How easily can you detect distortion on your audio system? An online interactive listening test gives you a chance to find out by testing your listening ability to detect nonlinear distortion for ...

In previous episodes of this long-running series looking at the world of high-quality audio, at every point we’ve stayed in the real world of physical audio hardware. From the human ear to the ...

Several readers report poor sound quality from the MacBook Pro's speakers. In particular, some readers are reporting that the right speaker outputs distorted or otherwise poor quality audio while the ...

An audio distortion analyzer is a specialist piece of analogue test equipment that usually costs a lot of money and can be hard to track down on the second hand market. Finding one is a moment of luck ...

A young chief engineer who knew a lot more about computers than transmitters and analog audio systems recently asked me for help in tracking down on-air distortion that had affected his mom-and-pop ...

At times when playing a video or a game or listening to music, you may find that the sound is distorted. If you are facing the same problem, you can fix the sound distortion issues in Windows 11/10 PC ...

The author is technical publications manager and a senior technical writer at Audio Precision in Beaverton, Ore. When reduced to its basics, the process of audio test and measurement is concerned with ...

The very term ‘saturation’ sometimes feels like it has a negative value attached to it. Throughout recording history, technology has sought to deliver the cleanest signal possible, so why for the love ...

PLUGIN WEEK 2026: The very term ‘saturation’ sometimes feels like it has a negative value attached to it. Throughout recording history, technology has sought to deliver the cleanest signal possible, ...

What's required in a source for mixed-signal test. Key factors in achieving low distortion. Designing a signal-generation path. What is digital predistortion (DPD)? Using LDOs to power the test system ...