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The Encore is Jens Ritter’s love letter to vintage tube amps and is a meticulously hand-wired 2x12 combo with mismatched speakers, and sapphire-encrusted control knobs ‘cos why not!? When you purchase ...

With the wealth of cheap and highly integrated audio amplifier modules on the market today, it takes a special dedication to roll your own from parts. Especially when those parts include vacuum tubes, ...

What Is a Tube Amplifier? Tube amps are made using vacuum tubes, which were invented in 1925. Using a glass bulb akin to a light bulb, tube amps take a weak signal and amplify it several times through ...

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 ...

I got my first guitar in the seventh grade. Had a couple of bands in high school and college. And I still play regularly. But, I’m somewhat embarrassed to admit that I only just bought my first tube ...

This is a review of the Master TVA30 Guitar Amp featuring detailed measurements and suggestions for product improvements. When searching for the perfect budget minded Guitar Amp, the factory direct US ...

A conventional tube amplifier has a circuit whose fundamentals were well in place around a hundred years ago, so there are few surprises to be found in building one today. Nevertheless, building one ...