Saros Audio Europa at CAF 2025: A No-Compromise Fully Differential Headphone & Preamp for the High-End Crowd
As of November 13th, 2025, the Saros Audio Systems Europa is officially available for $8,495, sold exclusively through Moon Audio. Making its debut at Capital Audiofest 2025, the…
FIRST REVIEW: JoyVirtue TM-6 Tube-Amp AV Center
JoyVirtue (JV) has created a vacuum tube amplifier and speaker set for iPods, complete with a dock, for the audiophile who finds the common iPod/iPhone dock and speaker…
Universal Audio gives its UAFX amp modelling and effects pedals an almighty power up, adding MIDI connectivity, improving presets and app integration
The update is free, available now, and it includes all of the UAFX dual-footswitch effects and amp emulator pedals …
Canor Audio Virtus A3 review
Say hello to a modern interpretation of P.J. Walker’s patented current-dumping amplifier design for Quad from the last century.
When Eddie Van Halen crash-tested one of EVH’s most iconic guitar amps – and risked 5150 Studios in the process
Before Eddie Van Halen could sign off on the EVH 5150 III, he had to make sure it was borderline indestructible …
Linear Tube Audio Launches Century Monoblock ZOTL Power Amplifiers – A Decade in the Making
Linear Tube Audio’s Century Monoblocks: hand-built ZOTL amps with Screen-Drive tubes, 110 W/8 Ω, low output impedance, and full balanced inputs.
A Respected Hi-Fi Brand Just Launched a Gorgeous Audiophile Amplifier
The Typhon Mid-Range Capability system is one of the recently fielded U.S. weapons designed to counter China‘s growing military capabilities, along with the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon. Both are…
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 Super Larry Amps. In addition to selling local-built…
tube amplifier
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…
“So, Dave, how do I slash the amp?”: Dave Davies picks up a razor and slashes a speaker on camera to demonstrate how he got the Kinks’ iconic proto-fuzz guitar tone
There are gear demos and then there are gear demos in which a guitar legend performs the most radical amp mod to show us how he got the…