While audio technology has vastly improved since the '80s, there are still instances where it's not perfect right out of the ...

The ultimate goal of sound and image reproduction is realism — the kind that creates suspension of disbelief in the listener or viewer. And nothing breaks the spell like background buzz during a quiet ...

To maximize the quality of your audio when you’re producing a live event, it’s important to assess your signal carefully all the way through the chain, as I discussed in my May/June 2015 article How ...

When an audio engineer first hears a faint hiss at 50 Hz or 60 Hz that seems tied to the building’s mains rather than any musician’s voice, the culprit is almost always a ground loop. In plain terms, ...

I recently set up a cheap little A/V system with parts my friend gave me. It sounds pretty good, but when I attach my VCR (still have one...) to the input on my Sony TA-AX380 control amp, I get a ...

I can't seem to get my CATV feed grounded well enough to prevent ground loop noise on the audio and video from my PC (which is in another room). I grabbed the el-cheapo Radio Shack audio ground loop ...