As audio/video hobbyists, most of us grew up thinking that if we have an amplifier with 50 watts of rated output power into 8-ohm speakers, and that combination produces reasonably clean and loud ...

Linear Tube Audio’s Century Monoblocks: hand-built ZOTL amps with Screen-Drive tubes, 110 W/8 Ω, low output impedance, and full balanced inputs.

The NAD C 700 streaming amplifier may be small but with 80-Watts per channel into 8 or 4Ω, it has plenty of musical muscle. Back in September, NAD launched a new “budget” streaming amplifier that ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

Now the legendary British audio manufacturer is continuing its hot streak by revealing a new flagship range of hi-fi ...

The topic of speaker power handling has been addressed several times here at Audioholics, but I wanted to make things a bit easier to understand. There was a superb three-part series done in 2008 by ...

Q. I have a pair of Polk Atrium 5 outdoor speakers that I'm going to be using on the large deck behind my house, where I have ...

Paradigm’s PW Amp can stream high-res audio while correcting your speakers’ and room’s acoustic shortcomings. Canada-based Paradigm has a long, respected pedigree in the high-end audio world, where it ...

If you’ve ever glanced at the specifications sheet for an amplifier, one of the things you may have noticed is the amplifier’s class. Typically denoted by a letter or two, the most common amplifier ...

The Pro-Ject Stereo Box S is a tiny thing, but it's big enough to bring desktop speakers to life! Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a ...

This is just an ultra-quick blog post about a nostalgic IC: µPC1237. It’s a timeless bipolar analog IC from NEC designed for protecting stereo audio power amplifiers and loudspeakers. I used to see ...