T+A HA 200 Headphone Amplifier Ultimate Review
Today, we’re exploring the T+A HA 200 – headphone amplifier that’s redefining what’s possible in personal audio. After two decades in consumer tech, I pride myself on objectivity….
This Tiny Hi-Fi Gadget Is a Portable Tube Amp for Your iPhone
The tiny hi-fi component plugs into your device and effectively replaces its built-in DAC/amp (which typically isn’t very good), delivering a superior audio signal to your wired …
“Far more versatile than its tube counterpart”: Fender Tone Master ’59 Bassman review
Fender attempts the incredible feat of replicating the historic Bassman with a digital heart in its latest addition to the Tone Master series …
Did a Heritage Japanese Hi-Fi Brand Make the Perfect Entry-Level Amp?
Revered Japanese audio manufacturer Rotel’s affordable, all-analog A8 feels like a throwback to traditional hi-fi systems of the past.
These luxury headphones come with their own vacuum tube and dual-mono amp
Headphone brand Écoute has launched a pair of headphones with a vacuum tube and amplification built-in. The headphones are £652 / $799 / AU$1,303.
These luxe wireless headphones stick a tube-amp hi-fi on your head, and offer really hardcore Hi-Res Audio support
The idea of putting a tube in a pair of headphones does tend to bring mental images of massive lightbulb-sized tubes to mind, but Kor …
Musical Fidelity’s integrated amp strives for a sweet, powerful sound thanks to its “reference-level” tech
The Nu-Vista 600.2 is an analogue integrated amplifier that packs in updated tech for “huge power and sonic transparency”.
Headphones with a built-in vacuum tube amp for vinyl-like sound!? They’re real, and they look super cool
There are a couple of reasons I suspect it’s taken this long to see a vacuum tube in a pair of headphones. Tubes are hungry beasts, with higher…
“While sound quality was once something that held modelers back, it is now a big reason to buy”: Five reasons you’re better off with an amp modeler than a tube amp
An amp modeler is a digital device that replicates the tones of an amplifier through a process called modeling. Modeling involves designing a sound digitally from scratch to…
Amp guru Dave Friedman on why he’s not ready to hop off the tube train
The amp guru looks back on a career of modding Marshalls, building rigs for Eddie Van Halen, and developing his most simple product ever – and looks forward…