John is a professional author, currently publishing evergreen and feature articles for Android Police. He discovered his passion for writing when he was very young, and enjoys how it challenges him ...

Digital music comes in many different formats – almost everyone knows MP3 thanks to Napster at the end of the last century, but what about OGG, AIFF, MQA or DSD? Confused? Don't worry, we're here to ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

If you stream music (and who doesn't these days) you've obviously come across abbreviations at the end of the audio files. The acronyms reading WAV, FLAC, MP3 and so on, are called audio codecs. You ...

If you're looking for a portable MP3 player with FLAC capability, here are five of the best on the market. TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New York ...

I'm not sure it's possible, at least in the EAC versions I've used. Why not just silently transcode to mp3 whenever you sync your library with the Zen? Most players these days support that feature in ...

Audio files come in different formats, sizes, and quality. Many media players cannot play every type of format, and there are certain functionalities that are limited to a few audio formats. Thus, it ...