On the output side, the K11 R2R provides both single ended and balanced headphone connections. The 6.35 mm single ended ...

As the Agile Analog team return refreshed after the holidays to begin a new year of working on our ground-breaking analog IP, it’s a great time to reflect on the company’s highlights in 2025 and ...

British audio brand QUAD has announced the flagship Platina range which consists of an integrated amplifier, network streamer and CD transport. For many, QUAD is the U.K.’s original high-end audio ...

Abstract: This brief presents a current-steering 25-GS/s 8-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC) based on a 40-nm CMOS technology. The DAC employs a dual-edge sampling (DES) architecture to reduce the ...

How to evaluate a DAC’s analog output. How to avoid effects such as standing waves from disturbing measurements. How to adapt the fundamental frequency-response measurement method for use when digital ...

Abstract: This article presents a 16-bit 5-MS/s successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with the proposed split sampling (SS) technique. The SS decouples the sampling ...

At $1,599, the Schiit Gungnir 2 DAC is modular, upgradable, and compatible with Schiit’s new Forkbeard control system and app. Are high-end external DACs still relevant? The simple truth is that we ...

Test and measurement instruments and systems can get a performance boost when they incorporate advanced radio-frequency (RF) devices. These include RF fully differential amplifiers (FDAs), RF ...

My music server (an old desktop PC) finally died and I'm looking to build a new box to replace it. Due to the age of my receiver, I need the new server to output digital audio via an S/PDIF coaxial ...

In back-end semiconductor processing it is important to improve the performance of semiconductors due to the limitations of miniaturization in front-end processes. To achieve this goal, the industry ...