If you follow audiophile reviewers, you’ll know that their stock-in trade is a very fancy way of saying absolutely nothing of quantifiable substance about the subject while sounding knowledgeable ...

Several readers report poor sound quality from the MacBook Pro’s speakers. In particular, some readers are reporting that the right speaker outputs distorted or otherwise poor quality audio while the ...

If you can't hear your PS5 or it sounds terrible, walk through some steps to nail down the issue and restore clear audio.

How easily can you detect distortion on your audio system? An online interactive listening test gives you a chance to find out by testing your listening ability to detect nonlinear distortion for ...

An audio distortion analyzer is a specialist piece of analogue test equipment that usually costs a lot of money and can be hard to track down on the second hand market. Finding one is a moment of luck ...

The very term ‘saturation’ sometimes feels like it has a negative value attached to it. Throughout recording history, technology has sought to deliver the cleanest signal possible, so why for the love ...

The author is technical publications manager and a senior technical writer at Audio Precision in Beaverton, Ore. When reduced to its basics, the process of audio test and measurement is concerned with ...

Some iPods exhibit a “static” noise — audible through headphones — when the iPod is accessing its hard drive. (In general, the better the headphones, the more apparent the static. The issue is clearly ...

The Galaxy S24’s dual stereo speakers are among the best in the lineup, but they’re not immune to problems — from muffled call audio and crackling playback to complete speaker silence. If your Galaxy ...