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 ...

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 ...

WiiM has become quite the disruptor in the budget hi-fi space over recent years. The California-based audio company is now well known for its streaming amplifiers (and wireless streamers), which are ...

All amps play the same notes, but the feeling the musicians put into making those notes, that's a lot harder to get right. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end ...

What does an instrumentation amplifier do? An instrumentation amplifier (also known as an in amp) measures small signals in the presence of a noisy environment. The noise generally is common-mode ...

Accurately measuring current flow is a standard requirement in several applications (Fig. 1). Depending on the specific need, the options available to designers can include discrete designs assembled ...

Integrated amplifiers have become very popular again with audiophiles for a few reasons and we think it’s fair to say that expensive separates are becoming less relevant. Build quality matters.

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 ...

It’s been a few years since we released Episode Attack of the Clone Processors, so I thought it was about time for a sequel. To my surprise, cloning is more popular than ever. The Cloning fad has ...

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 ...

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 ...