Internet audio streaming and on-demand playback have become ubiquitous, both in consumer media and professional audio applications. Today, it is a $10 billion industry. Despite this popularity, the ...

Lossless audio is becoming more common, but many people are still unsure what the term means. In simple words, lossless audio keeps all the details from the original recording. Nothing is removed to ...

Have you ever wondered why commercials sound louder than your favorite TV shows? Or why you have to adjust the playback volume on your television when switching between channels? Because of this, ...

Right now, I have a HT-C150, which I really like, but it doesn't have volume normalization. I'd really like to find a soundbar that has that feature. I essentially can't watch action movies after ...

As of this week the programmes of all French-speaking national broadcasters in Belgium (RTBF, RTL-TVI and BeTV) are normalized according to EBU R 128 , the world-class Loudness Recommendation created ...

I have been a Spotify Premium subscriber for well over a decade, but I have to admit that, until relatively recently, I paid little attention to its audio settings. Back in the days of hi-fi separates ...

The author is senior technologist at NPR Labs. A new form of audio measurement is poised to invade North American control rooms and studios: loudness-based metering. It is one of the most fundamental ...

A familiar broadcast rule is now entering the streaming world with California's new loudness regulation SB 576, mandating that advertisements must match the perceived volume of the primary content ...