Audiophiles will go to such extents to optimize the quality of their audio chain that they sometimes defy parody. But even though the law of diminishing returns eventually becomes a factor there is ...

Let’s start our expla nations of loudspeaker measurement graphs with the most basic graph of a speaker’s behavior: the frequency response. Sometimes this is referred to as the amplitude response as ...

The advent of inexpensive standardized 16- and 24-bit audio I/O hardware for personal computers inspired a rush of oscilloscope simulating applications. Many of these “Sound Card Scopes” are quite ...

Speaker technology doesn’t seem complicated. Drivers push out sound waves. Those drivers are housed in an enclosure. There are some wires and parts holding everything together, too. (I’m ...

For critical audio monitoring, here are some characteristics to look for in a monitor loudspeaker: Full audio bandwidth of 20 Hz to 20 kHz. The very low frequencies are often handled by one or more ...