The finest AC power regenerators are built with traditional class AB technology in their output stage, like the PS Audio Power Plants. Why not use an efficient class D amplifier instead?

What’re the differences between balanced and unbalanced audio and which sounds best and when should either be used? Can you get balanced audio results from single ended cables?

Are audiophiles too old? What’s being done to make high quality reproductions systems available for younger music lovers? Is it possible?

How would a totally dead room sound? You might think it could work since headphones present music without any room reflections and sound good. So, why not duplicate the headphone experience in our rooms?

Sometimes subwoofers are so intrusive it feels like we should be adjusting them for each and every track of music. How do we get around that desire and achieve a proper setup in our home audio systems?

Which is better and why? An active crossover or a passive built-in crossover? And how do each of these two electronic frequency dividing networks actually do their job?

Mastering engineer Bernie Grundman is one of the most prolific in our industry, responsible for making better the works of artists like Carole King, Steely Dan, Miles Davis, Michael Jackson, and a host others. Grundman shares with Paul McGowan what’s involved with mastering, how important the signal chain is, why digital sounds the way it…

If you digitally copy a vinyl disc will it sound identical or will it instead have digital artifacts?