NextSense Smartbuds promise EEG-powered sleep improvement, but are brain-sensing earbuds actually the answer?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/02/nextsense-smartbuds-eeg-sleep-earbuds/

#audio #geekery #PSA 4 laptop people:

if ur laptop has decent speakers and ur using lets say a bluetooth speaker, route audio to both the external and ur laptops speakers

ive been away from home a lot in the last few months with only laptop and bluetooth speaker and its always been either one or the other

by default audio goes either external or internal output and the output chooser only allows choosing one but not multiple so this very obvious thing has slipped me quite some time

on mac its trivial to set up a multi output device using the built in Audio MIDI Setup.app > + > Create Multi Output Device and then choose that in the system audio output chooser

the sound now ... incredible for such a small setup with best results when the laptop is in front of u and the speaker behind
(keep in mind different distances to the sound sources will introduce phase shifts in the sound)

lastly 4 the mac ppl i can recommend SoundSource.app 4 audio routing on a by app basis and other goodies

i use that to route only muslc to both, while keeping browser and system alerts to the laptop only

Moto Buds 2 Plus? These leaks say yes, but I need to see more than this

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.androidcentral.com/accessories/earbuds/moto-buds-2-plus-these-leaks-say-yes-but-i-need-to-see-more-than-this

Current view. Have now fully adopted Ardour 9 as my main DAW app for my mastering, as this update contains a few vital navigation & gui improvements, as well as allows for region (aka object) based plugin fx now. I believe mine one of just a very few professional dedicated mastering studios using Ardour as my main DAW app. FOSS ftw!