Sound can be represented with both analog or digital audio signals. Analog audio signals use electrical voltage levels. Different types of transducers convert sound to electrical signals and ...

Mobile and portable devices continue to shrink the space available for the audio system, but high-quality sound continues to be a point of differentiation for manufacturers. Ever wondered how you can ...

An outstanding turntable and excellent wireless stereo speakers combine to make a versatile system that’s equally good at playing vinyl or streaming music. Como Audio has made a name with stellar ...

Design reuse is a big part of modern product design, including home audio systems. Reducing systems to sections that can be copied and pasted over and over again is key to getting to market quickly.

One of the basic design decisions that needs to be made for many products is the format of the audio signal – digital or analog. A few years ago the TV audio signal chain was primarily analog-based, ...

Every sound you hear in real life is analog, but digital recording converts the original sound into a sequence of numbers. No wonder analog and digital sound so different! Ex-movie theater ...

In previous installments of the AudioFile, we’ve talked about basic PCM audio, which encodes audio into a series of numbers that a computer can play or manipulate. We’ve also discussed the process of ...

1. Is Amplifier Weight an Indicator of Robust Amplifier Design? You have to find out if the amplifier is a Class A/B analog amp or a Class D digital amplifier before you can generalize about weight ...

In March, I reviewed the Como Blu, a brilliant Bluetooth streaming audio system from Boston’s Como Audio. What made the Blu brilliant? For $399 — the cost of a decent, upper-range portable Bluetooth ...