Balanced interfaces are ubiquitous in professional audio systems due to their ability to reject common-mode hum and noise. They are especially important in long-distance connections where each end has ...

Monoprice’s Desktop Headphone Amplifier delivers high performance, rich features, and high value for the demanding audio enthusiast. It might be disappearing from smartphones, but plenty of home and ...

The single op-amp differential amplifier shown in Figure 1 is often used as an audio balanced line receiver. Obtaining high common-mode rejection is a critical requirement that requires four ...

Hardcore audiophiles are generally immune to sticker shock for high-end audio gear like $50,000 speaker-based rigs. But now you can get the same level of sound for a lot less if you build a sound ...

Pro-Ject Audio Systems has expanded its home audio line with the high-end X8 turntable and two new phono stages, the Phono Box SB3 and the Phono Box DS3B. Both Phono Box models have electronics that ...

Schiit Audio’s new balanced Skoll phono preamp, Hel+ gaming headset interface, and Midgard headphone amplifier were the talk of CanJam SoCal 2023. Schiit had all 3 components on display for show ...

In Part 1 of this series on audio fundamentals (“Let’s Talk About Some Basics of Audio for Radio”), we discussed audio problems and how to handle audio transformers. Most of today’s studios don’t need ...

I have a pair of Genelec speakers that I'd love to use at home (smaller, powered, and would mean I could ditch my amp and just use my TV for the HDMI switcher for the rare times I need it). The TV has ...