Amplifier

Amplifier

Any electronic device designed to inrease the volume of sound.

Industry: Consumer electronics

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Alnico

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

An alloy of aluminum, nickel, and cobalt (instead of ceramic) which used to be commonly used in vintage speakers.

Class B1

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

Class B operation where grid current does not flow for any portion of the input cycle.

Class B2

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

Class B operation where grid current flows for some portion of the input cycle.

The "standard" tube circuit where the cathode is connected to the "common" point on the circuit, usually ground, and usually through a resistor, which is often bypassed with a capacitor, placing it ...

Common grid

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

A tube stage which has the grid connected to the "common" point on the circuit, usually ground. This doesn't have to be a physical DC connection, it can be an AC ground, i.e. grounded through a ...

Common plate

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

A tube stage which has the plate connected to the "common" point on the circuit, usually ground This doesn't have to be a physical DC connection, it can be an AC ground, i.e. grounded through a ...

Concertina phase splitter

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

The name given to the single-tube phase inverter in which the in-phase signal is taken off the cathode and the out-of-phase signal is taken off the plate, with equal-value plate and cathode ...