Every sound you hear in real life is analog, but digital recording converts the original sound into a sequence of numbers. No wonder analog and digital sound so different! Ex-movie theater ...

These days, most of the media we consume is digital. We still watch movies and TV shows, but they’re all packaged in digital files that cram in many millions of pixels and as many audio channels as we ...

Speaking of Zeroes and Ones... Among audiophiles, the analog vs. digital debate rages without end. I, like a lot of other musicians and music fans, have my own preferences--I own many more LPs than ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Record players have made a comeback over the ...

I use my PC for listening to MP3's and music CD's but not for playing games. My old Yamaha DS-XG soundcard has only analog output to speakers and my 2 speakers are junk. I intend to buy modest, new ...

Designers of high-end multichannel audio systems have a new industry standard analog volume control integrated circuit (IC): the CS3318 from Cirrus Logic Inc (Nasdaq: CRUS). With a superior dynamic ...