John Higgins got his start in 2003 at Home Theater Magazine working in its testing lab while writing reviews on speakers, TVs, universal remote controls, HTPCs, and other various bits of AV tech. Over the following decades, he's written for Sound & Vision, the New York Times' Wirecutter, IGN, T3, Projector Central, and Channel Guide Magazine as a tech columnist. Starting in 2022, John worked for Reviewed, eventually as the tech managing editor, before moving to Digital Trends to lead the AV section as its senior editor until April 2025. He is also an ISF Level III-certified display calibrator.
When not working as a tech journalist, John is a professional musician and music teacher, having received his master of music in collaborative piano from the University of Southern California, and has performed with members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and as a member of the Pacific Symphony. He was a guitarist and singer in a pop/rock band in Los Angeles, playing at iconic clubs including the Troubadour, Roxy, House of Blues, and Hard Rock. For a stint, he also worked as a post-production sound editor and mixer for films.
In his down time, John spends time with his young son, plays video games, runs D&D campaigns, watches F1 and the Red Sox, and listens to records.
