Jeffrey Smith from SilverSmith Audio was nice enough to engage in an informative interview about his cable philosophies and self proclaimed sciences behind them. While his ideas about cables and ...

Wait a minute, a speaker company making cables? Well, who better than a company who has proven itself to be a no-nonsense manufacturer of quality products to make no-nonsense "sensible" cables. When ...

Today Nordost introduced its new Valhalla 2 Reference Cables line-up, which consist of analog, digital, and tonearm interconnects, as well as loudspeaker and power cables. The new Valhalla 2 range ...

We’ve now spent several months in this series journeying through the world of audio, and along the way we’ve looked at the various parts of a Hi-Fi system from the speaker backwards to the source.

Can cables make an audible difference? Most definitely, but usually not for the reasons that many exotic cable vendors would have you believe. And the “difference” may or may not be a good thing. We ...

ALEXANDRIA, VA.—As television engineers age, those brought up in the era of analog signals and the subsequent transition to digital are retiring and talking hard-earned knowledge with them. Younger ...

The humble aux cable or, more formally, the 3.5mm auxiliary cable, has long been a universal standard for analog audio signals. Aux cables allow you to accomplish such tasks as plugging in your ...

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 ...

The tiny cylinder on HDMI cables isn’t just for looks.

One big factor in avoiding the pickup of power line hum in audio circuits is to keep audio cables away from any power lines, cables or circuits (most notably power transformers). Use good cable ...