Marantz, McIntosh, NAD, Cambridge Audio, Arcam, PS Audio and more have all released new amplifiers so far this year.

Opportunities span compact, energy-efficient amplifiers for wireless devices, smart homes, consumer electronics, automotive infotainment and EVs. Semiconductor and DSP advances enable premium sound, ...

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 rare ...

This is a topic that is unlikely to be resolved to everyone’s satisfaction anytime soon. And to whatever extent there are real differences in the sound of different amplifiers, it’s very possible that ...

Continuing with our series of looking at the best audio equipment on the market, today we’ll take a peek at a few of the finest amplifiers on the market. This of course begs the question: what do we ...

From lightbulb moments to the Amp Intelligence tech that turns cellphone snaps into sound, the Californian amp-builders tell ...

We earn commissions from purchases you make using links in our articles. Learn more. For many car owners, the stock stereo just won't cut it and thankfully there are plenty of cost-efficient ways to ...

One of my first jobs as a freshly minted graduate engineer involved the maintenance of a set of analogue chart recorders. They were museum pieces by the early 1990s: a motorized roll of graph paper ...

Originally developed to support analogue computers, the op amp has an elegantly simple core design. Simply by wiring in different feedback configurations using passives, it can be massaged into roles ...