Priced at $11,500, the new Optik Phono 1.1 from Backert Labs makes its intentions clear immediately: this is unapologetically high-end, highly specialized hardware built for owners of DS Audio optical ...

Ceramic resonators offer an attractive alternative to quartz crystals for stabilizing oscillation frequencies in many ...

Christmas films aren't all about festive cheer – and the more horror-tinged flicks offer an alternate way to test your sound system. A prime example is the kitchen attack scene and its build-up in the ...

They Want Your Immediate Attention Cats‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌ are very quick to figure out the sounds that bring back the fastest ...

A continuity tester that indicates the resistance of, say, PCB traces with musically-related tones, whose pitch changes with ...

Across some of the planet’s driest regions, engineers are racing to turn humidity into a reliable tap, using materials that ...

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The looks were all about embracing liberation through fashion while also referencing her evolution as an artist.

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For nearly 20 years, physicists and engineers have chased the idea of invisibility. Early efforts focused on hiding objects ...

Five times this year, large trucks heading onto the double-decker High Level Bridge have hit the structure often resulting in ...