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 ...

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 ...

We had the opportunity to listen to the Moonriver Audio 404 Integrated Amplifier again at T.H.E. Show 2022 and it did not disappoint. The Moonriver Audio 404 (starting at $3,499 USD) is an integrated ...

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 ...

One of my first jobs as an engineer was at Empire Scientific Corp. in Garden City, NY in 1972. This was a high-end audio company that made speakers, turntables and phonograph cartridges. We had some ...

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 ...

The $99 Schiit Audio Magni 3+ is a fully discrete, current-feedback headphone amplifier that’s extremely quiet and powerful enough for your headphones. Celebrating 3 birthdays during a global pandemic ...

What is the LM386 audio amplifier? The integrated chip LM386 is a low power audio frequency amplifier requiring a low level power supply (most often batteries). It comes in an 8-pin mini-DIP package.

Ever since WiiM burst on the scene with its first music streamer a few years ago, the audio company has scratched an itch that the now-discontinued Chromecast Audio left behind. Its affordable ...

As we’ve traced our no-nonsense path through the world of Hi-Fi audio, we’ve started with the listener, understood the limitations of the human ear, and thence proceeded to the loudspeaker. We’ve ...

International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco always seems to make space for audio amplifier developments, and this year is no exception, with some extraordinary distortion and noise ...