If you’ve wondered what a preamplifier is, what it exactly does, and whether your audio setup is missing one, we’ve got the ...

I suspect a substantial number of people have an old pair of speakers sitting in storage: hand-me-downs from a family member, perhaps, or the remnants of a stereo of their youth. Such speakers can be ...

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 ...

1. Is Amplifier Weight an Indicator of Robust Amplifier Design? You have to find out if the amplifier is a Class A/B analog amp or a Class D digital amplifier before you can generalize about weight ...

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 $1,699 Schiit Audio Ragnarok 2 Integrated Amplifier plays in the sandbox with some heavy hitters. Does its headphone amplifier make it better? Integrated Amplifiers have become a huge segment ...

The Class D amplifier has been the usual switched-mode answer to linear amplifiers for three decades. Class D amps have a clear efficiency advantage over their linear alternatives, which, over the ...

$299 for a network streaming amplifier? The new WiiM Amp offers support for TIDAL and Spotify Connect, HDMI ARC, and support for Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant. We love the new WiiM Amp for a ...

The iASUS Concepts EAR3 V2 Helmet Amplifier (Amp) is the latest iteration of the original iASUS EAR3 Micro Amp product, now evolved with updated components and specs to provide even more ...

This article originally appeared in Linear Audio, a book-format audio magazine published half-yearly by Jan Didden. I hate articles titled “Ten … myths debunked.” I would have to start by listing a ...