The world around us is analog. Our perception mechanism is also analog. Standard audio transducers such as the microphone and the loudspeaker are analog devices. Sound perception of humans occupies ...

If you have a fancy home theater system with a soundbar and surround sound speakers, then how you connect it to your TV is an important consideration. There are legacy options you may be more familiar ...

I've been a contributing editor for PCMag since 2011. Before that, I was PCMag's lead audio analyst from 2006 to 2011. Even though I'm a freelancer now, PCMag has been my home for well over a decade, ...

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The Wattson Audio Emerson Digital streamer is not inexpensive but it offers straight forward high-end digital playback that delivers sonically. Digital audio network streamers are one of the fastest ...

Does upsampling in digital audio actually improve DAC performance, or just make lower quality files look like high resolution audio? Upsampling, oversampling, upconversion, supersampling, and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. The new HIDIZS AP80 MAX PRO digital audio player is not ...

I participate in a small Historical Society, and they have had a long (30+ year) project of recording oral history of town residents on audio cassette. It has been pointed out that the effective ...

Many many moons ago I worked at a radio station. On top of that, my wife managed a record store. So, between the two of us, we built up quite the collection of CDs, cassettes and vinyl. Now it's come ...