The author is technical publications manager and a senior technical writer at Audio Precision in Beaverton, Ore. When reduced to its basics, the process of audio test and measurement is concerned with ...

Audio Precision has released an Android app for testing smartphone audio quality. Serving as an interface between the Android device and one of Audio Precision’s APx audio analyzers, the app allows ...

A small audio test generator is very useful for quickly tracing a signal through an audio unit. Its main purpose is speed rather than refinement. A single sine-wave signal of about 1 kHz is normally ...

What's required in a source for mixed-signal test. Key factors in achieving low distortion. Designing a signal-generation path. What is digital predistortion (DPD)? Using LDOs to power the test system ...

Anyone know where i can download a Dolby 5.1 test signal to test out the separate channels on my speaker setup with PowerDVD? I know I can rent or buy dvd's that are specifically made for this (such ...

Testing FM receivers is not that much different than testing other pieces of audio equipment. Appropriate tests include the big six: level, frequency response, THD+N, phase, interchannel crosstalk, ...

To the uninitiated an electric guitar seems fairly simple: you pluck a string and the electronics send the corresponding audio signal on the 6.3 mm jack output, all ready for for the amplifier to work ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. LAS VEGAS—At this year’s NAB Show, Lynx Technik will unveil Testor Lite 3G, a cost-effective, ...

It’s been a while since the last installment in our Know Audio series, in which we investigated distortion as it applies to Hi-Fi audio. Now it’s time to return with part two of our look at distortion ...