Old setup was as follows: Lenovo W520 connected to TV using a passive DP to HDMI adapter. Audio was fed from the TV to the Harman Kardon receiver with digital coax. Audio worked fine, no delays. Then ...

I have an older Panasonic TC P50ST30 (release review/specs here) that was generously given to be by another Arsian that does have ARC support (I think). The TV sitting in front of an old but nicer ...

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, ...

The May 2000 issue of Sound & Vision included test reports on two high-end receivers: the Yamaha RX-V1 by Daniel Kumin and the Denon AVR-4800 by David Ranada. It was brought to our attention that ...

[Phil] picked up an HD radio receiver when Radio Shack was clearing them out at a 60% discount. But to his disappointment, when he hooked it up the sound left a lot to be desired with limited ...

There has been a lot of controversy on many of the Internet forums regarding power capability of receivers when driving multi-channel speaker systems. Some argue that when a receiver is rated at ...

Figure 1 Selecting the correct device lets you configure a differential line receiver with programmable self-test capability. Click to enlarge. Because the output stage of the LM339 is an ...

It has been a good few years since Sony released a new AVR (Audio/Video Receiver). With news in 2020 of one of their manufacturing plants in Malaysia shuttering some folks speculated that Sony was ...

The "Line In" audio jack on your computer enables you to connect a microphone or other audio output device with a 1/8-inch miniature plug to your computer. On some computers, especially laptops, as ...