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That's the test-equipment hardware challenge. Equally or more important is knowing how to make the measurements. The plusses and minuses of simply measuring audio amplitude take up a page and a half ...

A human ear that is reasonably young and has not suffered too much blasting from high sound levels can detect audio frequencies ranging from about 20 Hz to 20 kHz. Thus this is the range most often ...

High-quality audio devices and wearables are becoming more common and affordable, and that means there are more options than ever when it comes to purchasing. And audio quality itself is a subjective ...

The author is senior development engineer for Wheatstone Corp. There’s nothing like a little audio performance testing to cap off a hectic week at the station, especially if you don’t have to haul out ...

Only completely defined performance specifications are helpful when comparing products. Audio signals are judged good or bad by the way they sound, not by their rise time, pulse width, or voltage ...

When specifying cooling equipment, engineers are faced with myriad decisions affecting performance and layout. One critical consideration is the noise emitted. As population density rises in major ...

DxOMark audio testing has today been added to the company’s services. The company has so far made a name for itself as the go-to source for in-depth, objective tests of smartphone cameras, and now it ...

Essentially anything that uses audio—TV, movies, theater, concerts, and other live events—has an audio producer, an audio production team, or sound engineers. And they use many pieces of equipment to ...