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Tag: audio quality

Boom 3D audio app for MacBook Pro, Air can really improve sound quality

Monday, January 13, 2020 11:44 amNo Comments

Generally, Apple’s MacBooks have good speakers. Usually better than competing Windows 10 laptops, but they can sound even better…

Why Apple was right to kill the 3.5mm headphone jack in iPhone 7/Plus

Friday, September 16, 2016 9:05 am12 Comments

The 3.5mm jack is over 50 years old and doesn’t do much besides carry an audio signal…

Apple surveys MacBook Pro users about 3.5mm headphone jack, other ports

Thursday, September 15, 2016 2:58 pmThursday, September 15, 201638 Comments

Apple last week officially announced the headphone jack-free iPhone 7…

Apple’s missed audio opportunity

Tuesday, September 13, 2016 2:01 pm16 Comments

Apple has a long, rich history in the fields of music and audio and its complex and highly influential relationship…

Headphone makers: No headphone jack = no problem

Friday, September 9, 2016 1:30 pmFriday, September 9, 201624 Comments

This week Apple launched a new iPhone without a headphone jack and stirred up…


Why Apple removed the headphone jack from the iPhone 7 – as explained by Steve Jobs

Friday, September 9, 2016 12:02 pmFriday, September 9, 201620 Comments

When Phil Schiller used the term ‘courage’ to describe Apple’s decision to remove the 3.5mm headphone jack…

Apple really does have the ‘courage’ required to dump obsolete technology

Thursday, September 8, 2016 2:42 pm44 Comments

Apple’s senior VP of worldwide marketing Phil Schiller said that it took ‘courage’ on the part of…

iPhone 7/Plus is a $5 billion opportunity for Beats

Thursday, September 8, 2016 11:26 am23 Comments

As was widely expected, Apple got rid of the headphone jack on its iPhone 7 and subsequently announced…

By killing the 3.5mm headphone jack, Apple is doing something extraordinary for music sound quality

Thursday, September 8, 2016 10:26 amThursday, September 8, 201644 Comments

Gone, officially, is the headphone jack from Apple’s new iPhone. Retired. Dead. Defunct…

How Beats fools you into thinking its headphones are high-end and luxurious

Friday, June 19, 2015 11:29 amFriday, June 19, 201531 Comments

Even before Apple acquired Beats, there existed a loud contingent…

Apple removes Bose headphones and speakers from retail stores

Saturday, October 18, 2014 2:22 pm36 Comments

All Bose speakers and headphones have been completely removed from sale…

Apple’s Beats, Bose settle patent suit over noise-canceling tech

Friday, October 10, 2014 4:29 pm19 Comments

Bose and Apple’s Beats have agreed to settle a patent lawsuit…

Apple to remove Bose audio products from retail stores, sources say

Friday, October 10, 2014 11:53 amFriday, October 10, 201460 Comments

Apple is preparing to remove all Bose audio products…

An audiophile’s guide to OS X

Tuesday, March 18, 2014 3:30 pmTuesday, March 18, 201449 Comments

Vinyl is still the closest to an original recording in terms of audio quality…

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