All items tagged with audio amplifiers (141)
McIntosh Expands Custom Install for Whole House Audio With New MI1250 12-Channel Power Amplifier
October 14, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

McIntosh Expands Custom Install for Whole House Audio With New MI1250 12-Channel Power Amplifier

McIntosh continues to expand on its 70 years’ legacy in prestigious home entertainment and ultimate-quality audio also with products specifically designed for custom install. Meeting evolving market trends with immersive audio formats and multiroom installations, the Binghamton, NY-based company introduced the MI1250 12-Channel Power Amplifier for whole house audio.
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Trinnov Announces New High Channel Density Amplitude16 Power Amplifier
October 11, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Trinnov Announces New High Channel Density Amplitude16 Power Amplifier

Trinnov Audio, the French designer and manufacturer of reference audio processors for home theaters, high-end hi-fi, professional audio, and commercial cinemas, announced the release of the Amplitude16, a new high channel count power amplifier. Designed for immersive home theaters, with custom integration in mind, the Amplitude16 offers a versatile power amplifier option, providing integrators with the unique ability to meet diverse channel counts and power requirements with exceptional rack efficiency.
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Powersoft Strengthens T Series Amplifier Platform with Two New Models
June 22, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Powersoft Strengthens T Series Amplifier Platform with Two New Models

Powersoft has announced two additions to its T Series of touring and live sound amplifiers. The two new T902 and T904 1U models complete the line of T Series amplifiers, offering higher output possibilities. The T902 features high rail voltage and peak current on the outputs and is ideal for driving large 4-ohm subwoofers or 2 and 3-way line sources. The T904 is designed to power bi-amped systems like stage monitors, 2-way point source speakers, and 2-way line sources.
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Orchard Audio Introduces 500W Starkrimson Stereo Ultra GaN Hi-Fi Audio Amplifier
June 16, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Orchard Audio Introduces 500W Starkrimson Stereo Ultra GaN Hi-Fi Audio Amplifier

Following the enormous success of the original Starkrimson Mono amplifier, Orchard Audio is introducing the Starkrimson Stereo Ultra amplifier, using the same proprietary dual-feedback modulator and next-generation gallium nitride (GaN) transistors. The new Ultra amplifier design is the result of the work of the company's founder, Leonid (Leo) Ayzenshtat, and is able to deliver up to 500WRMS (1000WPEAK) of power and 20A of current while maintaining extremely low noise and distortion.
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Explore Audio Amplifier Technology and Design in audioXpress July 2021
June 11, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Explore Audio Amplifier Technology and Design in audioXpress July 2021

One of the strongest issues ever in terms of audio electronics and market insights, audioXpress July 2021 is now available. This edition includes a complete overview of Audio Amplifier Technology and Design and its many application segments. Start with a review of the NAD Electronics M33 Masters streaming amplifier, followed by a great new upgrade design for the legendary Hafler DH-220 lateral MOSFET power amplifier, and then dive into a new hybrid voltage source and current source amplifier design for loudspeakers.
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Orchard Audio Launches New Starkrimson 500W GaN Amplifier Modules
May 20, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Orchard Audio Launches New Starkrimson 500W GaN Amplifier Modules

Orchard Audio, the innovative audio venture created by Leo Ayzenshtat, expanded its catalog of products for audio enthusiasts and integrators with the launch of Starkrimson Ultra Amp Modules. These high performance audio power amplifier modules utilizing gallium nitride (GaN) MOSFET transistors, expand the highly praised Starkrimson amplification line and are available as completed modules or unpopulated PCBs.
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Elliptic Labs Announces Support for Cirrus Logic Smart Boosted Audio Amplifiers
May 4, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Elliptic Labs Announces Support for Cirrus Logic Smart Boosted Audio Amplifiers

Elliptic Labs, the innovative Norwegian developer of software sensor solutions, announced a collaboration with Cirrus Logic to certify and optimize Elliptic Labs’ AI Virtual Smart Sensor Platform on Cirrus Logic’s latest smart boosted amplifiers for smartphone, PC/laptop, and IoT customers. Elliptic Labs’ software sensors rely on microphones and speakers to generate and translate ultrasound tones, which benefit from Cirrus Logic new generation audio amplifiers.
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Bowers & Wilkins Launches 16-Channel Distribution Amplifier
April 2, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Bowers & Wilkins Launches 16-Channel Distribution Amplifier

Having joined the Sound United family of brands in 2020, Bowers & Wilkins announced an addition to its Custom Installation product portfolio for whole-home audio. Available now ($1,999.99 USD), the new Bowers & Wilkins CDA-16 has been engineered to work with any existing Bowers & Wilkins custom installation speakers. In a very slim 1U design, the CDA-16 distribution power amplifier can power up to eight individual rooms with high-quality stereo sound, all from one elegant, compact component that can be rack-mounted.
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Fresh From the Bench: QuantAsylum QA401 and QA451 Compact and Modular Audio Measurement System
January 7, 2021 by David Logvin

Fresh From the Bench: QuantAsylum QA401 and QA451 Compact and Modular Audio Measurement System

On the cover of audioXpress December 2020, many of our readers instantly recognized the familiar look of the increasingly popular QuantAsylum QA401 audio analyzer. What many readers didn't recognize by then was the second module, the completely new QA451 programmable load, so new that audioXpress tested a pre-production version. In this review article, David Logvin shares his valuable perspective on this modular solution for audio measurements from QuantAsylum.
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Accelerating Audio Innovation with GaN in Class-D Amplifiers
December 17, 2020 by Paul Wiener

Accelerating Audio Innovation with GaN in Class-D Amplifiers

Smaller, lighter, and better sounding Class-D audio systems with GaN (gallium nitride) were one of the technology trends in 2020. GaN Systems predicts that by the end of 2021 a significant number of the world’s noteworthy brands in the audio market will be offering GaN-based Class-D audio solutions. In this article , Paul Wiener (GaN Systems) explains why the technology benefits from three important trends, now influencing the rise of the predominance of audio in both consumer experiences and technology design.
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