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DTS:X Promises Features Not Offered By Dolby Atmos
DTS:X Immersive Surround Format offers a real game-changing potential for flexible speaker placement, open format tools for movie mixing professionals, and really amazing headphone processing.
Bi-amping vs Bi-wiring: What's the Difference and is it Audible?
There are various ways to connect loudspeakers. Bi-amping vs bi-wiring, active vs passive bi-ampling; what kind of effect can it have on your audio system and is it audible? Read on.
Why Audio Amplifiers Can Sound Different
Paul Ceurvels, Senior EE at Atlantic Technology discusses his experiences behind the scenes to explain how amplifiers can sound different from one another. Do you think amplifiers sound different?
Quantum Dot Displays: Next Hot HDTV Tech?
Quantum dots are tiny phosphorescent crystals that glow when hit with light that allow LED displays to render colors more accurately with better brightness and purity.
The Most Memorable Audio Receivers of the Last 50 Years
This article highlights the most memorable audio receivers for the last 50 years ranging from vintage two-channel to the latest in multi-channel surround sound. What are your favorite receivers?
The Sound of Audio Amplifiers: Can you hear a difference between Amps?
This article explores the technical reasons why audio amplifiers can sound different. Audio measurements can help explain why things look different but audibility isn't always so cut and dry.
Curved TV: Innovation or Gimmick?
For over a decade the TV industry has been selling us on flatter, thinner HDTVs. But today TV manufacturers are throwing us a curve. Sony, Samsung and LG have all created curved TVs. Will you upgrade?
3D Immersive Surround Formats and Loudspeaker Layouts
With Dolby Atmos, Auro-3D and DTS:X upon us, why has there been no universally accepted speaker layout proposed to accommodate all three competing Immersive Surround formats? We have the solution!
HD Tracks & Hi-Resolution Audio: Why We Support it — and So Should You!
There's an audiophile trend toward good sound building your own library of high resolution digital audio from sources like HD Tracks. SACD, hi-res audio, binaural+ hifi fidelity; the sky is the limit.
4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Specification and UHD Players for 2015!
The Ultra HD Blu-ray Specification promises backwards compatibility, an expanded color gamut, higher dynamic range, improved compression codec, and increased data transfer speeds. UHD Blu-ray is here!