Don't let its modest appearance fool you. The high-end French audio maker's new amplifier is as powerful as it is versatile.

The speakers are wired to a simple aux jack and ... [Olson] seems to be using an external power supply for this mini-amp; but before you count that as a mark against this build, the music you ...

And now there's a more powerful version to drive bookshelf speakers, the DX-5 stereo integrated amplifier. The DX-5 looks very similar to the DX-3, and that's no bad thing – it's a clean ...

And in that respect, this small speaker is not as good as its big brother. Where the HomePod has what Apple describes as a high-excursion woofer with custom amplifier, the HomePod mini does not.