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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 dynamic range of an audio signal is the difference between the quietest discernible part of the signal and the loudest undistorted part of the signal. It is normally expressed in decibels (dB).

For the last 10 years, sound has been mixed and mastered at ever increasing loudness levels, crushing the natural vibrancy of music. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as ...

What makes music, TV shows, or movies sound good or bad? A lot of it has to do with dynamic range. The term Dynamic Range is used in both video and audio. In video, Dynamic Range is the “distance” ...

My Onkyo TX-SR705 receiver's "Late Night" mode can only be activated with Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby TrueHD signals. Are there any decent consumer-grade receivers that can apply ...

Younger listeners play music and shows online and from digital personal collections. My research finds that this music is distributed almost entirely in its original, unprocessed form (Getty ...

Lately I've been watching more and more details upstairs on my plasma screen (as opposed to my front projector downstairs), but my room is near my baby's room. The problem is that the quiet scenes are ...

If you work with Agilent InfiniiMax probes, you probably understand how offset is applied when you use them in single-ended or differential modes, but you may not have a clear picture of the effects ...