All items tagged with audio amplifiers (137)

A More Powerful, Simpler Amp from WiiM! New 100W Vibelink Amp and DAC

March 18, 2025 by Joao Martins

A More Powerful, Simpler Amp from WiiM! New 100W Vibelink Amp and DAC

WiiM, the connected audio home brand created by Linkplay Technology, is moving fast and expanding its portfolio of solutions. The new WiiM Vibelink Class-D amplifier is the latest component in the WiiM ecosystem, offering nearly 67% more power than the existing WiiM Amp Pro, plus a built-in premium 24-bit/192kHz DAC, digital optical, and coaxial inputs with support for variable resolutions and sample rates, with clean switching, ensuring no pop noise even when audio resolution changes.

Powersoft Acquires K-Array and Signals Transition to Solution Provider

February 20, 2025 by Joao Martins

Powersoft Acquires K-Array and Signals Transition to Solution Provider

Powersoft, the Italian company that heads the Powersoft Group operating worldwide, announced the signing of a binding investment agreement to acquire 51% of the share capital of K-array from shareholder H.P. Sound Equipment. Powersoft says that the acquisition of K-Array expands and strengthens its position as a professional audio solutions provider, allowing the group to transition from a product focus into becoming a solution provider in existing and new markets.

Texas Instruments Unveils New Automotive Audio Processors at CES 2025

January 8, 2025 by Joao Martins

Texas Instruments Unveils New Automotive Audio Processors at CES 2025

Texas Instruments (TI) introduced new integrated automotive chips to enable safer, more immersive driving experiences at any vehicle price point. A highly integrated automotive Arm-based microcontroller (MCU) and processor with TI’s vector-based C7x digital signal processor (DSP) core to achieve industry-leading processor performance. And TI’s new audio amplifier is the industry’s first with one-inductor (1L) modulation technology, allowing it to achieve Class-D performance with half the number of inductors.

AudioControl Announces GaN-based Bijou Series Amplifiers with Integrated eARC

December 16, 2024 by Joao Martins

AudioControl Announces GaN-based Bijou Series Amplifiers with Integrated eARC

Ahead of the ISE 2025 show in Barcelona, AudioControl unveiled three new amplifier models bearing the Bijou Series name that originally helped the brand achieve global recognition in the residential market. The new Bijou Series offers a range of three high-performance GaN-based amplifiers for system installation professionals that combine improved audio quality with HDMI eARC and Dante connectivity from a discreet, space-saving but robust 1U footprint.

STMicroelectronics Announces Flexible, Space-Saving Class-D Amplifier for Car Audio

September 23, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

STMicroelectronics Announces Flexible, Space-Saving Class-D Amplifier for Car Audio

STMicroelectronics' latest HFA80A automotive-grade analog-input class-D audio amplifier combines high efficiency, small size, and a low bill of materials, with load diagnostics optimized for automotive and native electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). With its feedback-before-filter topology and 2MHz nominal PWM frequency, the ST HFA80A lets designers optimize the output filter for the targeted performance and achieve a compact outline with small component values.

Fresh From the Bench: WiiM Amp Integrated Amplifier and Multiroom Audio Streamer

September 18, 2024 by Oliver A.Masciarotte

Fresh From the Bench: WiiM Amp Integrated Amplifier and Multiroom Audio Streamer

In 2023, audioXpress had the chance to review the "low cost and feature packed" WiiM Pro music streamer and was positively impressed. Never one to sit on their hands, this year the folks at Linkplay have gone one step further with an integrated power amplifier. Expanding its series of best-selling audio streamers, the WiiM Amp is a still-affordable design that combines a TI 3255 Class-D audio amplifier and ESS Sabre premium 32-bit DAC and simplifies the whole audio system setup.

Interview: Class-D The Hypex Way - An Interview with Jan-Willem Winters

September 12, 2024 by Ward Maas

Interview: Class-D The Hypex Way - An Interview with Jan-Willem Winters

Recognized as one of the firms that pioneered Class-D amplification, today Hypex is an established manufacturer and OEM supplier. Jan-Willem Winters is the CEO leading the strategy behind the expansion that made Hypex one of the major players in the market for high-quality Class-D amplifiers. He started in R&D in 2010, and loves talking about audio amplification.

Powersoft Updates ArmoníaPlus Software to Support Dolby Atmos Connect AES67

September 12, 2024 by Joao Martins

Powersoft Updates ArmoníaPlus Software to Support Dolby Atmos Connect AES67

In collaboration with Dolby, Powersoft added support for Dolby Atmos Connect AES67 patching into the latest version of its ArmoníaPlus software. The update streamlines the process of connecting its amplifiers to Dolby’s cinema hardware, such as the Dolby Atmos Cinema Processor CP950A or IMS3000, which use AES67 audio-over-Ethernet to send a digital audio stream to external amplifiers. ArmoníaPlus makes it simple for Powersoft's cinema customers to deliver immersive audio to moviegoers.

NAD Launches New Remote Monitoring and DSP Firmware for CI Amps

August 30, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

NAD Launches New Remote Monitoring and DSP Firmware for CI Amps

NAD Electronics has announced the launch of new firmware for its network-controlled rack-mounted distribution amplifiers which bring an improved webUI for simpler configuration alongside a host of new features. Installers will now be able take advantage of a new dashboard on their CI 16-60, CI 8-120, and CI 8-150 amplifiers, to clearly view amplifier status, a new zone configuration area, as well as further DSP controls like limiters, delay, phase control and EQ adjustments.

ICEpower – An Audio Company That Also Does Amplifiers

August 28, 2024 by Jan Didden

ICEpower – An Audio Company That Also Does Amplifiers

Europe’s Nordic countries have long been the birthplace for high-quality and innovative audio products, particularly excelling at speakers and amplifiers. Located near Copenhagen, ICEpower has traditionally been known as a purveyor of high-performance Class-D amplifiers and associated switch-mode power supplies. The company continues to provide innovative Class-D solutions today, but its scope is now much broader than that, as this report discloses.

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