A lot of newer audio technologies have been promising “HD” audio, with features such as “192 kHz sampling”. But what does this mean?
CDs sample 44.1-kHz audio at 16 bits per sample. Considering the standard was defined back in the early 1980s to be played with state-of-the-art technology back then, you’d think this is […]
Like many people, I’ve recently been hearing more and more about this new thing on the air waves called HD Radio. What is it we are talking about here?
Well, first off, the HD does not stand for “high definition” (it seems to stand for nothing — it’s just a marketing ploy), and it doesn’t […]
I’m a big fan of FLAC, the super-high quality, Free Lossless Audio Codec. I have a bit of my music stored in FLAC. However, my iPod doesn’t support FLAC as it stands: the highest quality format is Apple Lossless, so I’ve been using that for a lot of my modern music.
Even some artists […]
Since the days of Napster, the Internet has been flowing with this magical, wonderful beast known as “MP3″. What is it, exactly?
Well, it’s a compression standard dating back to 1991 that shrinks the size of audio by throwing away parts we don’t hear very well. The higher the compression ratio, the more information […]
I am currently in the market to buy a new home audio system, which presents a few problems for me.
In the past, I’ve been of the opinion that your audio equipment should be completely separate from your video equipment: the additional splitters used in the all-in-one home theater systems could cause noise and signal delay […]
EngadgetHD all day has posted a bunch of galleries of their experiences at CEDIA, the trade show for companies to show off their new HD gadgets off to the world. To say the least, they really spent a lot of time touring and taking pics of all the new shiny TVs, DVRs, and other HD […]
HD Radio has been mainly advertised for your cars and other automobiles, except for the occasional RadioShack ad on the radio, but Sony is looking to change that around a little bit. EngadgetHD released a quick, and I mean quick, run down of what they like and don’t like.
We like:
Gorgeous, mid-century modern design.
Clear, easy to […]
All about defining consumer high definition.
Written by Tiff , and Christopher for b5media.
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