I've been a contributing editor for PCMag since 2011. Before that, I was PCMag's lead audio analyst from 2006 to 2011. Even though I'm a freelancer now, PCMag has been my home for well over a decade, ...

if you’re using professional equipment. Ten is fairly common on high-end consumer audio gear, with fewer sliders on more basic speakers. You don’t have to be an audio engineer to play around with your ...

You may well load up Spotify on your phone or turn on the radio without giving the tonal balance of your music playback device a single thought. But did you know that you can often personalise your ...

For the best listening experience possible, you should familiarize yourself with the sound settings on your audio products. In particular, the equalizer (aka the EQ). Understanding how to operate this ...

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In this article we discuss if cables should be used as tone controls to alter the sound of your system or if they should be transparent and accurately transfer the signal without alteration. The cable ...

Sound is one of the most important elements of a piece, second only to visuals. There are many people whose job is to ensure the finished product sounds exactly the way it should, and one of those is ...

Let's start with one of the most important terms when dealing with EQ settings: Frequency. Frequency represents the number of cycles (or sonic vibrations) per second, and is measured in Hertz (Hz).