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  2. Amplifier - Wikipedia

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    Amplifier. A McIntosh stereo audio amplifier with output power of 50 watts per channel used in home component audio systems in the 1970s. [1] Amplification means increasing the amplitude (voltage or current) of a time-varying signal by a given factor, as shown here. The graph shows the input (blue) and output voltage (red) of an ideal linear ...

  3. Audio power amplifier - Wikipedia

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    Audio stereo power amplifier made by McIntosh The internal view of a Mission Cyrus 1 Hi Fi integrated audio amplifier (1984) [1]. An audio power amplifier (or power amp) amplifies low-power electronic audio signals, such as the signal from a radio receiver or an electric guitar pickup, to a level that is high enough for driving loudspeakers or headphones.

  4. Guitar amplifier - Wikipedia

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    A guitar amplifier (or amp) is an electronic device or system that strengthens the electrical signal from a pickup on an electric guitar, bass guitar, or acoustic guitar so that it can produce sound through one or more loudspeakers, which are typically housed in a wooden cabinet. A guitar amplifier may be a standalone wood or metal cabinet that ...

  5. Preamplifier - Wikipedia

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    With instrument amplifiers, the preamp is often designed to produce overdrive or distortion effects. A stand-alone unit for use in live music and recording studio applications. As part of a stand-alone channel strip or channel strip built into an audio mixing desk. A masthead amplifier used with television receiver antenna or a satellite ...

  6. Instrument amplifier - Wikipedia

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    An instrument amplifier is an electronic device that converts the often barely audible or purely electronic signal of a musical instrument into a larger electronic signal to feed to a loudspeaker. An instrument amplifier is used with musical instruments such as an electric guitar, an electric bass, electric organ, electric piano, synthesizers ...

  7. Valve audio amplifier - Wikipedia

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    Valve audio amplifier. A valve audio amplifier (UK) or vacuum tube audio amplifier (US) is a valve amplifier used for sound reinforcement, sound recording and reproduction. Until the invention of solid state devices such as the transistor, all electronic amplification was produced by valve (tube) amplifiers. While solid-state devices prevail in ...