This design is derived from the Portable Headphone Amplifier featuring an NPN/PNP compound pair emitter follower output stage. An improved output driving capability is gained by making this a ...

In March 1985, I was reading a copy of my favorite hi-fi magazine. It carried a story about a brand-new British amplifier from Musical Fidelity. The reviews for the A1 amplifier were glowing, as was ...

Discover the new Madison Power Amplifier from Wattson Audio — a Swiss-engineered Class A/B amp delivering rich harmonics, ultra-low distortion, and dynamic performance in a sleek, compact design.

There are two salient facts about Class A amplifiers: they are inefficient; they give the best possible distortion performance. The quiescent dissipation of the classic Class A amplifier is equal to ...

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 an amplifier that ...