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Undertoad · 09-29-2005, 08:45 PM

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...=UTF8&v=glance

This little 15W amp goes for $30, meant to go between your mp3 player and your home speakers.

http://www.forbes.com/global/2005/1003/026A.html

Audiophiles proclaim it the Next Big Thing, comparing it to multi-$thousand amps.

It wasn't even the company's intent to build something really hi-fi, but they appear to be the first to use this particular type of amplification described in the Forbes article. The critical part used is cheap to produce. I don't exactly understand the electronics behind amplification... I understand what I need to know, but not how chips actually amplify. Audio engineers must be going crazy right about now.

09-29-2005, 08:45 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	New class-T audio amplifier? http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...=UTF8&v=glance This little 15W amp goes for $30, meant to go between your mp3 player and your home speakers. http://www.forbes.com/global/2005/1003/026A.html Audiophiles proclaim it the Next Big Thing, comparing it to multi-$thousand amps. It wasn't even the company's intent to build something really hi-fi, but they appear to be the first to use this particular type of amplification described in the Forbes article. The critical part used is cheap to produce. I don't exactly understand the electronics behind amplification... I understand what I need to know, but not how chips actually amplify. Audio engineers must be going crazy right about now.