Savant Systems LLC, having delivered the first Apple-based home automation and control system, has announced the introduction of a 16-channel class D amplifier for distributed audio applications.

High-fidelity sound reproduction enthusiasts are the latest beneficiaries of Gallium Nitride (GaN)’sfundamental qualities, as it provided these audiophiles respite in their challenging environment.

Class D amps are simple – just take an input, and use that to modulate a square wave with PWM. Send this PWM signal to a MOSFET or something, and you have the simplest class D amp in existence.

Class AB amplifiers have been around for a long time, and even with Class D designs becoming more common, there’s still a reason many enthusiasts continue to gravitate toward AB amplification. Class D ...

Dallas — Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) developed its first digital amplifiers for the automotive market, which are based on its PurePath Class D amps for the home. Specifically designed for automotive ...

North Reading, MA–April 2006–Rotel, well-known throughout the world as a manufacturer of affordable high-end components for music and home-theater audio-video systems, has launched two new Class D ...

Because pulse modulation output signals are either on or off, Class D amplifiers produce far less heat than analog amplifiers. Reaching efficiencies greater than 90% compared to only 50% for analog, ...

Technology has democratized the music industry in many obvious ways -- notice how every band, regardless of stature, has a MySpace page? But one of technology's more subtle effects has been to make ...

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 ...

As nearly all audio amplifiers have transitioned from linear or near-linear operating modes (Class A, AB, and B) to digital (Class D), it may seem that the only areas for improvement are in power ...

The switching amplifier, or class D amplifier, has risen quickly to prominence in consumer audio applications, from MP3 devices including mobile phone handsets to games consoles, LCD-TVs, and home ...