The Platina Stream, developed alongside the Integrated, brings Quad’s legacy into the streaming era with flagship ESS Sabre DAC architecture , precision clocking, and isolated digital and analog ...

The Mola Mola Ossetra is a $25,100 Class D mono amplifier delivering 350W into 8 ohms with ultra-low distortion, challenging ...

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 ...

Although Class A cost the most and are least practical, they are still preferred because the sound best, returns very clean signal, it is the most linear and has the lowest distortion. The circuit’s ...

The switching amplifier, or class D amplifier, has risen quickly to prominence in consumer audio applications, from MP3 devices including mobile phone handsets to games consoles, LCD-TVs, and home ...

Just today I read on an internet forum a post by a "hot" new manufacturer of class D amplifiers saying that "the only way to solve the interference problem is to put the amplifier in a completely ...

In market for a powerful 200 WPC amp? ATI has you covered with two completely different technologies. We compare the AT4000 class A/B and the AT522NC Class-D amplifiers to help you decide. EIA 1kHz ...

A unique design flexibility that can either extend the maximum operating frequency of a power amplifier or allow the use of larger active devices with higher power handling capability. This paper ...

Hang around in any of the many guitar or audiophile forums or discussion boards for long enough, and eventually you’ll come across the arguments over amplifier topologies. One of the more interesting ...

Analog amplifiers are cataloged by how much current flows during each wave cycle. Measured in degrees, 360º means current flows 100% of the time. The more current, the more inefficient and the more ...