What Is a Preamp, and Do I Really Need One?

If you’ve wondered what a preamplifier is, what it exactly does, and whether your audio setup is missing one, we’ve got the ...
eCoustics

Backert Labs Unveils Optik Phono 1.1 Equalizer for DS Audio Cartridges—and It’s Not for the Faint of Wallet

Priced at $11,500, the new Optik Phono 1.1 from Backert Labs makes its intentions clear immediately: this is unapologetically high-end, highly specialized hardware built for owners of DS Audio optical ...
IEEE

Low-Noise Preamplifier Design Considerations for Large Area High Capacitance Solid-State Neutron Detectors

Abstract: In this paper, the design of a low noise charge sensitive preamplifier, suitable for high capacitance solid-state neutron detector arrays, is described. Noise considerations related to ...
MusicRadar

“Uniting the unmistakable growl of classic British amplification with the thick, unrelenting saturation of a thundering fuzz”: Crazy Tube Circuits squeezes out another ...

Crazy Tube Circuits sure knows how to put a twofer together. Think the Unobtanium, which combined a Dumble-inspired preamp with a Klon-style overdrive, or the Heatseeker, which was an all-in-one ...
MusicRadar

DOD reimagines a Gary Moore overdrive favourite as the Badder Monkey – think the DigiTech Green Monkey, only badder

Artists “I turn this thing on, I don’t want to stop playing”: Keeley Electronics has made Andy Timmons fall in love with reverb with his new signature Nocturne pedal Guitar Pedals The Boss PX-1 is a ...