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Google expands Google Translate's live speech translation from Pixel Buds to any headphones, supporting 70 languages, in beta on compatible Android phones (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/843483/google-translate-live-sp…

Google Translate brings real-time speech translations to any headphones
Google Translate will now let users hear live speech translations in any headphones on its Android app, expanding a feature that was once only available with Pixel Buds.

Los nuevos auriculares de la empresa del Fairphone son bastante interesantes. Por ponerles un pero, hubiese preferido códec LDAC a que tuviesen cancelación de ruido, pero bueno, por lo menos soportaršn (eso espero) audio sin pérdida por el USB-C
https://9to…

Travelling on train and trying to work. Thank goodness for headphones and Pollini's Chopin Nocturnes.
If only everyone else would use them too... 🙄

The old Valve #Index has the best audio of any VR headset.
The goofy floating speakers sound great, and are incredibly immersive, because the sound literally comes from "outside" instead of touching my ears or conducting sound through my bones like in-ear headphones.

Curtain rod pulling off the wall seems to suggest that I should hang my headphones elsewhere.
Well, the doors to the cat litter box room are always open, so I suppose they will suffice for now.

forgot my headphones, currently experiencing the city i live in and its vibrant people for the first time in ages. terrible

Google Pixel Buds 2a review: ANC is a welcome addition and sound is detailed and punchy, but there's still no wireless charging and voice performance suffers (Billy Steele/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/audio/headphones/

Google Pixel Buds 2a review: Affordable earbuds that are better with ANC
Google’s most affordable Pixel Buds are an even more compelling option with the addition of active noise cancellation (ANC).

Closed Back Headphones: https://eyebeemania.net/2025/10/05/closed-back-headphones.html

Closed Back Headphones
I have some AKG 701s and also Hickman Anando Nanos. …

Impact of HRTF individualisation and head movements in a real/virtual localisation task
Vincent Martin, Lorenzo Picinali
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09161 https://

Impact of HRTF individualisation and head movements in a real/virtual localisation task
The objective of Audio Augmented Reality (AAR) applications are to seamlessly integrate virtual sound sources within a real environment. It is critical for these applications that virtual sources are localised precisely at the intended position, and that the acoustic environments are accurately matched. One effective method for spatialising sound on headphones is through Head-Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs). These characterise how the physical features of a listener modify sound waves befo…

fwiw grabbed a pair of bose noise-cancelling headphones while they're half price at costco
very decent headphones.
my old ones (7 years old) started to fall apart (I sleep with them on, they're not really designed for that)