Dave Davies shows you the proper way to slash an amp to achieve his Kinks tone

The guitarist gives a firsthand showing of how to achieve the band’s landmark distortion without the use of pedals ...
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A Respected Hi-Fi Brand Just Launched a Gorgeous Audiophile Amplifier

As for those digital-to-analog conversions, the A8 Apex and A10 Apex use the same “high-quality” DAC (ESS9018). While the ...
Racket

Local Guitar Amp Designers Keep Those Vacuum Tubes Aglow

Jeffrey Falla offers amp repair service through El Diablo Amps and Guitars in Seward, which also stocks both ToneTron and ...

Joe Bonamassa on why you’ll never catch him playing an amp modeler

The gear guru admits there are reasons for their surge in popularity, but he personally won’t be making the switch ...
IEEE

DPD-NeuralEngine: A 22-nm 6.6-TOPS/W/mm

Abstract: The increasing adoption of Deep Neural Network (DNN)-based Digital Pre-distortion (DPD) in modern communication systems necessitates efficient hardware implementations. This paper presents ...