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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Class A devices feature a design in which the output stage passes current at all times, even when the input stage is idle. Class B devices do not pass current when the output device is idle. Class AB ...

MANY of the car audio amplifiers which claim to be a class 'A' amplifier are just a high bias class 'AB' design. These amplifiers are only class 'A' at very low power output levels. At higher power ...

Nevertheless, it could fill my dorm-later-fraternity room with tunes discernible even over whatever party might have been going on at the time. Distorted? Mebbe. But discernible still. And here’s a ...

There are reasons why vintage hi-fi components have come back into vogue. They’re part of sound systems that require us to pay more attention to the music we’re listening to — something that’s been ...

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 ...

Modern smartphones have to keep up with our increasingly demanding audio needs. Whether it’s wireless audio playback, traditional wired headphones, or the increasing consumption of audio over phone ...