Once a discarded relic, over the years the humble vacuum tube has been rehabilitated in the arena of specialist audio. There are plenty of tube amplifiers now being manufactured, with a popular choice ...

All electric guitar players know that the amplifier is just as important — if not more — as the guitar itself for shaping your sound. Each major amplifier model has unique dynamics and tonal ...

The Galion Victoria is a fascinating Class A tube amplifier that challenges the idea that high-end sound requires a massive ...

So you’ve made the decision to buy an external headphone amplifier for your desktop setup. Awesome. It’s an easy way to make your nice pair of wired headphones sound better (because your computer’s ...

If you think all high-end products are stupid expensive or mammoth monstrosities, the MiniWatt vacuum tube integrated amplifier should change your mind. What differentiates high-end gear from mass ...

The problem with tube based audio is that it has so often been hijacked by people for whom the bragging rights of having a tube amplifier outweigh the benefits, or the sheer fun of building the thing.

This is special — VPI may be best known as New Jersey’s leading turntable manufacturer, but it now has an integrated tube amplifier, the 299D. Inspired by the legendary H. H. Scott 299 amplifier that ...

Though best known for its iconic electric guitars, Gibson also produced its own amplifiers from the mid 1930s until the late '60s. A couple of years ago,company CEO Cesar Gueikian hinted at its return ...

The hardware is chunky and the software is clunky, but this is the best portable audio player I’ve ever heard. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics ...

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It seems that in the guitar world, people either love or hate solid-state amps. While tube amps have earned their favorable reputation for all of the positive buzzwords guitar players and engineers ...

Armed with just a $2,500 budget, we’re duking it out to see which part of your rig is a better investment – which side are ...