How This Vintage McIntosh Amplifier from 1968 Made Hi-Fi History
The same could be said for the McIntosh MC3500, a single-channel vacuum tube amplifier that powered the most iconic music festival in history. Woodstock 1969 took place over…
Douk Audio P6 Mini Tube Preamplifier (Review)
The Douk Audio P6 Mini is a small stereo preamplifier with tubes, USB and Bluetooth, all at a very affordable price.
Meet the affordable vintage tube amp you can turn into the best little Marshall you’ve never heard
It’s old, British and cool, and you might even be able to pick up one for 500 bucks. But with its edgy Vox, underpowered Marshall voicing, this lesser-celebrated…
“It can be very clean or it can get incredibly dirty”: Rob Chapman is branching out into tube amps
The Cloudhammer is a high-end 40-watt all-tube head that’s hand-wired in Belgium by AmS Amps’ Ben Genot, and the prototype looks and sounds pretty sweet …
Essential Tips for Maintaining Your Tube Amplifier
For musicians and audio enthusiasts, tube amplifiers deliver a warmth and dynamic quality that many consider unparalleled, according to Masterclass.
“The amp easily turned in a convincing Van Halen ‘brown’ sound”: Laney LFSUPER60-112 Combo review
One of the UK’s leading legacy amp brands, Laney has been synonymous with Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi during his era-spanning reign.Not content trading simply on its heritage, however,…
Boss crams tube-like Katana tones into compact practice amp
Though playing through a huge rig can be supremely satisfying, it’s not really practical for jamming at home. Boss has birthed a new 10-W combo amp that packs…
Blackstar unveils St James 100, “world’s lightest” 100W tube amp with both EL34 and 6L6 power tubes
Credit: Blackstar Amplification Blackstar has fully engaged beast mode with the unveiling of its new four-channel flagship tube amplifier, the St James 100 – a feature-packed 100-watt monster…
Crazy Tube Circuits’ Christos Ntaifotis on how his passion for collecting tube amps has inspired one of the most exciting stompbox brands in the world
One of the most creative yet reliably great-sounding effects makers out there, Crazy Tube Circuits is the brainchild of Christos Ntaifotis, an amp super-geek who is putting a…
Origin Effects’ Deluxe 55 pedal repurposes the tones of the Fender amp beloved by Neil Young
The Tweed Recreation stompbox was built following close inspection of a genuine Fender 5E3 Tweed Deluxe from 1955 …