Synyster Gates has launched what’s called a Universal Pedal Platform – and it’s nothing like your usual amp head
The ultra-clean amp head has been deliberately designed to be paired with distortion pedals and rackmount effects …
Tube amplifiers aren’t just for audiophiles
Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a…
Drop xDuoo TA-84 OTL DAC tube amplifier
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…
GOLDEN TUBE SE-40 SOUNDS LIKE $3,000 AMPLIFIER, AT A THIRD THE PRICE
I’ll never forget the first time I saw the Golden Tube SE-40 amplifier. (This is not a love story, but a little intrigue never hurts.) It sounded incredible,…
Why Stephen Carpenter has returned to tube amps for Deftones’ latest tour
The Deftones guitarist was an early champion of amp modelers, but has re-embraced a more hybrid, amp-dependent setup …
Beautiful Tube Amp Uses A TV Tube
Most audio tube amps we see use common tubes – usually a 12AX7 for the preamp and one of the more common power tubes such as an EL34.[Daniel],…
The art of tube amplifier design
Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a…
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…