Update: The publish date for this article has unfortunately been pushed out to December or January 2021 due to Coronavirus. The X-Altra MC/MM Phono EQ amp design is now complete, tested, documented and will be published in a US based…
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The Hifisonix kx-Amplifier is a 28 Watt class A DIY Current Feedback (CFA) power amplifier featuring low distortion, wide bandwidth and fast rise/fall times. It can be operated either in pure class A mode, or in class AAB mode with…
This class A headphone amplifier from 2014 is based on the design I used in my ‘Symphony’ preamp. It will drive a pair of 32 Ohm headphones to 6V pk-pk and remain in class A with < 330 parts per…
You may be in for a surprise: actually not that quiet! The reason of course is that the cartridge inductance and resistance dominate the noise in any decent phono amp. To get the best in terms of noise performance, you…
Here is a quick look at some of the problems that can occur when the VAS (aka TIS) in an audio amplifier is driven into saturation without considering the effects of base charge storage – a phenomena all bipolar transistor…
