This project was a sort of challenge: designing an audio amplifier capable of delivering a decent output power with a minimum parts count, without sacrificing quality. The Power Amplifier section ...

Via the Graham Slee Asscession, vinyl sounded much smoother and richer than it does via my NAD D 3020 V2 (that has a built-in pre-amp). Of course, the DX-5 is considerably more expensive than the NAD, ...

The well-known LM386 is an excellent choice for many designs requiring a small audio power amplifier (1-watt) in a single chip. However, the LM386 requires quite a few external parts including some ...

Burson is also using a transistor-based amplification stage built around four Onsemi MJE15032 transistors per channel. Those ...

Burson’s Soloist Stellar is a $1,500 Class-A headphone amplifier delivering up to 8W of power, a dedicated low-noise IEM stage, and upgradeable op-amps for demanding headphones and sensitive wired ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

The Cherry Audio MEGAschino Mk2 Standard Edition Class D Amplifier is energy efficient, boasting SOTA specs and gobs of power output (>400wpc, 8 ohms). Is it worth the $6k price? Read our review. The ...

The American audio company has unveiled a "no fuss" stereo amplifier for modern hi-fi systems.

If you know anything about a transistor, it’s probably that it’s a three terminal device whose output pin forms part of a potential divider whose state is dependent on what is presented to its input ...

I'm planning to gut and redo the stereo system in my car with a goal of improved sound quality and am really stuck understanding some of the suggestions of car audio shops in my area. Basically ...