RCA cables started as single-channel connectors for audio, later evolving into stereo sound by adding a second cable. The iconic yellow RCA cable was created for composite video, used widely in VCRs, ...

Audio is a field with its own share of standard connectors, including line-in/out and headphone TRS connectors, binding posts and banana plugs for connecting loudspeakers to amplifiers in consumer ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Radio Corporation of America first designed the RCA ...

A plug and socket for coaxial cable. RCA connectors are used for analog audio signals (see analog audio). They are also used for digital audio (see S/PDIF) and analog video (see composite video). For ...

A few summers of my misspent youth found me working at an outdoor concert venue on the local crew. The local crew helps the show’s technicians — don’t call them roadies; they hate that — put up the ...

The humble aux cable or, more formally, the 3.5mm auxiliary cable, has long been a universal standard for analog audio signals. Aux cables allow you to accomplish such tasks as plugging in your ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. You may not find it necessary to focus much on the cables in your hi-fi system, but it can be one ...