A phono preamp is a vital component of your turntable system, even if you don’t know it. Generally the smallest and most affordable, it may be built into your turntable itself. Owing to its relatively ...

August 26, 2008 High-end Californian AV specialists Parasound have introduced their latest preamp, the Halo P7, which is designed to cater to multichannel music and surround sound from Blu-ray, HD DVD ...

There’s magic in an LP’s grooves, and the ModWright PH 9.0 phono preamp lets you hear more of it. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a ...

Premium AV and Hi-Fi audio brand Marantz has today taken the wraps off a pair of new additions to its “reference-quality” component range in the shape of the AV 20 AV pre-amp and AMP 20 power ...

Emotiva's RSP-1 is a 2-channel pre-amplifier that operates almost solely in the analogue domain. The Emotiva RSP-1 has taken the dedicated high end 2-channel rig out of the hands of the ultra-rich.

Marantz is another consumer electronics company that’s not been idle during this strange year of pandemic lockdowns. Today it has announced a new 8K surround AV pre-amplifier. The Marantz AV7706 is a ...

Understand the basic audio components of a Hi-Fi stereo system so you know what to look for when shopping for audiophile equipment. Amplifier. Amp. Preamp. Integrated amp. Phono stage. Tube amplifier.

While we have published a number of variations on a standard RIAA preamplifier for magnetic phono cartridges, we have not published a preamp stage for ceramic phono cartridges. Typically, these were ...

This mic preamp uses the low noise IC uA739. The circuit is an example of how a good preamplifier can be designed for dynamic microphones. The IC houses two identical integrated preamp circuits. The ...