Learn how power amplifiers work, the common types, and what to lookout for when shopping for amps. You have to find out if the amplifier is a Class A/B analog amp or a Class D digital amplifier before ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When people think of the Yamaha brand, they likely think of one of two companies. There's the Yamaha Motor Company, which is responsible for various modes of transportation, including some powerful, ...

Measured performance is equally serious. The N-05XE offers a frequency response of 5 Hz to 30 kHz (-3 dB), a signal-to-noise ...

Say Konnichiwa to the N-05XE streaming DAC/pre-amplifier and headphone amplifier and the S-05XE Class A power amplifier.

A relatively new technology called the pure digital or Class-D amplifier has been introduced into the audio world. The Class-D architecture allows the input audio signal to stay in its digital format ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Class D audio amplifiers are able to fulfill the requirements for audio applications such as mobile handsets, Bluetooth ...