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 ...

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 ...

Have you ever wondered what makes a loudspeaker “difficult to drive”? Do you wonder what’s so special about an amplifier that is stable into a 4 ohm load? If these are the kinds of questions that ...

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 ...

I've got a cheap little Onkyo 509 hooked up to a pair of Polk Monitor 50s and a powered subwoofer. After running this setup for a year and a half, my cheap little Onkyo started going into protection ...

As you probably know if you've been shopping for cables, coax for most video applications is "75 ohm" coax–but what the heck does that mean, anyway? This article is a short, non-technical explanation ...

What if you went to your favorite local restaurant, ordered a meal and the waiter served you 1/2 the portion but charged you full price? Would you feel cheated? Believe it or not,a good deal of home ...