
There's no shortage of innovation in the audio industry, and one particular driver of progress is the introduction of solid-state audio tech. Most earbuds use regular audio drivers with a magnetic coil to generate sound, but the idea with silicon-based alternatives is that they use a piezoelectric drive in conjunction with ultra-thin membranes to make sound, and that's just inherently cool.

In Hardwired, AC Senior Editor Harish Jonnalagadda delves into all things hardware, including phones, audio products, storage servers, and routers.