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TOKYO — Taking aim at CD players, portable radios, and even “domestic-use robots,” Texas Instruments Inc. here today announced the first stereo audio coder-decoder (codec) chip series with integrated ...

Headphone ports, Bluetooth. These seem to be the option unless you own an iPhone. Seems silly to me since more and more aftermarket radios have USB ports. If Google or MS partnered with a radio ...

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The ultimate dorm room hi-fi system? The +Audio +Record Player Special Edition White delivers quite the punch and wireless connectivity. Being able to listen to vinyl and stream from Spotify, TIDAL, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. The new HIDIZS AP80 MAX PRO digital audio player is not ...

The state of USB Type-C audio and the new market for compatible headphones and dongles is, quite frankly, a trainwreck. Headphones sometimes only work with specific smartphone brands, dongles don’t ...

The rapid expansion of the universal serial bus (USB) standard in consumer electronics products has extended the use of USB connectivity to propagate and control digital audio. USB provides ample ...

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 ...