Sometimes, when an audio component dies, the root cause is something electrical. Sometimes, the issue ends up being fundamentally mechanical.

Handsets get all the attention and glamour, but base stations are the vital backbone which makes wireless connectivity possible and increasingly ubiquitous. With the growth in networks and ...

No need for a second take, the company is indeed called Schiit Audio and it's pronounced just as you'd expect. Though rather suggestive of audio products best avoided at all costs, the company ...

A high-performance stereo digital-to-analog converter, the WM8471, targets high-end audio applications. The DAC delivers up to 128-dB SNR (mono) and can be configured to meet the performance ...

How easy is it to build your own Digital to Analog Converter (DAC)? Although you can readily purchase a wide variety of DACs these days, building your own can be very instructive, as the [Sine Lab] on ...

Consumer audio products see benefit of sigma-delta data converters Steve Bush Sigma-delta modulators are at the heart of many analogue-to-digital converters (ADCs) in consumer audio products.

As PC enthusiasts, we’re all about the tech that drives our favorite experiences. Sometimes that means a great graphics card. Sometimes a high-end monitor. But here at Golden Ears, it’s all about ...

Few things are more frustrating than a requirement for some feature that exceeds the ability of your present hardware. Say you’re designing a product that has historically required an 8-bit digital-to ...

As you have probably noticed, there’s a new trend in the smartphone industry of including “studio quality” audio chips inside modern flagship smartphones. While a 32-bit DAC (digital to analog ...