Soap Central

Cinema Audio Society (CAS) 2025 Awards: Complete list of nominees explored

The Cinema Audio Society has officially announced the nominations for its 62nd annual CAS Awards. The winners of the 2025 Cinema Audio Society Awards will be officially unveiled on March 7 at the ...

The best text-to-speech tools: Expert tested

Text-to-speech (TTS) tools convert written text into spoken word using AI, which can increase accessibility and offer a shortcut to natural-sounding voice-overs for creative and p ...
autoweek

Nissan’s Personalized Audio Is a Hearing Test for Your Car

Nissan demonstrated a feature of Google built-in it calls Personalized Audio. With it, a simple test shows your range of hearing and adjusts for it. Mott the Hoople never sounded so good! Did you know ...
GameSpot

Battlefield 6 Testing Better Footstep Audio, Hit Registration In Short-Notice BF Labs Session

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Battlefield 6's testing program, Battlefield Labs, is back, this time for a short-notice test that will focus on improvements like better footstep ...
BGR

NASA's X-59 Supersonic Jet Broke The Sound Barrier On Its First Test Flight

The "quiet" supersonic aircraft developed by NASA and Lockheed Martin has completed its first flight in California. Dubbed the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology Aircraft, or Quesst, it is a sleek ...
New York Post

NASA’s silent X-59 jet can break sound barrier with almost no noise, take passengers from NYC to London in 3½ hours

NASA’s sleek and quiet supersonic jet — which is built to reach speeds of up to 925 mph without producing a loud sonic boom— soared across the California desert in its first test flight on Tuesday, ...
Cult of Mac

Audio experts blind-test 6 premium headphones — you won’t believe which pair wins

When stripped of branding, features and design, how do premium headphones actually sound? Wired put this question to the test by having audio pros blind-test six popular over-ear headphones. The ...
Wired

We Asked Audio Pros to Blind Test Headphones. The Results Were Surprising

What makes a really great pair of headphones? The basic answer used to be sound quality, but modern headphones offer so much more than just audio chops. Think premium designs in on-trend colorways, ...
MacRumors

AirPods Pro 3 Use Acoustic Seal Test for Optimizing Sound Quality and ANC

The AirPods Pro 3 use an Acoustic Seal Test to check the fit of ear tips, according to a new Apple support document. Apple says that the Acoustic Seal Test will ensure that you're using the proper ear ...
The New York Times

‘The History of Sound’ Review: Bohemian Tragedy

Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor play lovers who embark on a folk song-recording mission in this demure New England drama. By Natalia Winkelman When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed ...
komonews

Sound Transit light rail train crosses I-90 floating bridge in historic test

SEATTLE — The first Link light rail train to cross the I-90 floating bridge using its own power made history Monday night, allowing the start of a series of tests to prepare for the opening of the ...
KING5

Sound Transit conducts light rail car test over I-90 floating bridge

SEATTLE — Officials took another step toward eventually connecting much of the Eastside with downtown Seattle on Monday night when they ran a live test of a Link light rail vehicle going over the ...