As I listened to my iPod the other day, it occured to me that there was something wrong. The song selection was excellent, of course -- after all, I'd hand-picked every tune loaded into...

I'm in the market for a car. This isn't something that I do very often. I'm the person who buys a car and then drives it until it's well past paid for. I have a friend who has owned 14 cars in the...

My mom was moving into a new house and planning to buy a flat-panel TV for her new living room. "Great!" I told her. "Let me know if you've got questions when you're ready to pick it out! Where...

One of the perks here at Crutchfield is that I sometimes get to play with the gear. I tried out the new Etón FR250 emergency radio recently, and when I did something unusual happened. The...

I've been using my digital SLR camera's pop-up flash for the past year. I found, though, that the flash doesn't project enough light for certain situations and creates a lighting...

In my last iTunes Tune-up post I talked about changing the import default to burn CD tracks at a much higher bitrate for better sound quality. Since that time, music I've added has sounded great....

Recently, I bought a Chrysler convertible with a factory Infinity audio system. I wasn't very happy with the sound, but figured I could always improve the situation by replacing the speakers. Then I...

Every year, my family snaps pictures of each other sitting around the tree on Christmas morning. Yet it's amazingly rare for one of us to look at those photos later and think, "Wow, great shot. That...

In olden times my parents kept the family's holiday music in a separate part of the record cabinet. The LPs came out in November, and went back in early January. We carried on the same tradition...

Jim Richardson recently posted about some of the exciting programming offered on HD2 channels across the country. Most stations simply simulcast their regular signal in both standard AM or FM...

A few years back, I upgraded my truck's 2-way front speakers to a set of component speakers, powered by an amp (40 watts RMS per channel). The improvement in sound quality was quite noticeable. The...

I recently moved my iTunes library to an external hard drive. While it meant I could greatly expand the number of songs I could have in my library, the primary reason for the move was so I could...

Ripping a CD to iTunes is simple enough. But moving a large collection of music from compact disc to iTunes can be time-consuming. Here are three simple tips I've discovered to make the process go a...

In my last post I talked about relocating my iTunes library from my PC's hard drive to an external drive. The process worked so well, I decided to do it to my laptop, too. My laptop serves as a...

It didn't take long for the size of my iTunes library to start taking over my computer's hard drive -- especially once I started saving songs at a higher bitrate for better audio quality. ...

  Adding a telephoto lens to your camera lets you zoom in on distant subjects, but did you know that it can be useful when taking nearby people shots, too? Well, it does -- a telephoto lens...

Over the years I've had a lot of different car stereos. But each time I'm ready to get a new one, it's harder to choose. There are plenty of good models out there, and they all do a good job on the...

I assembled my iTunes library of 4,000+ tunes from a variety of different sources. As a result, the volume levels varied greatly from track to track, making for a less-than-ideal listening...

  Yesterday's late lunch took an unexpected turn, and along with giving me a rock-solid excuse for hanging around in my car listening to music, it was also the perfect demonstration of why...

  Do you feel safe using a handheld cell phone while driving? I don’t. Is it even legal where you live or plan to visit?   The answer to that question can be found...