‘Valve sound’ is not just an anachronism: there are those who remain ardent lovers of the quality of sound produced by a valve amplifier. However, not everyone is inclined to splash out on an ...

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 ...

Line 6's original Spider Valve series got us very excited. Now the modelling giant has returned with the MKII series. As with before, the amp is co-designed with Bogner, so you're potentially getting ...

Icon Audio has unveiled details of its Stereo 845 pure triode push-pull integrated valve amplifier. The Stereo 845 comprises four matched 845 valves, two 6SL7 first-stage valves, two 6SN7 ...

Icon Audio is upgrading its existing range of valve amps with the fitment of the new Tung Sol KT150 tube. The company says the KT150 can be used in single-ended, ultralinear and triode designs. From ...

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 ...

The Audio Research Reference 330M amplifier has double the output of the firm's previous valve flagship. Expect to pay around £92,000 in the UK, $90,000 in the States. You can't accuse the engineers ...

What an interesting thing – a new take on thermionic valves for the audio obsessed, base on vacuum fluorescent display technology. According to RS Components, which is stocking the Korg Nutube 6P1 ...

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 ...

Samsung has announced a new audio dock, which brings with it Samsung's hybrid vacuum tube amplifier tech, aiming to blend the efficiency of solid state digital amplifiers with the natural sound drawn ...

This solid-state push-pull single-ended Class A circuit is capable of providing a sound comparable to those valve amplifiers, delivering more output power (6.9W measured across a 8 Ohm loudspeaker ...