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 ...
[Simon] wrote in to tell us about a headphone tube amp that he just built. It is based on schematics at diyaudioprojects.com that were actually featured on Hackaday in the past. [Simon’s] design adds ...
[Simon] wrote in to tell us about a headphone tube amp that he just built. It is based on schematics at diyaudioprojects.com that were actually featured on Hackaday in the past. [Simon’s] design adds ...
In the first part of this two-part blog post I talked about one of my first “up-close-and-personal” experiences with tube-based audio electronics – a home-built hybrid solid-state/tube electrostatic ...
Design analysis of the K2-W Vacuum Tube Op Amp’s design and operation reveals the mad science that created a commercial revolution in 1950s and 1960s analog computing. Op amps played a critical role ...
So you’ve made the decision to buy an external headphone amplifier for your desktop setup. Awesome. It’s an easy way to make your nice pair of wired headphones sound better (because your computer’s ...
The $15,000 McIntosh MC3500 MK II Vacuum Tube Power Amplifier goes back to the future and it is one mighty beast. The industrial design is definitely a mixture of old and new and it’s not something ...
Smooth treble and warm midrange. Good bass output for power rating. Solid build quality, heavy. At maximum output, sound is still tolerable. All of the sonic advantages of tubes. AV123 is of a new ...
Probably like most people who learned engineering after the 1970s I was never formally taught anything about vacuum tubes. They'd long since been relegated to the electronics history books. But I had ...