decibel ranges slightly below the advertised amounts, but all were close. Just for reference, the American Speech and Hearing Association says that anything over 80 decibels is potentially harmful and that 30 million Americans suffer from hearing loss. We found...

• -Test: Noise Leakage and Cancellation
• -Test: Sound Quality

A Subwoofer With Decibels To Burn!. logitech z. Logitech's Z-5500 5.1 speakers should shed any lingering doubts about the vendor's ability to make a play in the world of big, loud and powerful speakers. The speakers are also big on options, but before delving...

Protect Yourself . decibels noise canceling . Are noise damage from loud music and radiation damage to brains from computers real? We test radiation and build our own noise-canceling headphones.. Pete Townsend, legendary guitarist of The Who, has...

• -Pump Up The Volume

Cooling Kit Installation, Continued. confessions of a serial htpc builder part 1. Michael Baggaley likes to build Home Theater PCs and will be describing a few of his builds for us. Part 1 of this series examines a water-cooled oldie, which was low on decibels...

• -Taming HTPC Noise

that a case such as this has not been unexpected for a long time; indeed, these days many things that happen in the tech world are boringly expected. The crux of this case is that when you combine the iPod's ability to crank out a good 115 decibels (about the...

directionally adjusted. The power and sub-volume button sits in the “heart” of the volcano and the volume buttons are on one of the satellites. With 33 W of power and a sound pressure level of 93 decibels, the oomph behind this system is enough to overwhelm...