With so much attention on IBOC, it is appropriate to step back and review the basic principles of RF amplifiers. The radio transmitter is a collection of stages. Each stage modifies the signal in some ...

Operational amplifiers (op amps) have proliferated from specialized instruments made from large tubes to tiny monolithic circuits composed of a sliver of silicon, germanium or gallium arsenide. Dozens ...

All electric guitar players know that the amplifier is just as important — if not more — as the guitar itself for shaping your sound. Each major amplifier model has unique dynamics and tonal ...

It may not be to everyone's taste, but this brand new monobloc amplifier from McIntosh cleverly blends both vacuum tube and solid-state technology in one chassis. If you’re not a serious audiophile ...

When you buy through our links, we may earn an affiliate commission. With all the modern amplifier and effects technology available today, there's still something to be said for the classic sound you ...

For all the technological advancements we've seen in guitar amplification, the tube amp remains, for many guitarists, the platonic ideal. Of course, no one could argue that amp modellers and digital ...

Hand-crafted in New Jersey, the all-tube stereo VPI 299D integrated amp looks, feels and sounds like a winner to the Audiophiliac! Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a ...