All items tagged with amplifiers (159)

NAD Unveils Masters M33 BluOS Streaming DAC Amplifier Featuring Purifi’s Ultra-Quiet Amplification Technology

January 6, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

NAD Unveils Masters M33 BluOS Streaming DAC Amplifier Featuring Purifi’s Ultra-Quiet Amplification Technology

NAD Electronics is previewing another exciting Masters Series release at CES 2020! The M33 is a BluOS enabled DAC/amplifier that will also be the brand's first product to feature Purifi Audio's new amplification technology. In its simplest form, the NAD M33 is an ultra-high-performance 200W amplifier that can serve as the heart of a reference whole-home system. For the brand, this will be its new flagship model, featuring BluOS multiroom streaming, Gorilla Glass touchscreen controls, 32-bit ESS Sabre DAC, full MQA decoding, and Dirac Room Correction.

New DSi 2.0 Series Cinema Amplifiers by JBL Professional

December 10, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

New DSi 2.0 Series Cinema Amplifiers by JBL Professional

JBL Professional announced new JBL DSi 2.0 Series cinema amplifiers, which offer class-leading power output, state-of-the-art DSP and advanced networking capabilities for the entire range of JBL cinema loudspeakers. These are the first ever JBL branded cinema amplifiers, and build on the legacy of Crown DSi Series amplifiers, combining the DSP features of Crown’s CDi DriveCore Series amps with a new high-power design, which the Northridge company says delivers superior efficiency, reliability and audio fidelity.

Purifi Audio - A Straight Wire to the Soul of Music

October 23, 2019 by Jan Didden

Purifi Audio - A Straight Wire to the Soul of Music

audioXpress' Technical Editor Jan Didden met with Bruno Putzeys and Lars Risbo, the founders of Purifi Audio, the new Danish company that the entire audio industry is talking about. The Netherlands Audio Engineering Society (AES) section invited the duo for a technical update on their plans, and they gracefully agreed to a presentation on June 13 at the Royal Conservatory of Music in The Hague, which Didden attended and reports here. This article was originally published in audioXpress, September 2019.

Powersoft Appoints Tom Knesel to General Manager, North America

October 2, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Powersoft Appoints Tom Knesel to General Manager, North America

Powersoft appointed industry veteran Tom Knesel to the position of General Manager, North America. Knesel, who will be located at the company’s U.S. headquarters in Kearny, NJ, will focus on systems integration market, development of key accounts and accelerating U.S. growth, reporting directly to Luca Giorgi, Sales & Business Development Director, Powersoft.

McIntosh Announces MC257 Home Theater 7-Channel Power Amplifier

September 26, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

McIntosh Announces MC257 Home Theater 7-Channel Power Amplifier

McIntosh announced the MC257 7-Channel Power Amplifier, designed to satisfy the most demanding home theater dreams. The stunning solid state design sits on a polished stainless steel chassis and bears the classic McIntosh design of a black glass front panel with the new TripleView power output meter, illuminated logo, control knobs, and aluminum end caps. Direct coupled with Dynamic Power Manager output, the MC257 provides 250 Watts on 3 channels or 200 Watts on all 7 channels (8 Ohms) with a 94% increase in Dynamic Headroom.

Exciting and Feature-Rich October 2019 Edition of audioXpress Now Available!

September 11, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Exciting and Feature-Rich October 2019 Edition of audioXpress Now Available!

The October 2019 edition of audioXpress closely reflects the highly diverse and exciting areas of innovation in the audio industry. There’s a Market Update on Audio Installation, one of the highest growth and most innovative segments in the audio industry, and our report of the 2019 Midwest Audiofest Speaker Design Competition, followed by a review of Bob Cordell’s 2nd Edition book on Designing Audio Power Amplifiers, and an important insight on modern Class-D amplification. We also review the DPA d:vice MMA-A Digital Audio Interface, explain the potential of true 6DoF (six degrees of freedom) audio experiences, how Auralization allows building virtual acoustic models, and so much more!

Infineon OptiMOS Power MOSFETs with Highest Power Density and Efficiency

July 1, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Infineon OptiMOS Power MOSFETs with Highest Power Density and Efficiency

Available in space-saving SuperSO8 packages, Infineon's OptiMOS 3 and 5 best-in-class (BiC) power MOSFETs enable higher power density in addition to improved robustness compared to former models. With the new components, system costs are reduced while the overall performance is increased. The OptiMOS power MOSFET devices from Infineon are designed for synchronous rectification in power supply applications and are the ideal choice for other applications such as low voltage drives and Class D amplifiers.

Powersoft Unveils Mezzo Smart Amplifiers for Corporate, Hospitality, and Education Applications

June 12, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Powersoft Unveils Mezzo Smart Amplifiers for Corporate, Hospitality, and Education Applications

Powersoft unveiled its newest amplifier platform at InfoComm 2019 in Orlando, FL. Mezzo is a new line of audio amplifiers expressly designed for the AV/IT market, consisting of eight models, each offering different power and connectivity options, including Dante and AES67. Mezzo amplifiers are a self-configuring system that delivers unprecedented power and flexibility in a highly compact, Class-D technology design that is easy to install and operate, and are perfectly suited for corporate, hospitality and educational environments.

Chord Electronics Ultima Amplifier Technology Expands with Ultima 2 and Ultima 3 Mono Power Amplifiers

May 16, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Chord Electronics Ultima Amplifier Technology Expands with Ultima 2 and Ultima 3 Mono Power Amplifiers

Three decades in development, John Franks’ next-generation Ultima amplifier technology filters down into two new mono power amplifiers, the Ultima 2 and Ultima 3, part of Chord Electronics’ ongoing 30th-anniversary celebrations. First unveiled in October 2018, the new Ultima amplifier topology, to date exclusive to the range-topping £30,000 Ultima power amp, is now more affordable than ever, with the two new mono power amps sharing the same Chord Electronics DNA.

JAVA Hi-Fi to Debut LDR GaN FET Integrated Amplifier at High End Munich 2019

April 29, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

JAVA Hi-Fi to Debut LDR GaN FET Integrated Amplifier at High End Munich 2019

More than ever, the act of listening to music is one of life’s simple pleasures. Martin Bell and JAVA Hi-Fi co-founders Shane Inder and Martin Young, set themselves the challenge of creating a range of audio separates that would capture the intangible, soulful essence of music. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2016, JAVA Hi-Fi is making its debut appearance at this year's High End Munich 2019 show and will be demonstrating pre-production samples of two new products: The JAVA V2.0 LDR pre-amplifier and the JAVA Integrated amplifier.

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