If you're looking into a new sound system, you may be wondering if you need an amplifier as well. Here's how to tell and why amps even matter.

The company describes it as the "finest integrated amplifier you can ever want." ...

Over the years there have been many different audio amplifier designs which have found favour for a while and then been supplanted by newer ideas. One of them has crossed the bench of [Jazzy Jane], it ...

Dynaco hasn’t made equipment in decades. Yet it’s still a name most audiophiles know off-hand. That’s because the American manufacturer left an indelible legacy on the world of hi-fi, thanks in large ...

Simaudio is a heritage Canadian hi-fi manufacturer with a history dating back to 1980. It’s best known for the reference-grade audio components in its North Collection, which range from $11,000 to $25 ...

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 ...

Most everyone that has ever purchased an external amplifier is at least familiar with the term voltage gain. Simply, it is the degree to which an amplifier actually ...

There are few inventions that have been as crucial to the evolution of pop and rock music as the guitar amplifier. Indeed, many cite the 1951 Sun Records recording session of Jackie Brenston and his ...

When you're doing PA work at a live house or studio, there's a moment that's quite unpleasant. That is, when the red "CLIP" ...