The Digital Amplifier Company has taken to Kickstarter this week with the aim of raising the $8,000 required to take their new MEGAschino high powered amplifier into production. The new world-class ...

Mark Levinson is a heritage American audio manufacturer with a history that dates back to the early 1970s. Based in Connecticut, the company is well-known for its ultra-premium (and ultra-expensive) ...

One of my first jobs as an engineer was at Empire Scientific Corp. in Garden City, NY in 1972. This was a high-end audio company that made speakers, turntables and phonograph cartridges. We had some ...

Gallium-nitride (GaN) FETs offer several advantages over their silicon counterparts, from power density, to switching efficiency, to noise reduction, to design. By Ilian Bonov, GaN International ...

We know Class D audio amplification offers advantages in efficiency and size for battery-powered devices. What you may not know, however, is that these advantages can now extend to amplifiers up to ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – January 15, 2008 – National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE: NSM) today extended its high-fidelity LME™ audio amplifier family with the introduction of a pair of 200V mono audio ...

Extron Electronics is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the XPA 2002-70V, XPA 2003C-70V, and XPA 2004 power amplifiers. These compact 1U, convection cooled, high power two, three, and ...

You could argue that the integrated amplifier is arguably the most critical component in modern hi-fi. It combines a power amplifier, a built-in phono preamplifier (which you need to connect a ...

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 ...

Understand the basic audio components of a Hi-Fi stereo system so you know what to look for when shopping for audiophile equipment. Amplifier. Amp. Preamp. Integrated amp. Phono stage. Tube amplifier.

This probably sounds obvious, but audio quality is a hugely important factor in a premium-tier smartphone. In fact, audio quality is increasingly important for mid-tier phones as well. From placing ...