If you see a problem in the digital audio eye pattern, one thing to investigate is the interconnect cable. Are you using ordinary audio cable? For digital audio, regular analog audio cable doesn't go ...

We’re going deeper today into the world of audio cables, like a pearl diver testing her limits. Let’s see if I can keep this entertaining! Continuing our series on symptoms of a serious audio system, ...

A few summers of my misspent youth found me working at an outdoor concert venue on the local crew. The local crew helps the show’s technicians — don’t call them roadies; they hate that — put up the ...

What is the benefit of balanced output by some high-end headphone amps? <BR><BR>One is also forced to buy an after market cable with XLR jacks to connect your headphone to that amp.<BR><BR>From what ...

SVS has expanded its affordable SoundPath Series with 2 new cables that are priced far below 99% of the competition. Audio cables are a trigger for a lot of people; it’s actually understandable ...

High signal-to-noise ratio is an important goal for most audio systems. However, ac power connections unavoidably create ground voltage differences, magnetic fields, and electric fields. Balanced ...

If you work in the professional audio field, you need to use balanced lines for long signal runs to prevent hum and noise pick-up. This Balanced/Unbalanced Converter is really two projects in one. It ...