Don't let its compact size (or affordable price tag) fool you. This amp is a little powerhouse.

It’s the pulsating heart of your hi-fi system and, as anyone who’s read this publication knows, to ignore its sonic relevance ...

The Audiophiliac found a lot to like about the new Rotel RA-1570 amp, for hi-fi and stereo home theater applications. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end ...

Pondering an upgrade down the road. Would love an excuse to get a pair of monoblocks. That said, there are not a lot of options. Can you buy two stereo amps and wire them to a speaker somehow (along ...

Ty Pendlebury, senior editor for TV and home audio, started at CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New York City to be a part of CNET in 2011. He rigorously tests, reviews and writes about the latest ...

Today, NAD Electronics is one of the leading names in audiophile-grade music streamers and streaming amplifiers — they’re beautifully designed (with large colorful displays), incredibly versatile and ...

You'll need a power amp if you choose a passive speaker instead of an active one, and circumnavigating two common mistakes ...

Parasound has announced a more-powerful “plus” versions of their A 21 and A 23 power amplifiers that were in continuous production since 2003. The new Parasound Halo A 21+ (pictured above) and Halo A ...

I suspect a substantial number of people have an old pair of speakers sitting in storage: hand-me-downs from a family member, perhaps, or the remnants of a stereo of their youth. Such speakers can be ...

The Sonos Amp is the perfect marriage of Sonos’ exquisite multi-room audio technology and whichever passive loudspeakers you decide to drive with it. No one does multi-room audio better than Sonos, ...

I'm planning to gut and redo the stereo system in my car with a goal of improved sound quality and am really stuck understanding some of the suggestions of car audio shops in my area. Basically ...

Suitable for MP3 players and mobile phones, the LM4941 audio amplifier and the LM4985 stereo headphone amplifier, each housed in a 0.4-mm-pitch micro SMD package, are claimed to be the smallest of ...