We casually speak of digital audio, often referring to it as AES audio, perhaps AES3 (for the number of the AES standard), or by an older term AES/EBU. But what exactly is this AES3 signal? Here’s the ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The world around us is analog. Our perception mechanism is also analog. Standard audio ...

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In my lifetime, music has been delivered on vinyl, cassettes, eight-track tapes, CDs, and audio DVDs. How do I listen to it now? Usually with a PC or a smartphone, and occasionally with an MP3 or ...

TVs, phones, and tablets can present beautiful video that has gotten steadily better in recent years. But audio quality has gone up and down, and some listeners believe it's now worse than it was 10 ...

Clear, reliable audio is no longer optional, say Genevieve Juillard, CEO of IDC, and Chris Schyvinck, president and CEO at ...

The debate over whether analog or digital sound is preferable is very delicate, about as resolvable as arguing about which is the better sport. There are people who swear by either side. On one side ...

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 ...

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, ...