Choosing the right audio format matters to every producer and mastering engineer. When you know precisely when to use WAV, MP3, or FLAC, your workflow becomes more efficient and your masters retain ...

Ed Rhee, a freelance writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is an IT veteran turned stay-at-home-dad of two girls. He focuses on Android devices and applications while maintaining a review blog ...

You might be surprised to learn that MP3 players still exist. Not only that, but they’re popular with people who take their music seriously – the kind that roll their eyes at lossy Spotify streams and ...

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Anniversaries in technology are tricky – because there are usually several dates that come into question as a birthday. This is also the case with MP3: On July 14, 1995, the project participants at ...

A visionary whose legacy hums through every playlist and podcast, Dr Karlheinz Brandenburg is the genius behind the MP3, a tiny file that sparked a massive revolution. His groundbreaking work didn’t ...

Turn any video or audio file into an MP3, or any video into an MP4, by copying and pasting. Want to turn a video file into an MP3? Or any video into an MP4? If you have PowerToys installed on Windows, ...

The device and the two speakers are installed in a small vanity unit in the guest restroom. Since there is no mains socket in the cabinet, the MP3 player is powered by two Li-Ion batteries of type ...

We’ve been hearing a lot about lossless audio lately. Apple Music says it has it. So does Amazon Music. Tidal and Qobuz have it too, but Spotify doesn’t. (Yet. Or still.) Is lossless audio a big deal?

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While millions use streaming services like Apple Music or Spotify to listen to music, there's something about having your own collection of albums that can't be replicated by a streaming playlist.

While TVs have become better and better over the past 15 years, audio has taken several steps backwards. Many of us have sacrificed fidelity in pursuit of convenience and portability, adopting ...