Lossless audio is the first step toward audio nirvana. But what is it, does it really make a difference, and how can you get ...

Six 28- and 44-pin 16-bit dsPIC DSCs (digital-signal controllers) each include a dual-channel, 100k-sample/sec, 16-bit audio DAC module. The DMA-enabled devices have 16 kbytes of RAM, including 2 ...

Streaming services and hi-fi brands now promote “lossless” music as the new gold standard, promising studio-grade sound in ...

We've rounded up some of the best (and still affordable) products for you to get the most bang for your buck. Read now Encoding has always been part of digital audio. Lossless formats encode ...

Chandler, Ariz.—Microchip Technology Inc. announced six 28- and 44-pin 16-bit dsPIC digital signal controllers (DSCs) with a dual-channel, 100-ksps, 16-bit audio digital-to-analog conversion (DAC) ...

The term lossless is a big one in music streaming right now. Ever since Apple Music rolled out lossless-quality tracks to its subscribers at no extra cost, it forced the hand of all the legacy ...

[Bruce Land] switched his microprocessor programming class over from Atmel parts to Microchip’s PIC32 series, and that means that he’s got a slightly different set of peripherals to play with. One ...

In the age of highly compressed music files playing on iPods and even lower-quality Pandora streams playing on iPhones, some artists, music producers, and others in the music industry are apparently ...

As you have probably noticed, there’s a new trend in the smartphone industry of including “studio quality” audio chips inside modern flagship smartphones. While a 32-bit DAC (digital to analog ...