I participate in a small Historical Society, and they have had a long (30+ year) project of recording oral history of town residents on audio cassette. It has been pointed out that the effective ...

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ALEXANDRIA, VA.—As television engineers age, those brought up in the era of analog signals and the subsequent transition to digital are retiring and talking hard-earned knowledge with them. Younger ...

Lossless audio is the first step toward audio nirvana. But what is it, does it really make a difference, and how can you get it? Here’s what to know. There’s a difference, of course, between “putting ...

The world around us is analog. Our perception mechanism is also analog. Standard audio transducers, such as the microphone and the loudspeaker, are analog devices. Sound perception of humans occupies ...

Many many moons ago I worked at a radio station. On top of that, my wife managed a record store. So, between the two of us, we built up quite the collection of CDs, cassettes and vinyl. Now it's come ...