When faced with cheap electronics of course I’m tempted to buy some, so I parted with about £10 ($12.50) and bought myself a kit for a two-tube device described as a stereo preamplifier and ...

My main tube preamp and amp are rated at 0.08% and 0.5% respectively, and I can’t hear any more distortion with them versus my main solid state setup rated at 0.005% per component.

Gakken's no stranger to build-it-yourself retro audio gear, and it now looks to be trying to bring some of its old school ways to your iPod with its new Vacuum Tube Amplifier kit. As you can see ...

It uses a number of off-the-shelf components, including the dock itself and an easy-to-assemble tube-amp kit for the heart of the system. I used the 16LS kit from s5electronics.com, ...

In the 1960s, they sold tube amplifier kits like the AA-100 which looked and sounded great – but only if the hobbyist knew what they were doing. Heathkit Transistor Stereo Amplifier (AA-21D) I found a ...

First made in 1959, this is the best-selling tube amplifier of all time. Every product is carefully selected by our editors. If you buy from a link, we may earn a commission. Learn more Dynaco ...

What further impressed me was the 96 dB speaker sensitivity which allows you to run these speakers with as little as 3 watts of power; which also made them ideal for vintage receivers and tube ...

Japanese designer Koichi Futatsumata, founder of Case-Real studio, has designed a vacuum tube amplifier for electronics manufacturer Elekit. Elekit traditionally manufacture affordable, high-end ...

Not only is the ST-70 regarded as one of the most popular tube amplifiers of all time, it’s still widely sought after by vintage-audio enthusiasts. The Dynaco Stereo 70 was produced from 1959 to 1977.