Distortion, originally considered an undesirable side effect of overloading audio equipment, has become a key element of countless genres of modern music. The history of distortion truly begins in the ...

Just how much distortion -- and the favored type of distortion, analog or digital -- varies from listener to listener, and that's where the story gets complicated. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve ...

We all know what distortion sounds like. We’ve heard it in heavy metal tunes, cheap iPod docks and the crummy speakers at Taco Bell drive-thrus. And we’ve all read distortion specs on things like ...

Monsieur Fourier did an amazing thing when he figured out how to move between time and frequency domains. Scopes are inherently time-domain instruments, so let's see how much our eyes can tell us ...

Several readers report poor sound quality from the MacBook Pro's speakers. In particular, some readers are reporting that the right speaker outputs distorted or otherwise poor quality audio while the ...

Your computer's multimedia experience loses a dimension when distortion overtakes your sound and makes audio content unbearable to listen to. When noise affects all of your computer's audio output, ...

A look at the evolution of the technologies that give rock its signature sound Fifty years ago, a faulty connection in a mixing board gave birth to fuzz, which is a term of art. Although it came to ...

MURFREESBORO — Ever wondered how the distorted sound effect of electric guitars started? It happened in Nashville in 1960 — an accident of technology that would forever change the face of music. And ...

The last two decades have seen a striking decline in the quality of sound and listening experience. Compressed music, MP3s and streaming, have diminished the quality and flattened the emotion.

Is your Tribit MaxSound Plus sound quality not that good? There are various factors that can cause this issue such as a software glitch, audio source issue, or even a volume setting. To fix this, you ...