It’s not every day we see the results of someone putting their own spin on a vintage tube amp, but that’s exactly what [lens42] did in creating the McIntosh 217, created as a “mini” version of the ...

I got to thinking about this after seeing the Aopen tube MB. After that I started looking at building tube amp threads there was 1 or 2. What I gathered was that tube amps put out good sound. I still ...

You could buy a cheap amp for $140, like I did. I got a Pioneer VSX D209 for that, with sales tax 6.5%. Sounds decent too.

Reber Stein set out to learn how to play guitar, but instead discovered how to make amplifiers. More than a decade ago, Stein bought a guitar and an amp in an effort to learn how to play. When ...