reactors throbbing and deafening crashes is big-screen business with a GigaWorks system. The depth of the bass range, the atmospheric precision and all the rest combine to reproduce sound that is a joy for the senses. And it does it without splitting your eardrums....

the ZP to start at high volume, the volume will start low and ramp up. We thought this was a useful feature, preventing a loud blast and, potentially, sparing both speakers and eardrums from damage. Desktop Controller provided a quite useful listing of media...

And for one of the few times in my life, I agreed with Mr. Oberst. The very idea that one can enjoy a ballad on an airplane is unbelievable; usually, you’d have to blast your eardrums into seared chunks of meat in order to hear anything. Sure, noise-canceling...

Wireless.  On the other hand, changing tracks (via the earphone control) is rather hard on the ear, and unless you prepare yourself at this point, a very unpleasant noise (the plastic repositioning itself) hits your eardrum. Another small defect was...

earphones of this type, the response depends a lot, both for test measurements and actual listening, on the acoustic coupling with the receiver (either the test mike, or your eardrum). The best curve we were able to get, showing very linear bass,...

are not overly unique in design - almost every digital media player sold anywhere comes with the same type of ear buds. These can be dangerous in themselves as the noise is not filtered on its way to the eardrum since the buds are inserted into the ears themselves,...