Amplifiers are an invaluable tool in this day and age. It’s a way to increase the power of a signal, power that the signal wouldn’t be able to achieve on its own. So, with an amplifier, you can make ...

“The screen is a window through which one sees a virtual world. The challenge is to make that world look real, act real, sound real, feel real.” The words of Ivan Sutherland, the American computer ...

When Fender announced they were entering the Bluetooth speaker game, part of me was a bit surprised they already hadn’t. Given their history with musicians and music, it was only a matter of time. Our ...

Earlier this year we reviewed the new Super X-Fi Amp from Creative, and since then it’s continued to amaze me and the people I demo it for. Now Creative has taken the same amazing audio processing ...

The JBL Bar 1300X delivers an immersive surround experience and offers truly wireless rear speakers; they’re battery powered. But once you live with that feature for a while—and charged those ...

In the history of recorded sound, multichannel surround sound at home is a relatively recent phenomenon. Many of us grew up with stereo, and the younger iPod and MP3 generation still do much of their ...

Covering home audio and video, Matthew Moskovciak helps CNET readers find the best sights and sounds for their home theaters. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There was a time, not so long ago, when most of us were perfectly content with our 32-inch CRT screens and their tinny, built-in speakers.