When it comes to audio setups, there are really two main approaches: integrated amplifiers and separates. Integrated amp ...

But this is mere carping. In reality, there has never been a better time to be a guitar player. Even bedroom strummers can ...

Our picks for the best dedicated headphone amplifiers for audiophiles includes Apos, Feliks Audio and STAX.

The Mercury and Solis are "the culmination of almost four decades of Rega electronics engineering experience in solid-state amplifier development" and are designed to deliver no-compromise audio ...

WiiM has become quite the disruptor in the budget hi-fi space over recent years. The California-based audio company is now ...

All amps play the same notes, but the feeling the musicians put into making those notes, that's a lot harder to get right. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end ...

The big change is that Schiit has incorporated each with its Mesh conversion technology, which essentially performs a similar ...

This is a topic that is unlikely to be resolved to everyone’s satisfaction anytime soon. And to whatever extent there are real differences in the sound of different amplifiers, it’s very possible that ...

As we’ve traced our no-nonsense path through the world of Hi-Fi audio, we’ve started with the listener, understood the limitations of the human ear, and thence proceeded to the loudspeaker. We’ve ...

One of my first jobs as an engineer was at Empire Scientific Corp. in Garden City, NY in 1972. This was a high-end audio company that made speakers, turntables and phonograph cartridges. We had some ...

TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New York City to be a part of CNET in 2011. He tests, reviews and writes about the latest TVs and audio equipment.