One of the most respected high-end audio brands in the world has discovered colors and modularity. The Audio Research I/50 Integrated Amplifier has arrived for $5,000. Color me impressed. Change is ...

Single handledly redefining what most have come to know as “tube audio”, Resarch Audio brought tube-technology back into the mainstream light when they established themselves as the sole American ...

Class-D audio amplifiers represent a significant advancement in modern audio engineering by utilising high-frequency pulse modulation to drive output stages with exceptional efficiency. Unlike ...

Italians make beautiful things. The Unison Research Triode 25 Integrated Amplifier ticks off every box and then some. Our early thoughts. I have long held the belief that audio components reflect the ...

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 ...

Most audiophiles and enthusiasts have grown up with at least a basic understanding of what an amplifier does. It takes a tiny alternating electrical signal that represents the moment-to-moment ...

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 ...

The final amplifier is the power source of every audio installation. Its job is to convert a small alternating voltage into a powerful signal for driving loudspeakers with as little distortion as ...

A Class D audio amplifier is basically a switching amplifier or PWM amplifier. There are a number of different classes of amplifiers. We will take a look at the definitions for the main ...