Neil Young and opinionated sound engineers everywhere have a reason to smile: The organization responsible for the MP3 audio format is closing the doors on its licensing program. The Fraunhofer ...

Some say Thomas Edison invented the first machine to record and play sound in 1877. Video Interchange collects a small but illuminating overview of the history of audio formats. Ex-movie theater ...

Most people believe the MP3 player revolution began with Apple’s iPod in 2001- but the truth goes much further back. In this video, we explore the fascinating story of Kane Kramer, who conceptualized ...

Twenty years ago, Amazon’s Audible released the first portable audio player designed specifically for listening to audiobooks. It cost $200 and could only hold about two hours of audio. Today, readers ...

Sound quality is to a certain extent a subjective matter. One listener's awesome, thundering bass is another listener's muddy, low-end nightmare. CNET lab guy Eric Franklin put a number of portable ...

Sound is one of the many motivators of our day, whether it’s that song that powers you through an extra rep at the gym or that podcast you like to unwind to after a long day at work. As sound has ...

You might be surprised to learn that MP3 players still exist. Not only that, but they’re popular with people who take their music seriously – the kind that roll their eyes at lossy Spotify streams and ...