For those of you who not only listen to music, but play music as well, and if you play virtual instruments such as electronic drums or piano, you probably use the computer’s own audio chipset...
Now that 4K video cameras are appearing on the market at prices the Indie Film Producers can afford, the lens is the emerging factor that has to be of concern. In this article, I show the performance of some lenses that fit 4K video cameras, and which are inexpensive. Do they perform satisfactorily?
Normally, my system has no hum issues. But lately, the “component count” has increased to the point where different components are plugged into different outlets in my listening room. Most of the time, this isn’t a problem...
DACs have an electronic characteristic called "Linearity" which means how close the output follows the input. DACs with less linearity can sound more detailed, as long as they have good time domain performance.
Do you have a complex audio or home theater system and have trouble getting everything to turn on at once? I do. While everything downstream of my Pre-Pro has 12V trigger control...
So many of us find that as our audio electronics collection grows (disc players, turntables, preamps, power amplifiers, gadgets, etc.) that our power wiring resembles...
Have you installed a new cartridge in your turntable and set the tracking force with one of the cheap "beam" type stylus force gauges and wondered if the setting was really accurate?
If you have some electrostatic speakers, and they sound harsh, it is probably due to your power amplifier having trouble with the resonance of the transformer in the speaker. This transformer raises the amplifier voltage to a higher voltage that goes to the stators. This problem can be alleviated by the use of a Zobel network.
New audio and video codecs are arriving by the train-load. Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, DTS-X, Auro-3D, Master Quality Authenticated (MQA), and whatever their competitors create (they are in a hurry to do that right now).
Do you have speaker cables with banana plugs and wish you had spade lugs so you could have a tighter bond between the cable terminations and the binding posts?
Have you noticed the decline in the quality of many products that you have been purchasing over they last few years, but the prices have been going up? What gives?
In the realm of HDTV, we have 4K already here, but also, HDR (High Dynamic Range) images. One of the HDR codecs is contained in Dolby Vision, but there are competitors working night and day to have their versions ready when you decide...
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