The inside of a great designer's head must be a very unusual place. On the one hand, the world is filled with clumsy, ugly, ill-formed objects. On the other, it's rife with opportunity for utility and beauty. The cacophony of internal dialog must be almost unbearable. Renowned designer Philippe Starck has turned his attention to untangling the mess that is Bluetooth headsets, and in collaboration with Parrot (a French company with significant experience in automotive Bluetooth devices) has developed the most unique wireless headset I've ever seen.

I've often noticed some significant phase artifacts in multi-driver balanced armature IEMs, and wondered "What's up with that?" Evidently, Jerry Harvey's been thinking a lot about it too.

The flash of light must have been blinding when he figured it out.

As Dinny mentioned in his think piece the headphone market is rapidly finding its way toward maturity. A sure sign of this is when small companies start to have a more sophisticated sensibility in their product development efforts.

Jack Woo's new amp is swank indeed!

When first I walked up to the Schiit Audio booth, I asked Jason Stoddard, "What percentage of your success do you owe to naming your company Schiit?" He said, "All of it!"

Ha! That's funny. But not really true.