With the PC releases of 2017 officially in the rear view mirror, it’s time to look ahead to PC games in 2018 and what they bring to the table. 2018 promise to be a huge year for PC gaming as there are many different highly-anticipated releases coming in the next 12 months. Without any further… Read more
Christmas is the season of eggnog, decorating trees, family and friends, delicious turkey, and, of course, gift giving. The stats on the latter are something to behold. On average, American retailers will pull in roughly $1 trillion from the holiday season alone, with each person expected to buy 15 gifts or more during the… Read more
Despite the moans and groans of music and podcast enthusiasts worldwide, we may very well be in an era that marks the end of the 3.5mm headphone jack. With announcements from the latest generation of smartphones, from the Essential to Google’s Pixel and even the iPhone, that are no longer going to ship with a… Read more
You’re walking on a beach, closing in on your designated target. It’s dark. Suddenly, you hear a *SNAP* in the forest behind you. Someone is on your six. You’re able to swing around just in time to stop an ambush from the opposing team, winning the game for the good guys. But, what if you… Read more
One of the most exciting by-products of our technological age are advancements to the transportation industry. No longer do we have to load up our steamer trunks and set sail on a coal powered boat across the Atlantic Ocean for nearly a week before arriving on the other side. Instead, we purchase an airplane ticket… Read more
When you’re buying a new speaker set, ensuring audio quality is important. We’ve talked in previous posts how speaker build and materials can greatly impact the sound that will ultimately fill a room, but there are a number of other pro tips you can follow to both test and improve audio quality. Let’s dive… Read more
Way back in 1910, Nathaniel Baldwin, a Mormon and engineer from small town Utah invented the world’s first pair of audio headphones, which were bought by the U.S. Navy and put to use during World War I. Before Baldwin, telephone operators in the 1880s were using a type of headphone at work, one that had… Read more
Music is core to the definition of human history – every culture, from every epoch, has had some form of significant system of rhythmic sounds that form the basis of song. Some scientists have even claimed that music, like mathematics, is actually a universal language, claiming that we humans may even have a natural musical… Read more
If you’ve just acquired a shiny new set of headphones, you’ll want to take good care of them. Looking after the cans that provide you so much audio joy will give them a longer lifespan, maintain the audio quality, keep them looking good, which considering many are worn as a fashion statement is a top… Read more
It’s that time of the year again – everybody’s scratching their heads trying to think of the perfect Christmas gift. You know how it goes: different strokes for different folks. But when in doubt, remember what 1970s American folk singer-songwriter John Denver once said: “Music does bring people together”. When it comes to music, VAVA… Read more