After exploring the different amplifier topologies presented in the last article, I can now better explain what my design goals were—apart, of course, from building the best amp in the world! Your own kids are always the best, aren't they?
The goals:
• All bipolar, unbalanced, symmetrical topology.
• No compensation (no thermal or electrical) circuit.
• No…
Wes Phillips pops the latest RME Digi96/8 PAD computer soundcard into his PC and sets out to record some music. "As someone who had lusted after the most modest project studio for years—and since I was in the market for a new computer—I knew that a high-quality soundcard was in my future." Phillips reports on the sonic results.
"What kind of speaker…
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NEC is introducing what it is calling the world's first personal computer equipped with an LCD monitor that also functions as a speaker. The company says it will start shipping the new machine for the Japanese market starting this week.
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Art Dudley notes in "Listening #17" that "literally everything in the DNM 3-C preamplifier that isn't meant to conduct electricity is made of plastic." AD listens to the 3-C as well as the DNM PA3-S power amplifier to uncover the sonic attributes of the company's uncommon designs.
Kalman Rubinson takes two multichannel disc players for a spin…