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 ...

$3,500 is a lot of money for a hybrid digital power amplifier. The NAD M23 is not your typical hybrid digital power amplifier. Not a chance. I’m must confess to being very ambivalent about “hybrid ...

The Technics SA-C600 makes a return as our “Best hi-fi system £500-£1000” and slots just beneath the Ruark set-up. It too has ...

NAD's D 3020 V2 amplifier is a blend of old-school analog and digital music with an even more attractive price point than before. TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, ...

At 200-watts x 7, NAD’s M28 is the first multi-channel power amplifier to utilize Purifi’s Eigentakt (self-clocking) technology that unlocks new levels of audio performance. NAD Electronics today ...

The Marantz blends the best qualities of the Hegel H590 and the NAD M23: the Hegel’s heft and the NAD’s layer separation. But ...

Technology has democratized the music industry in many obvious ways -- notice how every band, regardless of stature, has a MySpace page? But one of technology's more subtle effects has been to make ...

Once dismissed as providing only average-quality audio, Class D switchingamplifiers appear now to be turning the tide and gaining acceptance in consumerapplications. Companies like Analog Devices, ...

NAD unveiled two new power amplifiers, the T 975 Seven Channel Amplifier and the T 955 Five Channel Amplifier during the CEDIA 2006 Expo.Both amplifiers employ monoblock construction and incorporate ...

Apogee Technology has complained about some of Texas Instruments Inc.'s Class D claims. In March, TI called itself the first to introduce a single-chip Class D amplifier in the 125-watt/channel range.

This article was originally published in the Dec 14, 1998 issue of Electronic Design. Class-D audio power amplifiers (APAs) were first introduced nearly 50 years ago. Since then, they have been used ...