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I remember it like it was yesterday: sitting in my car cranking up Van Halen's 5150 and spending the entire album fiddling with the 10-band EQ I'd installed to get the best sound possible. You don't ...

I believe those are frequency bands. What's you're doing with an equalizer is (with gross generalizations) altering the amplification of different frequencies. You do this to taste, so there's no ...

Whether your computer has an inbuilt mic array or you use a USB mic, audio interface, or headset, the microphone you are ...

Most wireless headphones and speakers rely on some type of digital signal processing. Here's what you need to know about DSP—and why it's hard to avoid. I've been a contributing editor for PCMag since ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." You’ve seen it anytime you’ve used a high-end audio system or dug into the settings menu on your car’s ...

Priced at $11,500, the new Optik Phono 1.1 from Backert Labs makes its intentions clear immediately: this is unapologetically high-end, highly specialized hardware built for owners of DS Audio optical ...

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