If you're shopping for a set of speakers or a receiver, it can be hard to to compare their relative performances, especially when there's only a handful of printed specs to choose from. It seems like ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

Ohms are one of the specs that both speaker and receiver manufacturers use to give you an idea about their performance. Speakers and amplifiers alike are usually rated around 8 ohms, but that's not ...

You’ve seen references to “impedance” and “ohms” in various loudspeaker specifications or in your owner’s manual for an AV receiver. But what is it? Do you have to “match” speaker impedance to your AV ...

This popular article was originally published in the Jan. 16, 2019, issue of Radio World and Jan. 24, here at the website. Understanding electronics and electronic troubleshooting starts with knowing ...