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 ...

It was with considerable interest last month that I set out to track down where in the world there are still factories making tubes. My research found them in Slovakia, Russia, and China, and it’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tube amp stories are always popular on Gadget Master, and this one certainly looks the part, a Desktop Valve Amplifier for hi-res music lovers. The devil is in the detail, of course - and I'm no audio ...

Two signature amps from the high-end audio brand Bonawatt are now available in the UK. Both combine valves with modern tech to deliver warmth, accuracy and good looks too. They're priced from £8,795.

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 ...

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 ...