A discrete buffer after the op-amp, and invite him to the feedback loop party. With IC based headphone amps, the imbalance between the native Zo and the load can get really wacky.

Topping A90 Headphone Amp with D90 DAC Conclusion. The Topping A90 is an excellent headphone amplifier that is a genuine competitor to far more expensive products from brands like THX, Pass Labs, ...

There's a new 32-bit, 16-core XMOS chip for USB data and a high-performance driver for Windows; other platforms don't require a driver. And there's Bluetooth 5.1 with LDAC and aptX Adaptive up to ...

Download Design Note 563 (PDF). A new family of op amps features industry leading speed versus supply current. The LTC6261/LTC6262/ LTC6263 family (single, dual, quad) provides 30MHz at a low 240μA ...

At its business end, the Pro-Ject mini offers two single-ended headphone outputs (6.4mm and 3.5mm) that, according to the ...

Audio-Technica is now shipping its AT-BHA100 balanced headphone amplifier ($999) and AT-DAC100 digital to analog converter ($699), two high-resolution audio components designed to deliver ...

Headphone amplifiers make for simple, practical electronics projects. The Bass Bump Headphone Amp is no exception, since it’s made out of easy to source parts, and can be built on a proto-board ...

The Auralic Taurus MKII is a gorgeous, ultrahigh-end headphone amplifier, and the Audiophiliac thinks it might be the best of its kind. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also ...

In an age when headphones reign supreme, you might be thinking it’s a good idea to get a dedicated headphone amp, and you may well be right. Here's why.

Inputs: USB-B Outputs: headphone (6.35mm), RCA Max audio resolution: up to 32-bit/384kHz Released in 2022, the Zen Air is a DAC/amplifier that’s more than twice the size of the company’s Uno (above); ...

This all-analog headphone amp doesn't come with a remote control, but few headphone amps do. I'm happy to report the P-750u never once forced me to consult the owner's manual, it just works! The ...

Building on last month’s discussion of resistor noise, let’s check out some basics of amplifier noise.The non-inverting op amp configuration is most common for low noise applications so we’ll make ...