Have you ever wondered why your loudspeaker features a port or vent? Bass reflex speakers offer a number of advantages over sealed cabinet. We explain how they work. Loudspeakers come in all shapes ...

Small speakers produce less bass, but if they are properly engineered, the low frequencies they do generate will still sound ...

Back in the 1960s and 1970s, there was a trend of making stereo equipment that didn’t look like stereo equipment. In that tradition, Portland, Oregon-based artist and entrepreneur Ezra Cimino-Hurt, ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

As a loudspeaker reviewer, I get exposed to a lot of different speakers over the course of a year, so I see a wide variety of practices performed by speaker companies. Much of these practices are very ...

Big bass from small speakers isn't new, but really high-quality bass from a small box is something else again. Here's hoping the H-PAS, (hybrid pressure acceleration system) is the bass-enhancing ...

Sony's Extra Bass speaker lineup has been updated with three new portable models, as well as an outdoor party speaker and a high-power speaker. The refreshed offerings cover a variety of needs, ...

Get the Sony S100F 2.0ch Soundbar with Bass Reflex Speaker for a discounted price of just $99, down from $160, saving you $62 and 38% off.

The button is simple, almost plain. A flat black circle, simple dye-sublimated letters, and a small LED pinprick to let you know that it’s on. “EXTRA BASS,” it declares in tall, bold capitals. For ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." With the ability to deliver sound that's infinitely more powerful and of higher quality than the speakers ...

If this $50 weatherized speaker’s audio performance matched its comprehensive feature set, it would stomp the competition. But the M400 sounds only so-so, even when two are paired for stereo ...