An entertaining article in a 1958 issue of "Popular Mechanics" calls the evolution of stereo "the biggest thing that's come along since high-fidelity sound." The article goes on to explain how ...

If you're planning to buy some or all of the remastered Beatles recordings due out on 9.9.09, you may be wondering whether to get the mono versions or stereo. While most will probably go for the ...

We’ve talked people’s ears off–colleagues, relatives, friends, and even strangers around town (to make reservations, for instance)–all for a good cause. We wanted to find the best Bluetooth headsets ...

I worked for a little FM station in northwest New Jersey decades ago that competed with the New York City stations. My station had a mono audio chain. The owners asked if I could switch the exciter to ...

The circuit was constructed for the purpose of transforming a stereo power amplifier to mono where the two channels are bridged internally. Stereo – derived from the words stereophonic sound, refers ...

For decades, we've all been swimming in the great stereo sea, enjoying almost all of our audio content in stereo. Surround sound is a real thing and so is spatial audio, that's true, but stereo is ...

In my last column, I introduced the BTSC sound standard for analog NTSC television and the AC-3 sound standard for digital ATSC television. This time, I'll look a little bit deeper into the BTSC ...