The author is APT product manager for WorldCast Systems. A paradigm shift has been taking place for several years, as we move gradually toward fully networked IP broadcasting facilities in which there ...

Smartphone manufacturers all but took away our beloved phones with headphone jacks. Now we’re left buying admittedly great wireless earbuds hand over fist. But listening to music is no longer a ...

Both the Galaxy Buds 3 and Galaxy Buds 4 series offer a hi-res audio mode to help you make use of lossless files — here's how ...

Google's interest in the royalty-free Vorbis audio codec raises new possibilities for successors CELT and, in the longer run, Ghost. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

Few audio standards have had the impact of MP3. But there’s more to audio codecs than just MP3. 3GPP audio standard format families, AAC and AMR, are the commercial powerhouses that are early in their ...

Coding Is Fundamental Component of Digital Production and Broadcast Systems Digital audio codecs are the fundamental enabling technology behind all of today’s emerging sound broadcast and distribution ...

Apple did its part in moving the world to wireless headphones. With the removal of the headphone jack with iPhone 7, the company made it clear that the future of audio is wireless. However, the ...

When Apple sidelined the 3.5-mm jack with the launch of last year’s iPhone 7, it looked like a bold move. But despite pockets of outrage over another clear case of planned obsolescence, it was a clear ...

In-room AV distribution has the advantage of aiming for highest resolution quality but typically without concerns for low-cost cabling. An in-room solution is point-to-point over comparably short ...

Digital is becoming the dominant technology in today's audio applications. With satellite radio, VoIP, cellular phones, and MP3 players, digital is replacing analog techniques in broadcast ...

Integrators know the drill: a client wants a conference room upgrade, you identify a powerful codec with AI features, and it works well at first. But when the client’s needs change, the system can’t ...