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.

Audiophiles all know everything sounds better fed through vacuum tubes, but did you know visualizers look better with them, too? That’s what we’re forced to conclude looking at the Tachyscope Laser, a ...

Like most of us during what advertisers like to call “this difficult time,” I was compelled to spend a fair amount of it “working” from home. Truth be told, I hadn’t worked so hard in years. My wife ...

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 K-502 tube amplifier kit was designed as a piece of pine that can be mounted on an amplifier although it would be more suitable to put it in a box. The K-502 tube amplifier kit was designed as a ...

The project is known as NP-100v12 which refers to a simple headphone amplifier built around the 12AU7 vacuum tube. The 12AU7 is also known as ECC82 in Europe that is popular in the audio world since ...

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 ...

La Dolce Audio current drive tube amplifiers challenge traditional designs with user tunable harmonic control and modular flexibility. Most loudspeaker designers don’t spend much time debating open ...

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 ...