$229 vacuum tube amplifier wows audiophiles Who says high-end audio has to be expensive? This amazing $229 vacuum tube amplifier from MiniWatt rocks.

Drouin, 72, meticulously hand-builds and repairs amplifiers from his home garage for tube amp devotees around the country.

We have no intention of wading into the vacuum tube versus silicon debates audiophiles seem to thrive on. But we know a quality build when we see it, and this gorgeous tube preamp certainly looks l… ...

Having built a number of vacuum tube output transformer-less (OTL) amplifiers in recent years, it seemed as though it might be a good idea to try combining older with newer technology and using both ...

The latest high-end preamplifier from classic audio brand McIntosh brings together old-school vacuum-tube technology and the very latest digital processing. The C2700 is an audiophile’s dream.

The McIntosh C8 Vacuum Tube Preamplifier is priced at £4295 ($3500, AU$6995). The McIntosh MC830 Solid State Amplifier costs £4995 ($4000, AU$8,495), bringing your tidy total to £9290 for both – but ...

This little Darling 1626 amplifier that came to me from George Lenz of TubesUSA is the perfect antidote to that malaise. The amp is an all-vacuum tube design (no transistors) and hooked up to my ...

And, as it is getting harder and harder to find vacuum tubes nowadays, if you’re determined to build your own amplifier anyway take a look at this one which uses vacuum tubes built from scratch.

The Rogue Audio RP-9 tube preamplifier sets a very high standard in the category but is it worth the high asking price? Indeed it is.

Just last month, the new DA2 Digital Audio Module from New York's McIntosh Labs made its debut in the C53 preamplifier. Now the company has partnered digital with analog for the C2700 two-channel ...

That said, a vacuum tube amplifier isn’t definitely make your headphones sound better than if you had a solid-state amplifier — it’s just a different sound.