When the world's first commercially available audio product using a digital amplifier appeared in 1998, it created quite a stir with its performance and ease of use. Digital amplifiers provide several ...

The Class D amplifier has some added challenges. Real world transistor switching characteristics require that some degree of dead-time is present in each modulation cycle to control the ...

The McIntosh C2700 preamplifier is fitted with the new DA2 digital module and will, no doubt, be upgradeable to the DA3 in a few years. Lately, I’ve been thinking about how the audio industry has ...

If you're at all an enthusiast of great-sounding music and are looking to up your game to make what you're playing sound its best, it's hard to be a great stereo receiver or integrated amplifier.

The introduction timing may be off, but budget audiophile brand NAD is going upscale with its first digital amplifier, the M2. Listening to it I'm convinced NAD's on the right track. Ex-movie theater ...

Automotive audio has evolved from entertainment-only purposes to being an integral part of the driving experience.

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 ...

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 ...

If you’re looking to build your own iPod or iPhone stereo, AirPlay audio system, or desktop audio system, you could buy self-powered speakers, such as computer speakers or studio monitors. But with a ...

There are few inventions that have been as crucial to the evolution of pop and rock music as the guitar amplifier. Indeed, many cite the 1951 Sun Records recording session of Jackie Brenston and his ...