There’s a mystique among both audiophiles and musicians about vacuum technology, thus having a tube amp still carries a bit of a cachet. New ones can be bought for eye-watering prices and old ...

A few years ago, though, Blackstar Amplification saw an opportunity for change, with some modern thinking. The St James range ...

Karma-AV is to distribute Unison Research’s high-performance valve-based Hi-Fi separates in the UK and Ireland. The Italian manufacturer’s line-up includes Class A pre/power and phono amplification ...

Huge specification. Tiny footprint. That's the pitch for the new Rotel DX-3, a compact headphone amplifier and standalone DAC ...

Switching over to its analog amp, the signal-to-noise ratio measures ... tapping or movement on the case transferring through the tube amps (there's a reason they're not commonly used on portable ...

The compact build lets you pick from a raft of licensed preamp modules designed in collaboration with a host of boutique amp brands ...

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 ...

iBasso’s Nunchaku is a portable DAC/amp with dual Cirrus Logic CS43198 DAC chips and, uniquely, two selectable amps: solid state or tube. The latter of which is the more interesting. That’s right, the ...

One of the great pioneers of US high-end tube amps, Sampson co-founded Matchless and had recently returned to Bad Cat after a ...