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 ...

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When you buy through our links, we may earn an affiliate commission. We all know it takes more than a killer axe to sound great. You need an amazing-sounding amp to crank up the volume, step up your ...

Silktone founder Charles Henry says his musical ear is responsible for the success of his hand-buit high-end tube amps. “The most important thing is the musicality – the way it makes you feel and the ...

I bought my first tube amp last year, after playing guitar for about 25 years. Before then I’d been completely reliant on solid-state amps and digital models. It was a revelation. And then a few weeks ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Feliks Audio Echo Vibe is a $1,095 OTL tube headphone amp from Poland that runs hot, sounds lush, and proves you don’t need 2 watts to melt your face off. Feliks Audio positions the Echo Vibe as ...