While wireless audio is likely our future, cables will almost certainly remain part of our audio and home cinema set-ups for years to come. So it pays to know a thing or two about the different types ...

The distinction between various flavors of HDMI can get a bit technical.

If you’re bought yourself a swanky new TV and want to connect it to your A/V system, you’ll have the option of a few different cable types to use. There are classics like 3.5mm and optical, but you’re ...

The Power Macintosh G5 is the first Mac model to incorporate support for digital optical audio, both in and out. By definition, optical audio provides a fiber optic digital audio connection used to ...

Your soundbar should always sound better than a flat-panel TV’s built-in speakers, but I'm willing to bet it’s not working at its peak potential. If your audio still feels flat, compressed, or ...

HDMI was marketed as an easy fix for improving the sound quality of your home theater experience. The reality is that HDMI ARC/eARC don’t always work as advertised. Understanding this dilemma, almost ...

I did some research a number of years ago about getting discrete 5.1 or 7.1 audio from either an onboard or dedicated sound card when using a digital connection such as SPDIF/Optical to a capable ...

Let’s face it, the audio on most laptops is somewhat lacking. While you can deal with it or use headphones, there are desktop speakers that you can get. Not only can these enhance the audio from your ...

For enhanced, surround sound audio upgrade for OTT entertainment, pairing your smart TV to a wireless home theatre would be a smart move. On Amazon you would find a wide range of options, and below ...