It was with considerable interest last month that I set out to track down where in the world there are still factories making tubes. My research found them in Slovakia, Russia, and China, and it’s ...

Following the success of his first Kickstarter campaign, New Zealand's Martin Young of IMS Electronics has returned to the crowdfunding platform with an updated hybrid valve/tube amp he's calling the ...

There are few greater follies in the world of electronics than that of an electronic engineering student who has just discovered the world of hi-fi audio. I was once that electronic engineering ...

US ex-pat Ken enjoys overgrown boys' toys such as valve audio equipment, LPs, cameras, mechanical watches and fountain pens. He has written four books on luxury hi-fi and collects chronographs. US ...

It's made in Germany and costs a fortune, but the Mal Valve Head Amp Three is the best there is. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a ...

While some might see enthusiast hi-fi as pursuit for bearded white dudes that spend absurd amounts of money on huge, sometimes spurious bits of audio guff, every now and then something pops up 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 ...

Tube amp stories are always popular on Gadget Master, and this one certainly looks the part, a Desktop Valve Amplifier for hi-res music lovers. The devil is in the detail, of course - and I'm no audio ...

Headphone amps are usually pretty simple things. You get an input or two on the back, a headphone output on the front, and a volume knob. That’s all you really need, particularly if you’re not looking ...