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SoundGuys: Your Audio Experts.

Our Mission

SoundGuys is an online publication that is a voice for consumer audio users across the world. Our team is comprised of seasoned technology journalists, product reviewers, audio engineers, and video producers. Using this knowledge and expertise, our mission at SoundGuys is clear: to help customers make the right buying decision. Read our ethics policy.

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Whether you’re an audiophile or just looking for your first set of headphones, finding information you can trust online is key. We subject each product to extensive testing to verify the performance of the earbuds, headphones, and speakers that we recommend on SoundGuys. We use this objective data as the foundation of our scoring system. Learn more about how we test.
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Our Team

Meet the SoundGuys crew

Adam Birney

Adam Birney

Managing Editor

Adam is the Managing Editor at SoundGuys specializing in gaming headsets, flagship headphones, and earbuds. A lifelong fan of video games and cinema, he brings a sharp ear and passion for immersive sound to every review. Beyond hardware, Adam writes thought-provoking features and opinion pieces that explore how audio tech shapes our lives. Armed with a BA in Cognitive Science, he pairs technical insight with a love for music’s psychological uplift. At home, he still rocks his original Sennheiser MOMENTUM over-ears, switches to Bose QuietComfort Ultra on flights, and relies on Galaxy Buds2 Pro while out and about.

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Harley Maranan

Harley Maranan

Video Lead

Harley is a writer, director, and film composer from Manila, Philippines. Over the years he’s gained experience as a location sound mixer, freelance film composer, video editor and camera assistant. When he’s not dabbling in film, you can find him browsing through Omnisphere presets, baking a cake, or hittin’ the gym.

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Christian Thomas

Christian Thomas

Editor-at-large

Christian is a seasoned journalist of over 15 years, covering imaging, audio, and storage tech for several major outlets including Android Authority, USAToday, Storagereview.com, and Reviewed.com. Chris was the Executive Editor from 2017 to 2022, and brought SoundGuys from a blog to what you see today. Back as our Editor-at-large, Chris handles our data, testing, and research efforts.

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Shiun Okada

Shiun Okada

Video Producer

Shiun is a Director of Photography and Video Editor, who’s been working in the Vancouver film industry for nearly a decade. His expertise in camera and lighting departments has built who he is today, with some of his works being shown internationally. When he’s not working on film sets, he’s either watching films, shooting digital and film photography, and playing music.

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Dave Carr

Dave Carr

Video Producer/Writer

Dave is a lifelong musician with over 20 years of experience performing, recording and touring. When he’s not bringing his real world, hands on audio experience to SoundGuys, you’ll find him rehearsing with his progressive metal band Neck of the Woods, quoting endless movie lines and biking around Vancouver’s seawall.

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Lauren Hope

Lauren Hope

Video Producer

Lauren is a video creator, video editor, and professional dancer from Toronto, Ontario. Her media work began in e-commerce spaces, creating short videos for small start-up companies and non-profits. From there, she was equipped with the skills to move into paid advertising, creating vertical videos for established beauty and lifestyle brands. At Android Authority and SoundGuys, she loves using her creative juices to create content that makes technology feel engaging, accessible, and relevant to everyday audiences. When she’s not working, you can catch her at the dance studio or watching a beautiful sunset!

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Jhaycee Calvez

Jhaycee Calvez

Video Producer/Writer

Jhaycee is a tech enthusiast personally owning at least 12 headphones and ONLY 6 IEMs. Constantly testing various forms of tech, such as headphones, earbuds, keyboards, gaming mice, and other forms of desktop tech accessories. When they aren’t testing tech they’re either taking photos of tech, or going on excessively long walks trying to find a new local restaurant they haven’t visited.

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Chase Bernath

Chase Bernath

Brand & Partnerships Manager

Chase is Brand & Partnerships Manager at SoundGuys’ parent company Authority Media. As a founder of the non profit organization Music For Mental Health, Chase is also passionate in uncovering the ways music creation and listening can serve individuals and the community. You can find music he produces by searching his name on Spotify, Apple Music, and all other streaming platforms. Chase studied Commerce and Applied Music Technology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.

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Oliver Cragg

Oliver Cragg

Content Director

Oliver is a technology and media journalist with over a decade of experience writing for leading publications based in the UK and around the world, including The Independent, Newsweek, and International Business Times. During that time he has been among the first in the world to go hands-on with historic products from the tech industry’s biggest brands. This includes the very first Google Pixel phone, the innovative Nintendo Switch, the original HTC Vive, and many other flagship devices showcased at exclusive launches as well as trade shows such as Mobile World Congress.

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Bogdan Petrovan

Bogdan Petrovan

Content Director

Bogdan Petrovan has been writing about consumer technology for over 13 years. A veteran of SoundGuys’ parent company Authority Media, Bogdan’s portfolio includes thousands of articles across all aspects of mobile tech, ranging from breaking news to in-depth industry analyses.

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If you're curious about audio and would like to know more about the science, history, or hows behind it all, be sure to check out our features and opinion section. This is where you want to go to see head-to-head product comparisons, off-the-wall experiments, and explanations of how your favorite gear works. We also have a whole vertical for how-tos so that you can learn the ins and outs of all things consumer audio. Whether you want to find new music, start a career in podcasting, or simply want to learn what distortion is, we've got you covered.
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SoundGuys uses their best judgment to cover products that will be the most relevant to the market, but we sometimes aren't able to get to everything (outside of our test robot, we're only human). We try to make sure we cover products that will be important to consumers first, but we do our best to cover the market at large. If we're missing a product that you believe we should be reviewing, feel free to reach out on our contact page. We make every effort to secure review devices with our own resources, but sometimes we receive loan units to review. We note where we sourced each sample at the beginning of the review.
SoundGuys tests the products it reviews in our testing lab, and with our editors' first-hand experiences. We want to make sure that anything we say can be backed up with evidence, and that we can give you useful information in the process. We also score the products we review based on our experiences and the previously mentioned lab results. We also invite readers who have experience with the products we review to add their own scores right next to ours. For comparison's sake, every headphone review with testing data has our independently validated target curve displayed.