CES 2018

I didn't know who or what the ULE Alliance was when I agreed to meet with them at CES 2018. For all I knew, they might have been an organization dedicated to promoting electronic ukuleles.

Clovitek has come up with a clever alternative to headphone listening with its CloviFi smart audio transmitter.

Soundbars used to be something that you’d add to a thin TV to fatten up the sound and make a TV program’s vocals sound intelligible. But they’ve come a long way.

Relative newcomer to the headphone industry (but old-timer in the mic business), Blue is shaking things up with a different way of dealing with noise cancelling sounds. While most headphones use a single driver, Blue’s wireless, over-ear Satellite uses a separate driver specifically for the sounds used to cancel out noise. Different, right?

The dancing robots and talking smart speakers get all the attention at CES, but there is still a strong showing of traditional audio products. They don't light up or take selfies. They just sound really good.

LG has teamed with the audio gurus at Meridian to produce an impressive Dolby Atmos-enabled soundbar.

Sony’s premier video processor for 2018 may be the X1 Extreme, but there’s something even better in Sony’s lab.