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 ...

There’s a mystique among both audiophiles and musicians about vacuum technology, thus having a tube amp still carries a bit of a cachet. New ones can be bought for eye-watering prices and old ones can ...

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 GA-10 is an audiophile-grade headphone amplifier that features the SEPP (single-ended push-pull) circuit with eight vacuum tubes, a linear transformer, and direct tube output. The vacuum tubes ...

Muzak is best known for its background music that drives you crazy in the elevator, but as I discovered — they made amazing tube amplifiers as well. Life is definitely unpredictable; something that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Can hifi vibration isolation feet actually fix a hidden issue with R2R DACs and tube amplifiers? In this audiophile review, I explore the impact of microphonics on high-end audio components. Resistor ...