The Competitive Edge of Sound | MenaRD x Sam Barker x DL Leung

I sat down at PAX West with the team at SAN Sound to talk about something most players overlook — how sound changes the game.

Featuring:
🎧 Sam Barker — a renowned sound designer and rerecording mixer, whose cinematic mixes and viral anime resound series (50M+ views) explore how space, distance, and bass transform what we feel when we play or watch.

🏗️ David Leung (DL) — Founding Engineer of Beats by Dr. Dre and now CEO & Co-Founder of SAN Sound. With over 20 years in acoustic design, he’s behind some of the most iconic headphones ever made — and at PAX West, he revealed SANWEAR-HARDWIRE (Test Type-02) for the very first time.

🎙️ Devin P. Marty — Host and SAN Sound co-founder, leading the conversation on how players, engineers, and creators each find their competitive edge through sound.

We broke down how I use audio cues in Street Fighter to react faster than I can see, how Dolby Atmos changes your sense of space and pressure, and how the next generation of wired tech could redefine what it means to listen to win.

🎮 Whether you’re a pro, a creator, or just love great sound, this talk will make you rethink what you hear every time you put your headphones on.

Filmed live at PAX West — presented by SAN Sound.