The preamplifier is the first and most obvious upgrade for your record player.

If you’ve wondered what a preamplifier is, what it exactly does, and whether your audio setup is missing one, we’ve got the answers—as well as some of our top recommendations. An audio signal needs ...

At $50K, the Momentum C4 preamplifier gets a new remote and works seamlessly with optional digital streaming module for another $10K. Did Krell high-end audio components ever look this good? Dan ...

The company known for ultra-high-end turntables has just introduced a new hi-fi component for serious vinyl systems.

Dan D’Agostino Momentum C2Z preamplifier refines the C2 with Z circuitry and FET output stage. If you have to ask the price this is not your system. It also needs to be said plainly that this is ultra ...

Priced at $950, the two-channel Parasound Halo P 5 isn't your average preamplifier, in that it has a feature set beyond a handful of analog inputs. Nice aesthetic, good price; is it for you? Input ...

Quad, the revered British hi-fi company, has a long history of delivering high-end audio components that look and sound like nothing else. Its revolutionary electrostatic loudspeakers, the ...

Preamplifiers are standard building-blocks often required in the analog world. Whether it’s needed for a low-level sensor output voltage or current, or the minute RF signal from an antenna, the preamp ...

If you’re a big music fan, there’s a decent chance you own a turntable, or are considering buying one. After all, vinyl records have become so popular as a format for listening to music that for the ...

Most everyone that has ever purchased an external amplifier is at least familiar with the term voltage gain. Simply, it is the degree to which an amplifier actually ...