Negative feedback, or NFB, has taken a bad rap in the high-end audio community. Misunderstood by much of the audio press, and occasionally abused by audio designers, many audiophiles shun the idea like anthrax.

Audiophiles love to characterize the sonics of pretty much everything using words that really don't apply to sound. Terms range from the general such as "Tight", "bright", "laid back", "warm," to the absurdly abstract such as my all-time favorite, "pace."

Many die-hard conservative audiophiles at first eschewed the use of a subwoofer as a novelty trick of home theater, unsuitable for music reproduction. As the frequency extension benefits of a dedicated subwoofer became more and more undeniable . . .

1080p, or 1080 progressive, is a very high resolution video format and screen specification. It is one of the ATSC HDTV specified formats which includes 720p, 1080i, and 1080p . . .

We often get questions about which TV display technology is "better". In particular, the question arises in regard to DLP vs. LCD. This article hopefully will provide some answers . . .

It's amazing really. Any decent speaker manufacturer will take excruciating pains in designing and executing the crossover between tweeter and woofer. Most go on to devote pages in their literature to tell you about it, offering up trademarked ways to all say the same thing.

THX is almost a quarter century old, and its Consumer Branch has been around since 1990, yet people still do not have a proper understanding of THX. Maybe that's THX's fault, maybe it's ours (the press) . . .

In 5.1 digital surround sound, the 0.1 channel is called the LFE or Low Frequency Effects channel. While in the commercial system it is referred to as the subwoofer channel, this is not necessarily true for home theater setups.