Esoteric’s N-05XE and S-05XE combine flagship DAC, streaming, balanced preamp, serious headphone amp, and Class A power—but at $26,500, is this the most future-proof “affordable” reference system?

Display Driver Integrated Circuits (DDICs) serve as a critical nexus between image processing units and visual display devices, including LCDs, OLEDs and other emerging panel technologies. These ...

Abstract: A novel design-oriented approach for Miller compensation exploiting current buffer/amplifiers is described. The analysis enables a simple design procedure to be outlined, which is in turn ...

Teac is a Japanese hi-fi great with a history dating back to the mid-1950s. It’s best known for its high-end audio equipment, including reel-to-reel machines, cassette tape decks and amplifiers. Now, ...

At $2,199, the TEAC AP-507 power amplifier can be configured for two channel stereo, bi-amp, or bridged. The TEAC AP-507 is primarily designed to be a companion to the above-mentioned previously ...

TEAC is well known for its high-end audio equipment, and their stuff is pretty sweet. Back in December, they announced a new preamp device and now TEAC is announcing the AP-507, a Reference 500 series ...

To drive a MOSFET requires more than merely a logic level output, there’s a requirement to charge the device’s gate which necessitates a suitable buffer amplifier. A variety of different approaches ...

Passive integrated-circuit (IC) mixers are widely used in cellular base-station transceivers because of their low noise and outstanding linearity. Suitable for both downconversion in receivers and ...