The DX3 incorporates an ESS Sabre ES9028PRO 8-channel DAC, an ultra-low noise, custom in-house manufactured toroidal transformer with high current drivers and high-quality capacitors to ensure the ...

[Jenny List] shows us the way with her neat headphone amp build. The build starts with an off-the-shelf preamp kit based around two common 6J1 tubes. These Chinese pentode valves come cheap and ...

Stereo integrated amplifier: This type combines a preamp (including a volume control and, usually, a source selector) with a power amplifier that can drive a pair of passive speakers. Not every ...

Fundamentally, it is an EL84-driven 20-watter. Without the preamp module, the front panel looks a little like a VHS player with no cassette in it. Plug in your module and it just looks like a regular ...

A mic preamp is used to adjust the volume of the signal sent to powered speakers or an amplifier. Unlike a phono preamp, there is no standard equalization stage, although there may be a gain ...

Q. I am considering upgrading my Polk S50 speakers to the SVS Ultra Evolution Pinnacles as my "lifetime" speakers. What would you recommend for amplification for $2,000, and would the TEAC PD-301-X CD ...

Since my amplifier does not have a phono input I am using a Music Hall Mini Plus phono preamp. I am considering upgrading the phono preamp and have a $250 budget. What would you recommend ...