How to decide which of these surround sound formats is best for your home theater.

When we go to the cinema and see a film in 2022, it’s very unlikely that what we’re seeing will in fact be a film. Instead of large reels of transparent film fed through a projector, we’ll be watching ...

Speaking of Zeroes and Ones... Among audiophiles, the analog vs. digital debate rages without end. I, like a lot of other musicians and music fans, have my own preferences--I own many more LPs than ...

You may have heard of the audio formats Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital Plus, but what's the actual difference between them?

Mid-90s moviegoers experienced a revolution in sound with Dolby's AC-3, or Dolby Digital. Engineers ingeniously used ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

YouTube TV had announced that it was bringing Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound to its platform this summer. And that roll out has now completed. Everyone that has a compatible device will be able to ...

Combining “complementary” audio technology could speed the adoption of the immersive Atmos sound format, a Dolby exec says. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor Dolby Laboratories has acquired rival ...

For someone like me—an avid record collector with profound hearing loss—the past decade has produced severe cognitive dissonance caused by two contrary developments. First, vinyl came back; then, good ...

A sound card allows computers to have sound. Pretty simple, right? But let’s dig deeper. Here’s a closer look at the tech that defines a sound card, and what to know if you want to buy one. Today’s ...