There’s a mystique in audiophile circles about tube amplifiers. They can have a very nice sound which is attributed to their even-harmonic distortion, but they are often portrayed as requiring ...

Such a chip is the 386, not the 80386 microprocessor you were expecting but the LM386, a small 8-pin DIP audio amplifier that’s as old as the Ark. the ‘386 can still be found in places where a ...

Learn more You can’t doubt the appeal of vintage audio equipment ... to vinyl through a well-maintained tube amp can be like listening to your favorite records again for the very first time.” “The ...

If your turntable has a built-in phono preamp, you can run a basic RCA stereo interconnect cable from its analog output to your audio device ... an external headphone amp, as long as it has ...

A stereo amplifier is the beating heart of any hi-fi separates system; the necessary middleman between a source (such as a CD player, turntable or streamer) and a pair of passive loudspeakers. Without ...

It can drive your loudspeakers and connect your turntable, depending on the integrated amplifier, and it allows you to stream or play audio in myriad ways. In other words, when building a home-hi ...

Now, the British audio maker, which has never been known to rest on its laurels, has announced the launch of the amp’s latest iteration, the CXA81 Mk II Stereo Amplifier. It’s received an ...

Class B devices do not pass current when the output device is idle. Class AB audio amplifier chips combine Class A and Class B operation. Class C designs are used for radio frequency (RF) transmission ...

Pioneering British hi-fi maker Cambridge Audio has just unveiled a special edition of one of its most popular integrated ...

But the new DAC, streamer and amp from Florence-based Volumio ... But inside things are more familiar, with a SABRE ES9038 DAC for hi-res audio up to PCM 384 kHz and dual outputs for both analogue ...

High-end audio brand Goldmund is adding to its ever-growing stable of luxury amplifiers. Following the recent announcement of the Telos 2800 mono power amplifier, the Swiss manufacturer has unveiled ...

The Katana:GO also includes spatial audio tech to mimic a live setup, further enhancing its usefulness as a practice amp. It remains to be seen how realistic this sounds, but Boss says it lets ...