All too often, reviewers gloss over audio. It’s easy to take for granted. Does a phone have a headphone jack? What kind of speakers does it have? Play 10 seconds of a sample. That’s all you need to know, right?
But if you like your ears, you know audio is more nuanced than that. Comparing speakers in a controlled and consistent fashion requires patience. Listening to headphone output, sharing a subjective opinion is valuable, but that should also be backed up by measurements.
It’s OK to share some opinions, but you should be able to also back those opinions up with some facts. That’s an area where many tech reviewers get audio wrong.
Years of reviews, testing under consistent conditions. Let’s take a listen and see what phones really deliver the ear candy! Listen healthier! Listen happier!
- 2021 Vivo X70 Pro and Pro+: As good as the cameras?
- 2021 Ikko Zerda USB DAC Review
- 2021 Apogee Groove Review
- 2021 THX Onyx Review
- 2021 Sony XPERIA 1iii: Speakers Upgraded!
- 2021 BlackShark 4: Gaming Grade Audio?
- 2021 OnePlus 9 Pro: Surprisingly Complete!
- 2021 Samsung Galaxy S21: Half of a Review…
- 2021 Periodic Audio Rhodium USB DAC Review
- 2020 TCL 10 5G vs OnePlus Nord N10: Budget Audio FIGHT!
- 2020 Fiio Q3: “Happy Holidays” for your ears!
- 2020 Microsoft Surface Duo: Not the strong suit…
- 2020 Google Pixel 4a: Not bad Google…
- 2020 Fiio BTR5: The Cure for a Missing Jack
- 2020 LG Velvet: No. Quad. DAC?!?!?
- 2020 Surface Duo Dongle: HARD PASS!
- 2020 HELM DB12 Amp: It gets LOUD!
- 2020 OnePlus 8: Two Reviews in ONE!
- 2020 TCL 10 Pro: All that AND a jack!
- 2020 Sony Xperia 1 ii: The Jack is BACK!
- 2020 LG V60 ThinQ: The King Gets Better for MOST Users…
- 2019 Asus ROG Phone II: The expectations were SO high…
- 2019 LG V50 ThinQ: Speakers, and Headphones, and Microphones! OH MY!
- 2019 Sony XPERIA 1: Losing the Jack…
- 2019 OnePlus 7 Pro: Come ON OnePlus!
- 2019 Samsung Galaxy S10e: It’s got great speakers…
- 2019 Google Pixel 3a: A return to convenience
- 2019 LG G8 ThinQ: The great, the great, and the ugly…
- 2019 Fiio BTR3 Hi-Fi BT DAC: So your phone lacks a headphone jack…
- 2019 Nokia 9 PureView: It’s odd… REALLY odd…
- 2019 Razer Phone 2: So close to being great…
- 2019 Huawei Mate 20: Worth keeping this jack?
- 2018 OnePlus 6T Audio Addendum: The bad, and good, and bad of OP audio
- 2018 Google Pixel 3 Dongle: Pay more, get less!
- 2018 Razer Phone 2 Dongle: Not worth it (if you don’t have a Razer)
- 2018 LG V40 ThinQ: The headphone king remains the best!
- 2018 Apple iPhone XS: A lousy situation for music fans…
- 2018 Huawei P20 Pro: Not for headphone fans…
- 2018 Blackberry Key2: Improved over the KeyONE
- 2018 OnePlus 6: A step back?
- 2018 LG G7 ThinQ: All hail the king!
- 2018 Honor View 10: Mid-ranger sound
- 2017 Google Pixel 2: Let’s talk about Dongles…
- 2017 LG V30: It’s so good, let’s RANT!
- 2017 Apple iPhone 8: Not much has changed
- 2017 Samsung Note 8: Bigger phone, bigger sound?
- 2017 Moto Z2 Force: Living the dongle life…
- 2017 OnePlus 5: Long live the headphone jack!
- 2017 HTC U11: SCAN YOUR EARS!
- 2017 Blackberry KEYone: All work and no play?
- 2017 Galaxy S8: Better, but not the champ
- 2017 Huawei P10: Is “OK” enough?
- 2017 LG G6: Music to our ears!
- 2016 OnePlus 3T: A step forward, a step sideways…
- 2016 Huawei Mate 9: BIG phone, SMALL sound
- 2016 Google Pixel XL: Not an HTC…
- 2016 LG V20: That Quad DAC!
- 2016 Samsung Galaxy S7: Premium price. mid-pack sound
- 2016 Apple iPhone 7: No Headphone Jack 🙁