bass

Do I need to pay more than £30 for earphones?

Digital Living Over, say, Apple's white earbuds, the entry level Shure SE110 earphones offer significantly more bass and much greater definition. I've seen earphones cost from about £20 to £500. I can't understand what makes something like that worth so much money.

Tags: noise, compressed, speaker, pair

17 October 2007, 15:30

What is Dolby TrueHD?

Digital Living DVDs contain full 5.1 surround sound, which gave full stereo rear effects, as well as dedicated centre, left and right channels, and a channel for bass known as LFE, or 'low frequency effects'. I've heard a lot about Dolby TrueHD recently.

Tags: stereo, logic, channel, hdmi

11 July 2007, 15:15

Home cinema: understanding the risks

Digital Living I've been doing this for a while and frankly it takes a £20,000 Sony projector and built-in sofa bass units providing direct buttock stimulation to get my blood pumping these days. Home cinema sounds like a great idea when you're standing in...

2 March 2006, 16:29

Hacking Napster with Winamp

Digital Living Well, for starters, it would bar playback software from altering bass, treble and other equaliser settings. Apparently, someone named warlock1711 posted the discovery on the CD Freaks bulletin board, and from there it spread to Engadget and...

9 May 2005, 15:48

End the gadget madness and put the iPod down

Digital Living They all ensure that I travel in comfort -- but condemn you to an incredibly annoying medley of indistinct bass and hissy treble, as well as irritating giggles when I'm watching old episodes of The Simpsons.

18 March 2006, 8:00