Posts that deal with brands and manufacturers of audio equipment.
If you’re listening to audio from loudspeakers, it’s practically guaranteed that there is a power amplifier in the audio signal chain. If you can’t see the amplifier unit, it’s probably built into the active speaker. If the speaker is passive, it will require a power amplifier. This article is about the latter of the two…
There are seemingly countless headphone brands in the world today. Still, only a few brands produce top-quality professional (and consumer-grade) headphones, and only a handful of these brands have become household names across the world. The Top 13 Best Headphone Brands In The World Are: Let’s get into each of these brands in greater detail…
Earphones and earbuds are perhaps the most popular audio devices in the world today. Think of how many people you know have a pair or multiple pairs of these tiny headphones. With great popularity comes a large market with a lot of different brands and manufacturers. In this article, we’ll be discussing the best earphones…
Speakers are everywhere and there are plenty of brands to choose from. They’re in our cell phones, schools, venues and stages, vehicles, houses of worship, home entertainment systems, and much more. With speakers being so common, many speaker manufacturers have entered the market. In this article, I’ll share the best overall speaker brands to look…
For many HiFi enthusiasts and audiophiles, there’s seemingly no end to the search for the “perfect” system. The relationships and compatibility between DACs, turntables, cartridges, tonearms, amplifiers, cables, headphones, speakers and other components (even power supplies) are of great concern in the quest to obtain the purest audio possible. The rabbit hole of HiFi audio…
In the age of digital audio, our music and audio recordings are stored on hard drives and/or in the cloud. External hard drives have become essentials in amateur and professional studios alike, allowing for the storage, backing up and transfer of our audio files. This is true whether the hard drives are used strictly for…
Public address systems are commonplace in events ranging from massive festivals to small coffee shops and everything in between. The speakers of such systems often benefit from placement on proper stands, which allows them to project sound at optimal levels and angles. PA speaker stands are essential parts of many public address systems, and it’s…
Studio monitors are essential components in mixing and mastering, and proper monitor placement is critical. Though desk mounts and wall mounts are options, many studio spaces will opt for monitor stands, which keep the monitors in place and isolated from the desk and walls. Since studio monitors are a necessary component of a proper studio,…
Healthy hearing is essential to enjoy music and audio to its fullest, though listening at high levels will require protection to keep our hearing healthy. Earplugs are the easiest and arguably the most comfortable method of protecting our ears so that we can better enjoy music now and long into the future. Because earplugs are…
With so many ways to listen to music today, sitting down to listen to a vinyl record has made somewhat of a resurgence. Though speakers are needed to convert the audio signal into sound waves, another transducer, the needle and cartridge, is required to read the mechanical grooves of the record and convert them into…
From the world’s largest stages to local coffee shops, acoustic guitars are among the most popular instruments for professional and amateur musicians. When additional sound reinforcement is needed, acoustic pickups are essential. It makes perfect sense, then, that there is a significant market for acoustic guitar pickups. Whether the pickups are part of the original…
Basses find their place in genres across the musical spectrum. Holding down the low end and contributing significantly to harmony and rhythm, the bass guitar has become a staple in a lot of the music we listen to and cherish. When it comes to electric and acoustic bass guitars, pickups are often essential for amplification…
