Ever since I moved out of the city and into a house with an actual office, I’ve had enough space to create something that I’ve always wanted: a workstation with a truly killer desktop audio system.

Most computers, whether laptops or desktops, don’t have great built-in speakers. That’s why many people opt to buy computer speakers. These are small powered speakers that can plug directly into your ...

Let down slightly by a flimsy headphone stand and a high price, the Creative Sound Blaster X7 is extremely easy to use, has a plethora of connection options, and is perfect for any beginner audiophile ...

Monoprice’s Desktop Headphone Amplifier delivers high performance, rich features, and high value for the demanding audio enthusiast. It might be disappearing from smartphones, but plenty of home and ...

H x W x D (inches) = 4 x 18 x 17.5 Technological progress is a wonderful thing. Over the past 40 years or so, we’ve seen computers that filled an entire room get eclipsed in processing power by ones ...

The Rocketfish Rocketboost RF-RBUSB RF-RBREC Wireless Audio is a wireless platform that allows for uncompressed audio (48kHz, 16bit/24bit) distribution around the home. Almost everyone can appreciate ...

As we’ve traced our no-nonsense path through the world of Hi-Fi audio, we’ve started with the listener, understood the limitations of the human ear, and thence proceeded to the loudspeaker. We’ve ...

One of my first jobs as an engineer was at Empire Scientific Corp. in Garden City, NY in 1972. This was a high-end audio company that made speakers, turntables and phonograph cartridges. We had some ...

A Class D audio amplifier is basically a switching amplifier or PWM amplifier. There are a number of different classes of amplifiers. We will take a look at the definitions for the main ...