Schiit Audio Valhalla 2 Tube Amplifier Review
So you’ve decided that you’d like to pick up a headphone amplifier. Like many things in the world of audio, deciding which to buy can be a rabbit…
Gary Drouin’s Retro Tube Amplifiers Have a National Market
Drouin, 72, meticulously hand-builds and repairs amplifiers from his home garage for tube amp devotees around the country.
tube amplifier – Hackaday
A conventional tube amplifier has a circuit whose fundamentals were well in place around a hundred years ago, so there are few surprises to be found in building…
“It’s analogous to Napster”: Brian Wampler on threat of digital disruption to pedal and tube amp market
One of the most respected names in pedal designs wrestles with the threat of digital disruption and says stompbox brands need to move with the times …
Drop xDuoo TA-84 OTL DAC tube amplifier – Geeky Gadgets
Drop unveiled a new innovation in the form of the xDuoo TA-84 OTL Tube Amp/DAC, the first all-tube Output Transformerless (OTL) amplifier introduced by Drop. A company known…
Metallica spark Mesa/Boogie mystery as unidentified amp spotted in ESP Guitars video. Could this be a James Hetfield signature?
But in the process they might just have something very intriguing indeed. There’s an Easter egg in this video, and it looks like this could be a signature…
Mike Zaite on the secret to the Dr Z sound, making custom amps for James Walsh and the tube amp’s enduring appeal
At just 12 years old, Kieri Madigan of Moses Lake is proving that even small acts of kindness can make a global impact. This summer, instead of spending…
Cayin A-50T: An affordable tube amplifier – CNET
Vacuum tube amplifiers are the Holy Grail for a lot of audiophiles, but they tend to be a lot more expensive than solid-state amps. Priced at $1,295, the…
Why does 100-year-old tube technology still turn audiophiles on?
Audio Research VSi75 stereo amplifier Audio Research This past Wednesday I wrote about and their never-ending love affair with tube amplifiers. The technology dates back to the first…
When Dave Cobb traded a blender for the services of a legendary amp modder, he found the sound for Mirador’s blockbuster debut
According to Chris Turpin – who used the amp on his new album with Jake Kiszka – Cobb acquired the mod in exchange for a $80 kitchen gadget…