Your TV may have a port labelled for optical audio, but it's a sorely underused port that most consumers may not even realize they have. Here's what it does.

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 ...

New silicon designs apply AI to processing and enhancing digital audio. Cadence has new IP to simplify the work.

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 ...

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 ...

Basso goes large with its new flagship digital audio player with modular amps and batteries, plus a dual operating system and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...