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 ...

It was a cold January Saturday night in Chicago and we had big plans. Buddy Guy’s Legends bar was packed. We setup directly under one of the PA speakers less than 15′ from the stage. Time to celebrate ...

When most people think of tube circuits, the first thing that comes to mind is often the use of high-voltage power supplies. It wasn’t a given for tube circuits, though, as a range of low-voltage ...

The McIntosh C12000 Preamplifier goes both ways; tube and solid state and is the perfect companion to the MC3500 MMKII Tube Amplifier. The hardest part of our recent McIntosh factory tour was keeping ...

The objective of building this circuit is to create a preamplifier based on the Hampton standard with the utilization of vacuum tubes for use with moving coil cartridge. ECC88 – a VHF double triode ...

A virtual preamp, SGA1566 is a free cross-platform plugin from Shattered Glass Audio. It's designed to emulate the "sonic beauty" of a two-stage tube preamp. The design is loosely based on that of a ...

Anaheim, California, January 22, 2026 — AEA Ribbon Microphones will debut the FC2, a two-channel tube preamplifier, at the 2026 NAMM Show. Designed in collaboration with analog designer Fred Forssell, ...

Swap preamp modules in and out and pair them with onboard American-style clean channel for a compact three-channel powerhouse for stage and studio When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Second generation écoute vacuum tube wireless noise cancelling headphones improve comfort and sound in a slightly modified design. What if headphones were not trying to imitate a hi-fi system but ...