There’s a mystique in audiophile circles about tube amplifiers. They can have a very nice sound which is attributed to their even-harmonic distortion, but they are often portrayed as requiring rare ...

Our picks for the best dedicated headphone amplifiers for audiophiles includes Apos, Feliks Audio and STAX.

Once a discarded relic, over the years the humble vacuum tube has been rehabilitated in the arena of specialist audio. There are plenty of tube amplifiers now being manufactured, with a popular choice ...

In keeping with tradition, Reverb has published its best-selling gear lists for 2025 – and the roundup of the most popular ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

IN THE AGE OFwireless speakers and Bluetooth streaming, vacuum-tube amplifiers may seem antiquated, but you don’t have to be an audio nerd to appreciate their appeal. Designed to power traditional ...

Hand-crafted in New Jersey, the all-tube stereo VPI 299D integrated amp looks, feels and sounds like a winner to the Audiophiliac! Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a ...

All electric guitar players know that the amplifier is just as important — if not more — as the guitar itself for shaping your sound. Each major amplifier model has unique dynamics and tonal ...

So you’ve made the decision to buy an external headphone amplifier for your desktop setup. Awesome. It’s an easy way to make your nice pair of wired headphones sound better (because your computer’s ...