The efficiency and size advantages of Class D audio amplification in battery- powered devices are well known. These advantages are now extended to amplifiers up to 500W, made possible by solidstate ...
A class-D puts out a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal instead of the typical class-AB amplifiers linear signal The PWM signal contains the audio signal and the PWM switching frequency plus harmonics ...
Due to their small physical size and high energy efficiency, Class D amplifiers have become fixtures in smartphones and battery-driven artificial intelligence (AI) speakers, where space and power are ...
This article was originally published in the Dec 14, 1998 issue of Electronic Design. Class-D audio power amplifiers (APAs) were first introduced nearly 50 years ago. Since then, they have been used ...
PS Audio and Parasound are both known for big Class AB amps, yet both make Class D amps now as well. The British electronics manufacturer Naim has used Class D here and there, in its Mu-so wireless ...
Starke Sound’s new AD4.320 4-channel power amplifier ($1,399) uses a home-grown Class D amplifier module combined with an old-school linear power supply. It can be bridged for up to 650 watts!
Class D amps from $130 to $50,000—pulling more ears into hi-fi without demanding you sell a kidney. Solid tech, serious power, and none of the usual overpriced fluff. Finally, affordable doesn’t sound ...
The Mola Mola Ossetra is a $25,100 Class D mono amplifier delivering 350W into 8 ohms with ultra-low distortion, challenging Devialet in the high-end arena. The new Mola Mola Ossetra isn’t just ...