JFETs are, almost invariably, depletion mode devices, which means that there will be some drain current at a zero-applied gate-source potential. This current will decrease in a fairly linear manner as ...

Solid-state device technologies, which are available to the amplifier designer, fall, broadly, into three categories: bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and junction diodes; junction field effect ...

There are some chips that no matter how much the industry moves away from them still remain, exerting a hold decades after the ranges they once sat alongside have left the building. Such a chip is the ...

[Ynze] has built an audio amplifier that looks and sounds great. His amplifier uses a National Instruments (now TI) LM3886 Overture series 68 Watt power amp. The LM3886 places [Ynze’s] amp squarely in ...

Andy recommends favorite resources for basic op amp circuits and includes a portion of TI's AN-20. Test your knowledge with our op amp quiz; answer explanations are included. By 1969, a fledgling ...

NAD, the highly regarded manufacturer of high-performance audio components, introduces the M3 Dual Mono Integrated Amplifier, one of the first four new components in the new Masters Series during the ...

Has the Pass Labs HPA-1 finally met its match? The SparkoS Labs Aries Headphone Amplifier joins some elite company in 2022. Sometimes, little ideas become big ones. The high-end audio DIY space has ...