As Axiom’s chief R&D engineer Tom Cumberland describes it, a digital amplifier is a “power DAC”, and of course a DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter) is the basis of all digitally recorded media, whether ...

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 ...

Here we designed a subwoofer amplifier producing audio signals at low frequencies from 20 Hz to 200Hz and with an output power of 100W, used to drive a 4 ohm load. A Subwoofer is a loudspeaker, which ...

Class D audio power amplifiers, also called PWM amplifiers, have been in use for many years. Systems such as wireline telephony, where high bandwidth was not critical were the initial application of ...

Learn how power amplifiers work, the common types, and what to lookout for when shopping for amps. You have to find out if the amplifier is a Class A/B analog amp or a Class D digital amplifier before ...

It is hard to imagine a time without active amplification. However, if you go back far enough, radio communications started in an era where generating RF required something like a spark gap and ...

It’s hard to beat this vintage reel for learning about how vacuum tube amplifiers work. It was put together by the US Army in 1963 (if we’re reading the MCMLXIII in the title slide correctly). If you ...

Great tone doesn’t need a guitar tech and a stadium rig. Here’s how you can get the most out of your amp in any ...