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How KLH Audio Made a 69-Year-Old Speaker Idea Work in Modern Living Rooms
KLH survived the hi-fi boom, a long wilderness, a 2017 reboot and a 2025 acquisition. Its useful trick is simple: treat old engineering as a constraint, not a costume - then design for the rooms people actually have.
The Family That Took Its Earphones Apart So Beyonce Could Hear Herself
How a Portland sound engineer's spare-bedroom experiment - taking a pair of earphones apart to build a custom set for his wife - became the in-ear monitor brand touring artists and studio producers trust in more than 90 countries.
ESS Technology, Inc.
ESS Technology is a privately held fabless semiconductor company in San Jose, California that designs high-performance analog and audio chips. It is best known for its SABRE line of digital-to-analog converters (DACs) and analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), built on the patented HyperStream modulation architecture, which are widely regarded among audiophiles as some of the best-sounding audio silicon on the market. ESS parts power everything from LG flagship smartphones and Sennheiser's flagship headphones to home-theater receivers, professional studio gear, soundbars, and automotive audio systems.