A portable DAC/amp is a great way to give your smartphone or laptop an audio upgrade. This one packs the power of an analog ...

If you ever wanted to build your own tube amplifier but you were intimidated by working with high voltages, [Marcel]’s low-voltage tube amp design might spark your interest. The design operates ...

Fender attempts the incredible feat of replicating the historic Bassman with a digital heart in its latest addition to the ...

The idea of putting a tube in a pair of headphones does tend to bring mental images of massive lightbulb-sized tubes to mind, ...

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 ...

For players looking to make their rigs smaller, lighter and more portable, the best pedal amps are somewhat of a godsend. Pedal amps aim to deliver the sound, feel and response of (usually) a tube amp ...

There are a couple of reasons I suspect it's taken this long to see a vacuum tube in a pair of headphones. Tubes are hungry beasts, with higher power draws than other methods of amplification. They ...

NAMM 2025: Boss has launched the Waza Tube Amp Expander Core, a “streamlined” and more compact version of its feature-packed reactive load box that promises “world-class recorded tones with ...