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Author:Douglas BruceLead Audio Test Engineer and Technical Support, US Amps US Amps USA-100HC Audio Testing Results There are amplifiers where the wattage number gets most of the attention. Then there are amplifiers where the deeper measurements tell an even more interesting story. The US Amps USA-100HC falls into that second category. I recently put the…

Author:Douglas BruceLead Audio Test Engineer and Technical Support, US Amps US Amps Impact 1000.1 Audio Testing Results When it comes to a monoblock amplifier designed to drive subwoofers, simply knowing the rated wattage doesn’t tell the entire story. We also want to know how the amplifier behaves across the frequencies where a subwoofer actually operates.…

US Amps Impact 100.4 Audio Testing Results: On the Bench with Douglas Bruce Author:Douglas BruceLead Audio Test Engineer and Technical Support, US Amps When evaluating an amplifier, there is much more to the story than simply asking how many watts it produces. Power matters, but so do frequency response, distortion, noise, channel separation, damping, slew…

We hear it often: twisted RCAs are best, but this is not accurate. Some claim RCA cables do not matter; let’s examine why they do. Amplifier Input Types Amplifiers generally use two primary input types, each requiring a specific cable configuration: ● Single-Ended RCA: The center conductor carries the signal while the outer shield serves…