to think there’s a technical name to that gunky yellowish stuff in your ears! Your mom probably never told you to clean…

Why our IDEEL connector is the ideal connector for IEMs and other headphones! Let’s face it – cables are the weak link for headphones. Especially IEMs. They get wound up, pulled on, bent, and abused. Yeah, wireless is an option – but Bluetooth still leaves a lot on the table when it comes to audio…

Our feelings on MQA as a format and technology – and what we do with regards to MQA MQA is a relatively new standard introduced in 2014. MQA stands for Master Quality Authenticated. It sure sounds impressive – who wouldn’t want their audio to have master quality? But the problem is, we’re engineers. We’re scientists….