Old-school tubes and new-school high-resolution digital decoding put in an appearance in the latest three stereo analog preamps from luxury-audio maker McIntosh. The Fine Sounds brand introduced two ...

Franklin, Tenn. — Consumer-direct audio supplier Emotiva Audio is adding the first stereo preamp and first tuner/preamp/surround processor to its mid-level X series, which consists of amps and ...

Borg Audio's warp preamp has a most unusual design and wouldn't look out of place on the set of Stanley Kubrik's 2001: A Space Odyssey. Does the look of a product matter to you? Personally, I love ...

The plugin promises to offer music-makers the same "musical tube warmth and character" heard on recordings by Ray Charles, ...

An external phono preamp is one of the most upgradable components in any entry-level turntable system. The job of the phono preamp is to take the weak signal from the phono cartridge and amplify it so ...

Rotel just announced the RC-1570 Stereo Preamplifier, which offers a blend of cutting edge digital circuitry with on-board Digital-to-Analog conversion and classic analog stages. Beneath the clean ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

Phono Preamps are very practical for Vinyl Record enthusiasts, but is the $4900 Grimm Audio PW1 worth it? The PW1 has the initials of chief designer Peter van Willenswaard, co-founder of Grimm Audio.

Neve’s 1073 mic preamp/EQ is considered an audio engineering classic, and now Universal Audio has emulated both this and the lesser-known 1290 module (which omitted the EQ) for its Neve Preamp plugin.

So you just bought yourself an excellent turntable, and are excited about getting things hooked up so you can enjoy the beautiful sounds of vinyl records. But like many before you have discovered, ...

If your music system includes a turntable, a phono preamp is a must-have component in the product chain. Also called a phono stage, it is essential for the playback of vinyl records. A phono stage is ...

This Hi Fi stereo preamplifier circuit is built with TDA1054 IC from SGS. TDA1054 is a 16-pin DIL package and integrates 2 separate preamp circuits. It is a low noise preamp with little or no problem ...