Yamaha mixed up the guitar amplifier space in 2013 when it released three portable modeling amps to the US market, which sat somewhere between performance and practice models. These desktop amps went ...

If you listen to high-quality headphones at home, you absolutely need a dedicated headphone amplifier. Head-Direct's EF5 Desktop Tube Hybrid Amp will take your headphone's sound to another level.

Hardcore audiophiles are generally immune to sticker shock for high-end audio gear like $50,000 speaker-based rigs. But now you can get the same level of sound for a lot less if you build a sound ...

Following the success of his first Kickstarter campaign, New Zealand's Martin Young of IMS Electronics has returned to the crowdfunding platform with an updated hybrid valve/tube amp he's calling the ...

Yamaha adds to their acclaimed desktop amplifier line with today’s introduction of the THR30IIA Wireless, a 30-watt stereo amplifier explicitly designed for acoustic guitarists. Since they debuted the ...

From reincarnating the cassette player to shoving a DAC inside a mechanical keyboard, Fiio isn’t unafraid to get creative with its products, but its two latest launches tread more familiar territory: ...

Ever since I moved out of the city and into a house with an actual office, I’ve had enough space to create something that I’ve always wanted: a workstation with a truly killer desktop audio system.

Need to juice up your desktop music scene? Nuforce has just the thing. Its new Icon is a miniature, multi-threat amplifier that can be used to pump music from a computer or audio player to your ...

FiiO is a rising force in the budget-friendly hi-fi space. And while it’s best known for its portable audio players, DACs and desktop amplifiers, the company makes several desktop speakers, too. And ...

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As digital music drifts farther down the audio chain into cell phones, here comes a freaky little desktop amplifier called the Nuforce Icon that’ll stop the MP3 generation in its tracks. The Icon, no ...

The Pro-Ject Stereo Box S is a tiny thing, but it's big enough to bring desktop speakers to life! Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a ...