Have you ever read an amplifier review and encountered the terms Class A, Class A/B or Class D? We explain all.

The Yamaha A-S301 is a budget amp that has two transistors that are powered on for most of the time, resulting in high quality audio at lower power.

The goal of audio amplifiers is to reproduce input audio signals at sound-producing output elements, with desired volume and power levels–faithfully, efficiently and at low distortion. Class D amps ...

Class D amps from $130 to $50,000—pulling more ears into hi-fi without demanding you sell a kidney. Solid tech, serious power, and none of the usual overpriced fluff. Finally, affordable doesn’t sound ...

The efficiency and size advantages of Class D audio amplification in battery- powered devices are well known. These advantages are now extended to amplifiers up to 500W, made ...

If you didn’t know better, you might think the phrase “class A amplifier” was a marketing term to help sell amplifiers. But it is, of course, actually a technical description of a… ...

It carried a story about a brand-new British amplifier from Musical Fidelity. The reviews for the A1 amplifier were glowing, as was the amplifier itself with its hot Class A technology.

Overheating: Class D's output-stage power dissipation, though lower than that of linear amplifiers, can still reach levels that endanger the output transistors if the amplifier is forced to deliver ...

A pair of class-D audio amplifiers is designed for two distinct needs in consumer products. The LM4666 is a stereo speaker amplifier for cellular phones and other portable electronics ...

Class-D audio amplifiers represent a significant advancement in modern audio engineering by utilising high-frequency pulse modulation to drive output stages with exceptional efficiency. Unlike ...

The current dumping amplifier is one that combines a small class A amplifier with a hefty class B one, and through feedback trickery uses the combination to remove the crossover distortion of the ...