The driver of this Great Western Railway train had no idea that he was making audio history. As most of you will know, a mono recording uses a single microphone and a single channel while a stereo one ...

An entertaining article in a 1958 issue of "Popular Mechanics" calls the evolution of stereo "the biggest thing that's come along since high-fidelity sound." The article goes on to explain how ...

Spatial Audio is Apple’s brand name for music in its streaming catalog that supports Dolby Atmos, a proprietary audio format that tries to give music the “surround sound” you experience in movie ...

If you're at all an enthusiast of great-sounding music and are looking to up your game to make what you're playing sound its best, it's hard to be a great stereo receiver or integrated amplifier.

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 were thinking of buying two HomePod mini speakers to use as a stereo pair with your Mac, you might want to think again. As some users undoubtedly found with the original HomePod, it's not ...

is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, home theater, smartphones, and more. Late on Monday night, Apple flipped the switch on ...

In the history of recorded sound, multichannel surround sound at home is a relatively recent phenomenon. Many of us grew up with stereo, and the younger iPod and MP3 generation still do much of their ...

There can be multiple reasons why Stereo mix may not work. It may happen that you are not able to record audio when you use it with your application, but the green bars in the audio test go up and ...

Nest Audio and Mini are easily some of the best smart audio products around, and some of the least expensive, but many people may not realize two such speakers can be used together in a pair. More ...

Many newer car stereos, as well as aftermarket head units, come with an audio jack that allow you to plug an MP3 player or smartphone into, but if you have an older stereo, there likely isn’t an audio ...

The world of car audio equipment sure has come quite a long way since the days of the fold-down 45-rpm record players. These days, thanks to the futuristic advancements of all things iPod (or any ...