Audio Myth - "Damping Factor Isn't Much of a Factor"
Myth - "Damping factor isn't important" Myth - "A damping factor of 10 is high enough" Myth - "All amplifiers have a high-enough damping factor" Wh...
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Rules of Thumb for Music and Audio
As an engineer I like to use "rules of thumb" to make quick estimates that help to explain the physical world around me. These rules of thumb are e...
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Balanced vs. Unbalanced Analog Interfaces
For analog audio, balanced XLR interfaces are vastly superior to unbalanced RCA interfaces. If you look at the back of any Benchmark product, you w...
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Interpreting THD Measurements - Think dB not Percent!
Distortion measurements (THD, THD+N and IMD) are traditionally expressed in terms of percent. But what do 1%, 0.1%, 0.01% or 0.001% mean in terms o...
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Speaker Sensitivity and Amplifier Power
Speaker sensitivity is a measure of how loud a speaker will play at a given input power or at a given input voltage. Sensitivity is normally measur...
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Audio Myths - The Ultimate "Myth Buster" Video - Monty Montgomery, Xiph.Org
Monty Montgomery takes us into the lab and uses a series of simple demonstrations to bust some very common myths about digital audio. Test your kno...
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The Importance of Star-Quad Microphone Cable
Star-Quad Microphone Cable can reduce magnetic interference by at least 20 to 30 dB when compared to standard 2-wire cable. The 4-wire star geometr...
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High-Resolution Audio - Sample Rate
Digital recordings are available in a variety of sample rates. What are the advantages of higher sample rates? How high a sample rate do we really ...
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High-Resolution Audio - Bit Depth
We now have 16-bit CDs and 24-bit high-resolution recordings available to us. What are the advantages of a 24-bit word length? Are 24-bit recording...
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