Speaker technology doesn’t seem complicated. Drivers push out sound waves. Those drivers are housed in an enclosure. There are some wires and parts holding everything together, too. (I’m ...

Car enthusiasts will pay hundreds of dollars for stereo systems that will improve the sound quality in their cars. However, ...

When I listen to an un-amplified band from 10 feet in front of the stage I hear many sounds simultaneously. Air is passing over the vocal cords of the singer. Those cords vibrate and a sound wave is ...

Engineers at MIT have developed an ultra-thin speaker that could be used to make entire surfaces produce sound. The unique design should be energy efficient and easy to produce at scale, the team says ...

A quiet revolution is taking shape in the world of physics, and it doesn’t rely on exotic particles or massive particle colliders. Instead, it begins with something much more familiar—sound.

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. At the start of my career, I used to do acoustic testing in an anechoic chamber where sound ...