If your audio quality isn't as good as it should be, you might be making some common speaker mistakes. Here's what they are ...

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It is a question as old as stereos: how much do the cables in your system affect the sound? The main problems with assessing cables are psychological. Placebo effect and comparative listening play ...

In this article we discuss if cables should be used as tone controls to alter the sound of your system or if they should be transparent and accurately transfer the signal without alteration. The cable ...

Editorial Note The 1-10 scale ranks the overall score of the cable regarding technical and final rankings. The lower the #, the better the cable scored with respect to the test criteria, where the ...

Think spending thousands on premium cables improves your Hi-Fi system? Discover the scientific test that just destroyed a ...

Anyone with a soundbar lacking an HDMI connection might find that an HDMI audio extractor is the ideal accessory for ...

If you took a set of normal speaker cables and ran them over with a steamroller, you’d get something like what we’re going to make today. I’m so excited for this week’s project, the first in a DIY ...

AudioQuest’s Lone Ranger ZERO-Tech speaker cable ($2,990 for 8 ft pair) blends Folk Hero design with advanced noise-dissipation and PSC+ conductors. At 11.6mm per polarity, it’s a slimmer, friendlier ...

Josh Clark spends most of his workday in a room equipped with three stereo speakers as tall as he is and a subwoofer as big as a refrigerator. He sits in a comfy leather chair in this pleasantly peach ...

ALEXANDRIA, VA.—As television engineers age, those brought up in the era of analog signals and the subsequent transition to digital are retiring and talking hard-earned knowledge with them. Younger ...

Modern TVs are too thin to sound good. The Bose TV Speaker fixes that with two angled drivers, a dedicated dialogue mode, and ...