{"id":168283,"date":"2023-09-07T00:18:16","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T23:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=168283"},"modified":"2023-10-18T05:56:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T04:56:43","slug":"xduoo-ta20-plus-balanced-hybrid-headphone-amplifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/xduoo-ta20-plus-balanced-hybrid-headphone-amplifier\/","title":{"rendered":"xDuoo TA20 Plus: Balanced Hybrid Headphone Amplifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>xDuoo\u00a0has released a new headphone amplifier\u00a0TA20 Plus , which has a hybrid design and is able to drive even fairly\u00a0complex\u00a0headphones.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/18_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The model has a linear power supply, in which a 5Z4P\u00a0lamp is used as a rectifier\u00a0.\u00a0To connect headphones, the amplifier has two balanced jacks &#8211; 4.4 mm and a four-pin XLR, as well as an unbalanced 6.35 mm output.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/19_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Signal pre-amplification is provided by a pair of 12AU7\u00a0double triodes\u00a0, the output stage operates in\u00a0class A\u00a0and is built on selected transistors.\u00a0The maximum power at the balanced output is\u00a02600 mW\u00a0into 32 ohms.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the front panel of the device there is a pointer indicator of the output signal level, the amplifier chassis is machined from aluminum alloy on a CNC machine.\u00a0To feed the signal to the amplifier, you can use one pair of balanced XLR inputs and two pairs of unbalanced RCA.\u00a0The weight of the apparatus is\u00a04.4 kg\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/21_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The xDuoo TA20 Plus\u00a0Hybrid Headphone Amplifier\u00a0can be ordered online starting at\u00a0$499.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>xDuoo\u00a0has released a new headphone amplifier\u00a0TA20 Plus , which has a hybrid design and is able to drive even fairly\u00a0complex\u00a0headphones. The model has a linear power supply, in which a 5Z4P\u00a0lamp is used as a rectifier\u00a0.\u00a0To connect headphones, the amplifier has two balanced jacks &#8211; 4.4 mm and a four-pin XLR, as well as an [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/xduoo-ta20-plus-balanced-hybrid-headphone-amplifier\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":168284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-168283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hi-fi","tag-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}