If you’re unboxing your new speakers and setting up your home theater or music system, there’s one thing you should have to make sure you get the best sound quality. High-quality speaker cables make ...

It is a question as old as stereos: how much do the cables in your system affect the sound? The main problems with assessing cables are psychological. Placebo effect and comparative listening play ...

In my years as a custom AV integrator, I’ve seen many homeowners placed in difficult situations because of poor pre-wiring by either themselves or a contractor. The possible pitfalls are many, but so ...

Capacitance: 10 pF/ft DC Resistance: 0.003 ohms/ft Velocity Factor: 0.87 Inductance: 300 nHy/ft Note: Available as single cables or cable pairs in both I know what you are thinking - not another ...

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 ...

Something I've noticed in my HT room in my new-ish house is I get some crackling in noisy scenes, not isolated to particular speakers. I can't see any obvious reasons this should be, and I just last ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Chord Company is a British audio cable manufacturer with a ...

When it comes to Bluetooth speakers, there are hundreds of options ranging in price from around twelve dollars to more than a thousand. But why buy one when you can build one that not only blends in ...

The fantasy of truly wireless, high-quality speakers is as elusive as ever. Wireless speakers always need at least one wire, the one that plugs into the wall. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve ...

So running speaker wire. Need some advice of whether to go ahead and run around the edge of my front door of there's something good I can use that can hold it down right by the bottom lip of the door ...