If you thought your 3.5mm headphone jack was good enough, think again.

If you see a problem in the digital audio eye pattern, one thing to investigate is the interconnect cable. Are you using ordinary audio cable? For digital audio, regular analog audio cable doesn't go ...

Back in my college days when PortaPaks were all the rage, one of the most helpful and practical resources I relied on was the "The Spaghetti City Video Manual: A Guide to Use, Repair and Maintenance," ...

We’re going deeper today into the world of audio cables, like a pearl diver testing her limits. Let’s see if I can keep this entertaining! Continuing our series on symptoms of a serious audio system, ...

An XLR cable is an essential addition when dealing with professional audio, video, or stage lighting equipment. It’s also pretty important even when using one of the best microphones for streaming ...

A few summers of my misspent youth found me working at an outdoor concert venue on the local crew. The local crew helps the show’s technicians — don’t call them roadies; they hate that — put up the ...

What is the benefit of balanced output by some high-end headphone amps? <BR><BR>One is also forced to buy an after market cable with XLR jacks to connect your headphone to that amp.<BR><BR>From what ...

In Part 1 of this series on audio fundamentals (“Let’s Talk About Some Basics of Audio for Radio”), we discussed audio problems and how to handle audio transformers. Most of today’s studios don’t need ...

When most people think of “clean” and “crisp” sound they can almost hear the subtle hiss of old radio stations fading into silence, but behind that pristine experience lies a carefully engineered ...