The Class D amplifier topology theoretically offers ideal characteristics for audio: 100% efficiency, 0% THD, and no audible noise. While practical Class D implementations can come attractively close ...

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 ...

HiWave Technologies has launched a single channel audio power amplifier for the consumer and hi-fi market, which it claims is more than 10 times more efficient at typical listening levels than ...

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 have had the good fortune of testing some of the industry's best multi-channel amplifiers. If you are from the camp that all amps sound the same, then don't waste your time reading another ...

Cambridge Audio — the British audio manufacturer best known for its beautiful, high-end and new-age streamers, amplifiers and turntables — has announced a compact power amplifier for traditional hi-fi ...

National Semiconductor Corporation (www.national.com) has added two 200V mono audio power amplifier input stages to its high-fidelity LME audio amplifier family. National Semiconductor Corporation has ...

Discover the new Madison Power Amplifier from Wattson Audio — a Swiss-engineered Class A/B amp delivering rich harmonics, ultra-low distortion, and dynamic performance in a sleek, compact design.

Combining a patented BASH topology from Indigo Manufacturing and bipolar CMOS-DMOS process technology, the STA5150 audio power amplifier delivers 200W of output power into a 4W load with less than 10% ...