I've been a contributing editor for PCMag since 2011. Before that, I was PCMag's lead audio analyst from 2006 to 2011. Even though I'm a freelancer now, PCMag has been my home for well over a decade, ...

I've had fun in 2025 doing my job of testing the latest tech in headphone technology (as I did with the best speakers of 2025). I've been surprised by some of the new tech that has come out, and if ...

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It’s easy to feel, at times, like everything has gotten a little worse, but there is at least one thing we can say, without a shadow of a doubt, has improved by leaps and bounds in recent years: ...

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Accessories for our phones and audio are among the most important aspects of our technology, yet they sometimes get overlooked. But what you don’t realize is that these are the products that add ...

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2025 proved to be a standout year for audio—one where meaningful performance gains, smarter engineering, and real innovation weren’t limited to sky-high price tags. After months of hands-on testing, ...