It’s possible to pick up a low-cost set of speakers for a few dollars, but by and large, you don’t get a lot of quality for your money. Expect a small pair of drivers, with tinny sound and ugly noises ...

It's a big problem, and truly effective soundproofing solu-tions are expensive. Even so, here are a few cheap and easy ways to minimize sound "leakage." Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg ...

The quality difference between cheap and expensive headphones can be quite dramatic. Budget models often trade sound fidelity and quality for affordability. They tend to opt for the mass-produced ...

There is a special kind of joy that comes from squeezing extra performance out of hardware you already own. You know that smug feeling when a tiny tweak makes a cheap ...

With so many of us tightening our budgets, expensive earbuds may seem frivolous. After all, cheap earbuds have improved over the past few years. Many earbuds that cost $50 or less boast pretty good ...

Paying $20 to watch a movie in a modern cineplex doesn't just get you access to a 4K projector, a recliner, and a Coca-Cola Freestyle machine. You get a killer soundtrack too. Next time you go to a ...

Ty Pendlebury is CNET's senior editor for TV and home audio, and author of the daily Insider newsletter. He has rigorously tested, reviewed and written about AV equipment for the company since 2006.

Hey folks, I know that the best solution with a flat panel TV of any kind is separate audio hardware, but do any of the small TVs (32 in and smaller) have forward-firing speakers? Alternately, what is ...

If your built-in TV speakers aren’t delivering the sound quality you want, an affordable soundbar can easily give your home entertainment system a boost. The best cheap soundbars enhance the volume ...