Always hankered after a retro-chic McIntosh valve preamplifier and compatible power amp to match? Feast your eyes on this neat new duo. Despite style cues that nod to the firm's 1950s and 1960s design ...

With 100V on the plate, Schitt claims its Vali 3 tube headphone amp and preamp beats everything they’ve tested up to $2,799, for only $149. Schiit Audio faces a lot more competition in 2024 from ...

Developed with Ferrum’s Sweet Spot Tuning, the WANDLA GoldenSound Edition Gen 2 aims to provide listeners with greater flexibility in shaping their sound without sacrificing the precision, ...

Pro-Ject is best known for its wide range of turntables, but the Austrian audio company makes numerous other hi-fi components that can work with and elevate its turntables, too. Chief among them, ...

Who needs a preamp in 2025? Anyone who’s not into lifeless, app-controlled audio hell. Here’s why real systems still need real control. Hear me out for a second. I just spent two weeks criss-crossing ...

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 ...

If you’ve wondered what a preamplifier is, what it exactly does, and whether your audio setup is missing one, we’ve got the answers—as well as some of our top recommendations. An audio signal needs ...

Pro-Ject has announced the launch of two new phono stages, the compact Pro-Ject Tube Box E and the balanced Tube Box S3 B. Let's start with the more premium of the two. The Tube Box S3 B is a ...

EarthQuaker Devices and high-end guitar amp specialist Dr Z have put their heads together on a tube-driven preamp pedal that might be the missing ingredient in your electric guitar tone, the analogue ...