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Here’s how it works. The beating heart of any hi-fi separates system, the stereo amplifier is what takes in your sources (CD player, turntable, music streamer) and amplifies their signals to an output ...

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Here’s how it works. Hi-fi systems generally require three elements. You need a source (to play the music), an amplifier (to necessarily strengthen the audio signals) and a pair of speakers (to output ...