- I Want Wireless Entertainment, and I Want It Now
- PC World Articles - April 29, 2008
- Wireless, multiroom home audio is here, sort of. But wireless HD video is still mostly a pipe dream.
- Clean up your tags with BeaTunes - good data is good for you.
- TechLore - March 25, 2008
- Everyone with a digital music collection of any size has this problem: their music tags are far from perfect. Maybe it's because you ripped the songs from a CD before it was in cddb or one of the other directories, maybe there was no cddb back when y...
- $1400 in Fashion and Home Audio
- eCoustics Articles - December 20, 2007
- Little Things You Hate About Home Audio/Video
- Digital Trends Talk Backs - November 15, 2007
- I notice lots of little annoying things about the audio and video products that traipse through my work space in a constant procession. Over time I’ve noticed they’re the same little annoying things all the time—the same trifling mi...
- Transferring Audio Tapes or LPs to CD or MP3
- TechLore - July 11, 2007
- Got old audio tapes that you'd like to convert to digital (MP3 or CD)? Got an ancient LP collection that you'd like to listen to on your iPod? Community member Jeff Block shares his experience converting audio tapes and old v...
- Managing Your HD
- TechLore - May 22, 2007
- From HD cables to HD discs to HD audio, discover how to get a deeper high-definition experience. When building (or adapting) a home theater for high-definition viewing, it’s best to start with the basics. In this case, the TV is the first thing...
- Hooking Up an Aftermarket Car Head Unit In Your House
- TechLore - August 12, 2006
- This has two very useful purposes: 1) It can possibly provide a cheaper
way of getting audio into your room and 2) Testing a head unit to be
sure it works, and possibly even taking pics to post on ebay (I've
found my head units sell better when the c...
- Ask The Experts: Winding Your Cables
- TechLore - June 7, 2006
- I recently tried to upgrade my audio on my satellite box by switching
to an optical audio connection. However, I couldn't seem to get it to
work. The cord that I used was rather long, so I wound it up with a
twist tie so the cord wasn't all over my...
- Using Headphones on TVs with Broken or Without Jacks
- TechLore - December 8, 2005
- The RCA jacks in the back of the TV work wonders. As I mentioned in the previous article, my headphone jack is broken and I get no sound in the speakers, as a result. I already bought the box which has three sets of RCA jack (red, white, yellow), so...
- What Does 1080p Do For Me?
- TechLore - October 6, 2005
- At this year's CEDIA Expo, an industry trade show devoted to home audio, video, and distributed A/V products, I saw the same recurring theme at every TV manufacturer's booth... 1080p is a reality. TV makers will be releasing tons of new 1080p...
- What's My Favorite Online Music Service?
- TechLore - February 7, 2005
- I don't have enough time to keep up with all the online music services that keep popping up. I have used a few and have started to collect stories from others who are also...
- Ask The Experts: How Do I Transfer LPs To My PC?
- TechLore - February 5, 2005
- Most turntables use standard RCA style connections to hook up to various devices, but the signal they output is often different than what your VCR uses. In order to get proper sound, ...
- Are CDs a Thing of the Past?
- TechLore - February 1, 2005
- It didn't take too many memberships to CD clubs to realize that my CD collection would get pretty unwielding pretty fast. Early on, I knew that every time I wanted to listen to a CD, it wasn't going to work to...
- Understanding Amplifier &Receiver Power Specifications
- TechLore - December 14, 2004
- It's no secret that it takes a lot of knowledge to truly understand the world of home audio, which is littered with confusing numbers and terms. Wattage, current, distortion, frequencies, and impedance are just a few of the specifications anyone look...
- What is Dolby Digital?
- TechLore - December 14, 2004
- Dolby Laboratories, founded in 1965, has been arguably the most influential company in the sound industry since its inception. Most people are familiar with the Dolby Logo, stemming back to when analog cassette tapes were the standard for music liste...
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