Think a headphone amp is a quick-and-easy way to improve your desktop’s audio setup? You’re right — but your headphones matter too. (Maybe more.) By Tucker Bowe — Sep. 14, 2020 If you’re wondering if an external headphone amplifier can make your cheap earbuds, like Apple’s Ear Pods ($29) or Panasonic RP-TCM125 ErgoFit ($20), sound […]
Music Services With High Quality Audio Brand new music streaming and download services are waltzing onto the playing field a lot more often than we may realize. And while a few of these services (Spotify, Amazon, Pandora) have a choke hold on the average listener, there are a number of services who are catering to […]
How Do Materials Make a Difference in Speaker Construction? As with anything, the whole can only be as good as its parts. In our world, the world of super-duper-awesome-high-fidelity sound reproduction, this principle is paramount. We could spend hours going over the many reasons we selected each of the small components which puzzle together to […]
Record Store Day: The Brain Child of a Record Store Clerk We’ve all heard the old adage that history repeats itself or we’re all doomed or something like that. It’s hard to say which is true, but anyone who has lived at least 25 years has probably seen some aspect of fashion or technology recycle […]
Imagine a top-of-the-line supercar made by one of the most exceptional car brands: German, Italian—you name it. Once the final shine is added to the exquisite Murano leather interior, and that flashy shiny beast rolls off the factory line, it appears like it was made for no other reason than for you to hop in […]
Connecting Google Home to Bluetooth Speakers Consumer electronics designers are, and have been, on a perpetual quest to give users the most streamlined experience imaginable. At this point in time it seems like modern-day designers have exceeded the bounds of what most of us could have ever imagined in the first place. Think about it, […]
Can Alexa Connect to Bluetooth Speakers? Remember how in old science fiction movies a character could just talk out loud to a spaceship and it would do anything they commanded? The idea of voice control technology has long been embedded in our expectations for the “future”, and even though most of those old science fiction […]
Audioengine works with Spotify and Pandora New music is everywhere. These days you can’t go anywhere without discovering some up-and-coming artist, or even a seldom-heard indie music hero. Hardware stores, doctor’s offices, hair salons, the TV, the car, the bus, the airport… the world has evolved to help us discover what is otherwise nonexistent to […]
Audioengine Works With Tidal Despite the pull of two music industry giants — Beyonce and Jay-Z Many avid music listeners are still not sure what exactly TIDAL is or why they should be using the platform. In the world of music streaming services, TIDAL is still a less popular contender next to platforms like Pandora […]
Our Speakers Won’t Spy On You Lately there’s been plenty of concern surrounding smart devices. Moonlight pours across the desk in skewed rectangles. A smart speaker waits patiently, inches back, tucked loosely into the shadows; its nose tickled by the dimming smell of coffee and cigarettes. The speaker taps its fingers in a brief fit […]
