There’s a mystique in audiophile circles about tube amplifiers. They can have a very nice sound which is attributed to their even-harmonic distortion, but they are often portrayed as requiring rare ...

It was with considerable interest last month that I set out to track down where in the world there are still factories making tubes. My research found them in Slovakia, Russia, and China, and it’s ...

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 for its high-quality audio ...

Audio guru Steve Williams sent a link to Pete Millett's audio website. Millett designed the HA-1 and HA-2 vacuum tube headphone amps a while back. He describes himself as: “A lifetime electronics geek ...

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 freelance writer for ...

The Schiit Audio Folkvangr Headphone Amplifier is $1,800 and uses 10 tubes. The limited run of 250 won’t last long. The $1,800 Folkvangr is the most expensive Schiit headphone amplifier so far and an ...

Hand-crafted in New Jersey, the all-tube stereo VPI 299D integrated amp looks, feels and sounds like a winner to the Audiophiliac! Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a ...

Japanese designer Koichi Futatsumata, founder of Case-Real studio, has designed a vacuum tube amplifier for electronics manufacturer Elekit. Elekit traditionally manufacture affordable, high-end audio ...

High-end audio brand, McIntosh, has announced the launch of its new MC1502 Vacuum Tube Amplifier. The new stereo amplifier is designed for home audio systems and can pump out a very healthy 150 Watts ...

If you're going to be one of those audio guys, why not also look the part with a tube amp? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. One of ...

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. Just over the D.C. line, Linear Tube Audio handbuilds ...

Pi 2 Design the developer behind the 503HTA, Hybrid Tube AMP/DAC is a small Hat size Raspberry Pi add-on has upgraded the design to add new features. It has added an analogue line in the 503HTA can be ...