The good news is; there is help and it is affordable. The bad news is; you will need to invest in some basic tools, such as the Radio Shack Analog Sound Level Meter , the Rives Audio Test CD 2 and an ...

s listening rooms, where to this day we use Dire Straits tracks to test everything from high-end speakers ... a single vinyl ...

Check out my review of the Etymotic ER-6 noise blocking headphone here. The Digital Recordings' Audio CD--Hearing Test is more comprehensive than the standard audiologist listening test that uses ...

CD-quality music is still the benchmark for decent audio; it’s not quite hi-res ... but that shouldn’t matter for the purposes of my comparative test. In theory the test should be relatively ...

A new Bluetooth audio codec called AptX HD promises a better-than-CD listening experience, crucial to enjoying higher resolution music streaming apps like Tidal. To test this claim, we’ve put ...

Although it’s still not available as 2021 comes to a close, Spotify HiFi promises “CD-quality ... higher quality audio, why don’t you actually put your hearing to the test?

Here’s a look back at the best new vinyl turntables and CD player releases from 2024 that can upgrade any physical media fan’s home audio or Hi-Fi setup in 2025.

It’s not nearly to the same level as vinyl, but CD sales increased last year for the first time in decades. And brands are taking notice. The latest example is Denon, the renowned Japanese audio brand ...

Stable Audio can render 95 seconds of 16-bit stereo audio at a 44.1 kHz sample rate (often called "CD quality" because it matches the technical specifications of the CD format) in less than one ...