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2020 Hearing.
A year-long series of videos and articles aimed at protecting your hearing and improving your audio entertainment. I’ve never been so excited to share a hashtag.
Here’s my official introduction to this series, and some early thoughts on the content I’ll be producing.
I hope you’ll help me spread the word! Our ears deserve a bit more attention.
Let’s be frank. If I hadn’t put “Apple” in the post title, would you have clicked on it?
The reason this article is going to focus on Apple, they are the highest profile company pushing these kinds of manufacturing decisions. If you’re a fan of Apple hardware, I’m sure there will be an inclination towards defending your brand.
Other companies should be criticized too.
Though, we should acknowledge that many of these companies wouldn’t be following this path without Apple. AirPods show how profitable it is to make expensive headphones as disposable as possible. Apple stands to take the lion share of the profits with this tactic. It’s my belief we should start with the largest companies, and THEN work down to smaller players copying Apple.
We should “punch up” with our criticisms. Apple is currently the king of this e-waste hill. We’ll start with them. Continue reading “Apple: Premium e-Waste and Normalizing Disposability”
Consumers are being pushed to Bluetooth audio, as phones ditch the headphone jack. The popular trend is true wireless. It’s kind of futuristic to cut the cord, but is it really better?
It is not.
There’s not a single comparison point where true wireless earbuds are better than a neckband solution, other than “they look nifty”.
Allow me to rant into your ear holes for a minute… Continue reading “Neckbands are BETTER than True Wireless Earbuds: It’s not even close…”
We’re in a headphone driver arms race. Consumer dual drivers were novel. Triple drivers were exotic. Then four and five driver earbuds blew out minds. But eight. Eight is getting a bit crazy. CCA earns their price, this is a unique and interesting sound for a pair of in ear monitors, but my feelings on these buds are a bit complicated… Let’s chat… Continue reading “CCA C16 Earbuds Review: 8 Drivers PER EAR are CRAZY!”
Comica SIG.LAV review! Smartphone cameras are amazing, but recording audio from smartphones hasn’t evolved as fast as the optics. Comica has a killer solution for iPhone users looking to spruce up their vlogs and mobile journalism projects, but is it a good fit for general consumers making family videos? Let’s take a listen! Continue reading “Comica SIG.LAV V05 MI Lavalier for iPhone: Terrible name, GREAT microphone!”
The move from OnePlus 6 to 6T wasn’t as significant as previous OnePlus refreshes, save for one critical feature. Buying a 6T means we’re now living the dongle life. Let’s take a quick listen to this new audio hardware. The Good. The Bad. and the also Bad.
Continue reading “OnePlus 6T Audio Review Addendum: The bad, and good, and bad of OnePlus Audio!”
MEE Audio M6 Pro Review Part 1
The holy grail of audio, products PERFECTLY fit and sculpted for your ears. Nothing is more comfortable to use than earbuds biologically unique to you. MEE Audio offers some great bang for buck pricing on earbuds and headphones, they have something REALLY special here if you’re looking for custom ear tips.
Continue reading “MEE Audio M6 Pro Review PART 2: The Perfect Fit for YOU!”
Delivering negative reviews is never fun…
At its core, the xFryo xS2 are competent, straightforward,low cost earbuds. Truly wireless Bluetooth in-ear headphones with similar pros and cons that I’ve detailed in other headphone reviews, like the TRNDlabs Nova.
Let’s break it down.
In a tube-like case, something that certainly won’t look out of place in a purse, you get two earbuds and a battery to charge them. The earbuds ran for just over 3 hours of music listening per charge, and the case can charge both buds around six times before you need to plug the whole kit in.
Continue reading “xFryo xS2 Wireless Earbuds: When “waterproof” isn’t really waterproof…”