Hand-crafted in New Jersey, the all-tube stereo VPI 299D integrated amp looks, feels and sounds like a winner to the Audiophiliac! Even at $4,000, this tube amplifier is a remarkable value - CNET X ...

When Metallica released Hardwired… To Self Destruct, James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett told MusicRadar of how important the ...

The Nymph is a one-watter with a 1/4-watt setting and a line out – and Page says he used his double neck to test it out ...

Best tube amps: Our top picks. Some might pooh-pooh the tube amplifier as being a one-trick pony, but that’s baloney. The Blackstar HT Club 40 MkII 6L6 will do a job for any electric guitar player.

3. Best Budget Tube Amp – Supro Delta King 12 SPECS. Type: Tube combo Output: 15W Features: 1 channel, spring reverb, drive, boost, optional footswitch, 1 x 12" Supro DK12 speaker Weight: 28 lbs ...

If you ever wanted to build your own tube amplifier but you were intimidated by working with high voltages, [Marcel]’s low-voltage tube amp design might spark your interest. The design operat… ...

While purists may swear by tube amps, many modern guitar players prefer solid-state amplifiers over the hassles that come with tube amps. Let's see why.

Most contemporary tube amplifiers have some solid-state parts in them, but the Zen Torii MKIV has none. Another thing it doesn't have are printed circuit boards; all the wiring is done by hand.

This 20-watt tube amp is based on Marshall’s 1959SLP. In fact, the top panel is identical to the original, complete with a full EQ section and a volume control for each channel (high treble and ...

This amp design uses a plate voltage of 12, although the 12AU7 can handle up to about 330. Since the 12AU7 is of the Twin Triode variety, one tube can be used to amplify both a left and right ...

Dynaco liquidated in 1980 — primarily due to improvements in solid-state amplifiers and a 1974 FTC ruling that changed the standard way of rating amplifiers’ power levels. But the ST-70 has remained ...

While tube amps have earned their favorable reputation for all of the positive buzzwords guitar players and engineers like to throw around - warm, fat, thick - it seems like solid-state guitar amps ...