This post is sponsored by Global Delight, makers of Boom 3D.

Boom 3D is a system-wide audio enhancer for Mac. It works across every app without any per-app setup. Spotify, Safari, Zoom, Logic, QuickTime. Whatever you’re listening to, Boom 3D improves it in the background.

The headline feature is the 3D surround sound engine. It takes stereo audio and adds real depth and spatial positioning through any pair of headphones. Not just left and right channel separation. Actual dimension. I was skeptical before I tried it. I’m not skeptical anymore.

There’s also a 31-band equalizer with genre presets and full custom tuning. I’ve settled into a curve that makes voices warmer and takes some edge off the high frequencies. The volume booster is worth mentioning too. Older recordings and quiet video streams have always bothered me. With Boom 3D, I can push past the Mac’s system volume ceiling and actually hear them.

The headphone EQ feature doesn’t get enough attention. Boom 3D has profiles for over 5,000 headphone models, each calibrated for that headphone’s specific sound characteristics. If you tell Boom 3D what you’re wearing, the improvement is immediate.

If you spend your day in headphones or have always thought your Mac speakers could do better, Boom 3D is worth checking out.