--- title: Telos Alliance Blog Featuring Audio News Events Products & Updates | audio quality (5) description: audio quality | Telos Alliance has led the audio industry’s innovation in Broadcast Audio, Digital Mixing & Mastering, Audio Processors & Compression, Broadcast Mixing Consoles, Audio Interfaces, AoIP & VoIP for over three decades. The Telos Alliance family of products include Telos® Systems, Omnia® Audio, Axia® Audio, Linear Acoustic®, 25-Seven® Systems, Minnetonka™ Audio and Jünger Audio. Covering all ranges of Audio Applications for Radio & Television from Telos Infinity IP Intercom Systems, Jünger Audio AIXpressor Audio Processor, Omnia 11 Radio Processors, Axia Networked Quasar Broadcast Mixing Consoles and Linear Acoustic AMS Audio Quality Loudness Monitoring and 25-Seven TVC-15 Watermark Analyzer & Monitor. Telos Alliance offers audio solutions for any and every Radio, Television, Live Events, Podcast & Live Streaming Studio With Telos Alliance “Broadcast Without Limits” “Love What You Hear” (5) --- [![TWiRT 342 - Make Money by Saving It with Jim Gray | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/TWIRT342.png)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/make-money-jim-gray) ## [TWiRT 342 - Make Money by Saving It with Jim Gray | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/make-money-jim-gray) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Mar 31, 2017, 1:00:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # ![TWIRT342.png](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hs-fs/hubfs/TWIRT342.png?width=320&name=TWIRT342.png "TWIRT342.png") TWiRT 342 - Make Money by Saving It with Jim Gray A penny saved really is a penny earned! Ask Jim Gray who runs Optimized Media Group. Jim and his team do normal broadcast engineering; they also help stations by demonstrating Return on Investment with newer technologies, and sometimes with older equipment. Jim joins Chris Tobin and Kirk Harnack on TWiRT. [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/make-money-jim-gray) Topics: [Broadcast Engineering](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/broadcast-engineering), [audio](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/audio), [audio quality](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/audio-quality) [![TWiRT 341 - Sports and Studio Mics with Chris Wygal | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/TWIRT341.png)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/sports-and-studio-mics-chris-wygal) ## [TWiRT 341 - Sports and Studio Mics with Chris Wygal | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/sports-and-studio-mics-chris-wygal) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Mar 23, 2017, 1:00:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![TWIRT341.png](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hs-fs/hubfs/TWIRT341.png?width=320&name=TWIRT341.png "TWIRT341.png") # TWiRT 341 - Sports and Studio Mics with Chris Wygal How many of us broadcast engineers learned by on-the-job training? Have you had a mentor or did you learn by doing it yourself?  Chris Wygal is the engineer and ops manager for a network of stations in Virginia and shares with us his tricks for on-location sports production and broadcast studios. **Hosts:** Chris Tobin, [IP-Solutionist](mailto:support@ipcodecs.com)[Kirk Harnack](http://about.me/kirkharnack), [The Telos Alliance](https://www.telosalliance.com/), [Delta Radio](http://www.deltaradio.net/), & [South Seas Broadcasting](http://www.southseasbroadcasting.com/) **Guest:** [Chris Wygal - Operations Manager, The Journey Radio Network, Liberty University](http://linkedin.com/in/chriswygal) **Show Links:** [The Journey Radio Network](http://www.myjourneyfm.com/) [Dead Cat Wind Muff (example)](http://www.bswusa.com/Windscreens-Rode-DeadCat-P4623.aspx) [Shure ULX wireless mic transmitter](http://www.shure.com/americas/products/wireless-systems/ulxd-systems/ulxd1-wireless-bodypack-transmitter) [How to Improve a Studio’s Room Acoustics](https://ehomerecordingstudio.com/acoustic-treatment-101/) [Omnia.9 FM Audio Processor](https://www.telosalliance.com/Omnia/Omnia9) Cloudlifter Mic “Activator” [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/sports-and-studio-mics-chris-wygal) Topics: [Broadcast Engineering](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/broadcast-engineering), [audio](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/audio), [audio quality](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/audio-quality) [![TWiRT 340 - War Stories with Robbie Green | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/TWIRT340.png)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/war-stories-robbie-green) ## [TWiRT 340 - War Stories with Robbie Green | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/war-stories-robbie-green) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Mar 10, 2017, 1:00:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![TWIRT340.png](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hs-fs/hubfs/TWIRT340.png?width=320&name=TWIRT340.png "TWIRT340.png") # TWiRT 340 - War Stories with Robbie Green Move 4 radio studios across town.  You’ve got two weeks.  Go!  Oh, and scrounge some equipment to make the STL systems work with an old T-1 circuit.  And, find some time to replace seven FM transmitters with new, solid-state units and full HD Radio. That’s the world of engineer, Robbie Green. Robbie joins Chris Tobin and Kirk Harnack on This Week in Radio Tech. **Hosts:** Chris Tobin, [IP-Solutionist](mailto:support@ipcodecs.com)[Kirk Harnack](http://about.me/kirkharnack), [The Telos Alliance](https://www.telosalliance.com/), [Delta Radio](http://www.deltaradio.net/), & [South Seas Broadcasting](http://www.southseasbroadcasting.com/) **Guest:** [Robbie Green - Market Chief Engineer, CBS Radio, Houston](https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbie-green-689b698a) **Show Links:** [Studio Technologies Model 214 Talent Console](http://www.studio-tech.com/product_m214.html) [Soundcraft Si Expression 1 audio mixer](http://www.soundcraft.com/products/si-expression-1) [Ethernet Private Line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier_Ethernet) (Carrier Ethernet) [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/war-stories-robbie-green) Topics: [Broadcast Engineering](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/broadcast-engineering), [audio](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/audio), [audio quality](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/audio-quality) [![TWiRT 339 - Securing What Matters | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/TWIRT339.png)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/securing-what-matters) ## [TWiRT 339 - Securing What Matters | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/securing-what-matters) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Mar 3, 2017, 1:00:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![TWIRT339.png](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hs-fs/hubfs/TWIRT339.png?width=320&name=TWIRT339.png "TWIRT339.png") # TWiRT 339 - Securing What Matters More hackers, more breaches, more ways for broadcast engineers to have a really bad day! Chris Tobin relates what can happen and the steps you need to take to patch your IT security holes. Plus, Les Kutasi joins us with news from Kathrein and the world of broadband antennas. **Hosts:** Chris Tobin, [IP-Solutionist](mailto:support@ipcodecs.com)[Kirk Harnack](http://about.me/kirkharnack), [The Telos Alliance](https://www.telosalliance.com/), [Delta Radio](http://www.deltaradio.net/), & [South Seas Broadcasting](http://www.southseasbroadcasting.com/)   **Show Links:** [Shields UP! Internet Port Test (Click on Services, then Shields UP!)](https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2) [IT Security podcast, “Security Now”](https://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm) [A Primer on Encryption for Policymakers](https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~felten/encryption_primer.pdf) (and a quick read for all of us) [VPN Technology Primer](http://tomoconnor.eu/blogish/vpn-technologies-primer/) [Kathrein USA information](http://www.kathreinusa.com/) [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/securing-what-matters) Topics: [Broadcast Engineering](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/broadcast-engineering), [audio](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/audio), [audio quality](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/audio-quality) [![TWiRT 338 - The Standard that Stuck - with Richard Burden | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/TWIRT338.png)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/the-standard-that-stuck-richard-burden) ## [TWiRT 338 - The Standard that Stuck - with Richard Burden | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/the-standard-that-stuck-richard-burden) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Feb 23, 2017, 1:00:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![TWIRT338.png](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hs-fs/hubfs/TWIRT338.png?width=320&name=TWIRT338.png "TWIRT338.png") # TWiRT 338 - The Standard that Stuck - with Richard Burden  Cassette tapes. 8-Track. Digital Cassettes. FM-QUAD. AM Stereo. Reel-to-reel.  Audio standards come and go, but Multiplex FM Stereo lives on and is nearly 60 years old! Richard Burden extensively tested our FM Stereo system when it was just a proposal. Dick joins me to chat about that and more on TWiRT! **Host:** [Kirk Harnack](http://about.me/kirkharnack), [The Telos Alliance](https://www.telosalliance.com/), [Delta Radio](http://www.deltaradio.net/), & [South Seas Broadcasting](http://www.southseasbroadcasting.com/) **Guest:** [Richard Burden, Principal - Burden Associates](http://dickburden.com/about.html) **Show Links:** [Stereo Multiplexing for Dummies](http://transmitters.tripod.com/stereo.htm) [FM Stereo at Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM_broadcasting) [Travelers Information Service](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelers'_information_station) [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/the-standard-that-stuck-richard-burden) Topics: [Broadcast Engineering](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/broadcast-engineering), [audio](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/audio), [audio quality](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/audio-quality) [![TWiRT 337 - Predicting Headphone Sound Quality with Sean Olive | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/TWIRT337.png)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/predicting-headphone-sound-quality-sean-olive-broadcast) ## [TWiRT 337 - Predicting Headphone Sound Quality with Sean Olive | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/predicting-headphone-sound-quality-sean-olive-broadcast) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Feb 17, 2017, 1:00:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![TWiRT 337: Sean Olive on studio headphones and more](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hs-fs/hubfs/TWIRT337.png?width=320&name=TWIRT337.png "TWiRT 337: Sean Olive on studio headphones and more") # TWiRT 337 - Predicting Headphone Sound Quality with Sean Olive How many times have you bought headphones or earbuds, only to be disappointed with their audio quality? Or maybe you were pleasantly surprised! Sean Olive is the Acoustic Research Fellow at HARMAN International. He’s doing headphone qualitative measurements that mean something, both for consumers and for manufacturers, toward better audio from our wearables. **Hosts:** Chris Tobin, [IP-Solutionist](mailto:support@ipcodecs.com)  [Kirk Harnack](http://about.me/kirkharnack), [The Telos Alliance](https://www.telosalliance.com/), [Delta Radio](http://www.deltaradio.net/), & [South Seas Broadcasting](http://www.southseasbroadcasting.com/) **Guest:** [Sean Olive, Acoustic Research Fellow at HARMAN International](https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanolive) **Show Links:** [Sean Olive’s Blog, with links to articles and research](http://seanolive.blogspot.com/) [KZ ATE KZ-ATE Dynamic Balanced Armature IEMS In Ear HIFI Monitors](https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YOVPZAQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) [AKG N60 Noise Canceling Headphone](https://smile.amazon.com/AKG-Noise-Canceling-Headphone-N60/dp/B015HDS5TC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1487295474&sr=8-2&keywords=AKG+N60) [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/predicting-headphone-sound-quality-sean-olive-broadcast) Topics: [Broadcast Engineering](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/broadcast-engineering), [audio](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/audio), [audio quality](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/audio-quality) [Previous](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/audio-quality/page/4) [All posts](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/all) Blog Search Search ### Recent Posts ## Subscribe *If you love broadcast audio, you'll love Telos Alliance's newsletter. 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