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Written by: Geoffrey Morrison

Created: 01 February 2025

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As I mentioned last month, one of the things I planned to check out at CES was MEMS, or micro-electromechanical systems. These tiny devices, made by California-based xMEMS Labs, are a different type of driver for both earphones and headphones. I was able to get a closer look not just at the currently available drivers like what you’d find in the Creative Aurvana Ace Mimi earphones, but some upcoming variations and several other uses of the technology that look equally, if not more, fascinating.

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Written by: Geoffrey Morrison

Created: 01 January 2025

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If the title didn’t give it away, I figured this was a perfect time to take a look at some tech and tech-adjacent things coming in 2025. In all three cases, they have potential ramifications for 2026 and beyond as well. Perhaps that’s a bit too grandiose. Maybe it’d be less hyperbolic to say “here’s some stuff you should be aware of” when it comes to the narrow niche we cover here at SoundStage! Solo.

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Written by: Geoffrey Morrison

Created: 01 December 2024

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This isn’t a gift guide. OK, it’s kinda a gift guide. Recently I received an email from a reader who was spoiled by choice. They had a reasonable budget but couldn’t decide what to get. Fair enough—there are a lot of options out there. I figured, given the time of year, that a sort of gift-guide-related post might help point people like them in a specific direction. Maybe it’s a gift for yourself, or a gift for someone who’s interested in a style of headphones with which you’re not particularly familiar.

Read more: Don’t Call It a Gift Guide

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Written by: Geoffrey Morrison

Created: 01 November 2024

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For most people shopping for audio gear, sound quality is obviously paramount. Or mostly paramount. Usually paramount? In your calculations for a potential pair of new headphones or earphones, how much weight do you give features? Are there certain must-have features, or is sound quality the only consideration?

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Written by: Geoffrey Morrison

Created: 01 October 2024

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In August, AVTech Media Ltd. announced it was discontinuing the print version of Sound & Vision magazine. I was surprised it had lasted as long as it did. When I was editor of Home Entertainment magazine over a decade ago, we were putting out larger issues than S&V was putting out recently, and we couldn’t stay afloat with a much smaller staff. Sound & Vision can trace its lineage to audio magazines from the 1950s, but also weaves into my own (more recent, thank you very much) history. This is going to get a little navel-gazy, but I’ll bring it back around, I promise.

Read more: The Constancy of Change (Goodbye, Sound & Vision)