For audio enthusiasts looking to upgrade the sound quality of their smartphone or laptop, a portable DAC/amp can be a fairly simple and affordable solution. The tiny hi-fi component plugs into your ...

There’s a mystique in audiophile circles about tube amplifiers. They can have a very nice sound which is attributed to their even-harmonic distortion, but they are often portrayed as requiring rare ...

Pi 2 Design the developer behind the 503HTA, Hybrid Tube AMP/DAC is a small Hat size Raspberry Pi add-on has upgraded the design to add new features. It has added an analogue line in the 503HTA can be ...

Maybe you picture a tube amp like the Prima Luna Evo 400 Integrated, or a modern all-in-one device dominated by a touchscreen, like the NAD M10. But I doubt you picture anything like the new RA180 ...

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The Fosi ZH3 is a desktop DAC, headphone amplifier and preamp with high-fidelity performance at an accessible price and can drive headphones and active speakers.

[Tristan Chambers] picked up an old speaker box some friends acquired at a yard sale. It didn’t have any inputs, and there weren’t any tuning knobs like a radio would have, so it’s a mystery what this ...

In recent years, integrated amplifiers and streaming amplifiers have become some of the hottest hi-fi components — they’re an easy way to “breathe new life” into an old pair of passive speakers. WiiM ...

Despite the onslaught of product announcements the High End Munich show blesses us with, one brand that will always find a way to break through the noise is Yamaha. Today, the Japanese company has ...

This maybe a stupid question, but I've always wondered what, if any, were the differences between a home-audio amp and the amps used for guitars/dj'ing/mics/etc.<BR ...