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CES 2012: Griffin Launches AirPlay-Enabled Amplifier

At CES 2012, accessory maker Griffin has released its Twenty digital audio amplifier, which allows users to play digital audio from iTunes to an existing set of speakers via Apple's AirPlay wireless audio/video protocol. The device requires an Airport Express wireless base station to work but, according to the ...

10 January 2012
08:00 GMT

How Relays Work

Relays are a type of electrical switches that are controlled through an electrical circuit, separate from that of the actual switch. Typical relays are mostly operated through an electromagnet exerting a magnetic field on a mechanical actuator. Nevertheless, advancements in the semiconductor industry during the last ...

14 June 2008
06:14 GMT

5.25" Apple Floppy Drive Makes It into a Retro Amplifier

It seems that today we're traveling back in time not once, not twice, but thrice with the latest invention from jeffkobi, who turned a 5.25" Apple floppy drive into a stereo amplifier. Jeff used a Tupperware container to place the inner-workings of a Sonic Impact 5066 T-amp into the floppy drive case and attache...

4 March 2008
07:10 GMT

CES 2008: Boston Acoustics and Their New GT Amplifiers

Boston Acoustics has recently presented at the CES 2008 their new line of car amplifiers for this year, the new, revamped GT series. After the 2007 GT series received a very warm welcome and people around the world have thoroughly enjoyed their performance, it was time for some upgrades relating to the overall look...

10 January 2008
08:22 GMT

Amplifier System for Music Video Games - the RiffMaster Pro

Don't get your hopes up, this is not for you (unless you run a nightclub and carry enough cash to buy nightclub sound equipment), but it is great news nonetheless. According to this recent report, ArtGuitar and Peavey Electronics have teamed up to release this great looking amplifier system dubbed the RiffMaster...

19 December 2007
13:31 GMT

New Audiophile Gear from Lyngdorf: D-1 Preamp and TDA-2300 Amp

In case you feel like your sound equipment is no longer offering you that pristine performance you're dreaming about, maybe it's time to have your gear upgraded. The latest in home audio are the new pieces of tech from Lyngdorf, the D-1 preamplifier/processor and the TDA-2300 amplifier.If you're lookin...

11 December 2007
04:40 GMT

The WiFi Signal Amplifier

hField Technologies company claims that it discovered a way to boost wireless Internet signal in those areas that receive a poor quality WiFi service. According to the manufacturing company, the Wi-Fire USB Booster can increase and expand the wireless signal for over 300 meters. The range offered by the signal booste...

17 August 2007
04:18 GMT

Silverstone Shows Off an USB Powered Audio Amplifier

I guess. I mean, this is by no means the first device if you're talking about internal power but the fact that it can directly pass-through the audio signal using an USB header is indeed a new thing. And as a result you may get an audio quality which surpasses even dedicated amplifiers ten times as expensive. An...

8 June 2007
08:46 GMT

More Bass Available From the New Nady Subwoofers: Nady PSW 18A and Nady SSW 15A

Some people are never satisfied with the bass they can have and are constantly craving for more. Now, some of them are right because in large installations not having enough "credible" bass equals a catastrophe and no matter how much mids and highs you might have, things will simply go down the drain.Regardless of wh...

4 June 2007
04:10 GMT

Leading to Extreme: The New Vox Valvetronix Series

You don't have to be English to desire a Vox guitar amp: you just need to love your guitar and know what fine sound means. In the instant you comply with such conditions, you're most likely to want a Vox amp. Don't ask why because I can fill in 10 pages with reasons for which I could buy a Vox amplifie...

6 April 2007
05:22 GMT

Straub Triode: Triple Absolute Beauty

There are many classes when word comes to instruments: low-priced entry-level, beginner-class, advanced, pro and the custom-shop, usually hand-made, user-specced "royal-class" gear. Now, you see, I haven't met any of the latter that I didn't like, whether it was a bass or an amp or extreme-custom drums or w...

5 April 2007
10:17 GMT

Amps for Guitar AND Bass: Orange Thunderverb

A brief one, now at the closing of the edition, from Musikmesse as well (I warned you that these weeks, the German music trade show will take over everything, haven't I?). Again Orange, the British amplifier/cabinets manufacturer. The new thing the English pulled out of their bags was the Thunderverb 50, a guita...

3 April 2007
11:08 GMT

Tiny Orange Terror

Orange is a rather nice color or at least I think it is. When this orange color is all over on your guitar amplifier and/or cabinet it may be not that pretty unless they actually ARE Orange. And believe me, if they are orange then things are completely different.This short piece of news just wants to let you know tha...

3 April 2007
10:37 GMT

Hockey and Amplifiers? Crown Enforces the Anaheim Honda Center.

Looks like it's been a busy start of the year for Crown Amplifiers: the long-awaited press releases finally got on my desk so here comes another one for the fans of audio technology. In sunny California people play ice hockey, no matter how sunny it may be outside. The Honda Center, formerly known as the Arrowhe...

3 April 2007
06:40 GMT

Wearing the THX Crown

So, you like music, don't you? You go to concerts large or small (preferably large, isn't it?) and enjoy the sound of your fav bands. Well then, you must know that some of the amplifiers of which sounds you're listening to at those concerts are made by Crown. And even more Crown you will meet if you�...

3 April 2007
05:57 GMT

Vox Musikmessensis Frankfurti: The New VOX DA Series

It's quite possible that the European Musikmesse in Frankfurt beats the American NAMM in many aspects; if the NAMM hasn't brought us as many things as expected and not even as many new stuff as the previous edition, it's not the case with the European music tech meeting. From the most exquisite pieces...

2 April 2007
12:35 GMT

Hughes&Kettner and the Funky Generation: BK300!

Again, a brief piece of news from the Europe's biggest music technology event, the Musikmesse in Frankfurt, Germany. USA-Germany combo Hughes&Kettner, one of the world's most revered names when it comes to guitar and bass amplifiers, has showcased their new bass amp, the BK300.The Hughes&Kettner BassKick se...

2 April 2007
06:22 GMT

Stereo H2O Bath Tub Invisible Amplifier

Nothing is better than taking a good bath, except maybe taking a good bath and listening to some nice "underwater" music. There are a lot of audio devices that could take you where no bathing human has gone before. Well, MTI Whirlpool's Stereo H 20 took a different approach to the "where to put the bloody speake...

27 March 2007
06:13 GMT

Chicks Dig Bass: The Tunnel of (Lovely) Bass

Now, let's face it, there's bass and then there’s bass: most of us brag about what we have in our homes or (even more bragging) in our cars as far as sound gear is concerned. Well, no matter how stuffed is your car with audio, believe me it's crap! And I mean CRAP! You want to know what Bass is and wha...

22 March 2007
12:19 GMT

Wilson Presents 3G Phone Signal Booster

Wilson Electronics, a leading manufacturer of mobile phone amplifiers and antennas has announced the release of their latest product, the Wilson SIGNALBOOST, which is a dual-band amplifier that is meant to increase the cellular signal 10 to 15 times for both voice and data services. It comes with the universal-conne...

22 March 2007
05:44 GMT

The Tube iPod?

Funny how I have gotten to write about iPod so much, since I don't own one and I also avoid owning one. I simply don't dig them at all; maybe for the small iPod shuffle I can find some attraction. Yet it's also funny how popular the iPods are and how much of the world's audio technology started to...

6 March 2007
05:19 GMT


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