Discover a step-by-step guide to building your own DIY external microphone for smartphones using old earbuds and a drinking straw. In this tutorial, learn how to safely extract the microphone ...

CR experts and audiophiles offer tips on how to clean your headphones and earbuds, which offers benefits beyond cosmetic appeal.

Whether in-ear or over-ear, there are rules. Headphones are one of those pesky tools we use nearly every day but treat pretty poorly. They're dropped, dragged, tangled, one gets lost (anybody who's ...

Ever since Apple made the brave and not-at-all-controversial decision to remove the headphone jack from the iPhone, the rest of the tech industry followed suit. Today, it's rare to see someone using a ...

Since the Beats audio brand was started by Dr. Dre and in 2006, its headphones, earbuds, and Bluetooth speakers have maintained a reputation for their for pulse-pounding sound, and in the case of its ...

Listening to music via Bluetooth isn't as simple as plugging in a pair of headphones and playing audio from your device. Yet Bluetooth headphones and earbuds offer a wireless connection that's ...

You can turn up plenty of earbuds under $100 that are surprisingly decent. The hard part is finding those that qualify as under-the-radar keepers. Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a leading ...