Burning In 6SN7 Tubes for the Dark Voice 336SE Headphone Amp
If you have a Dark Voice 336SE headphone amp you likely had the same thought as many other owners. Why does such a nice little amp come with such poor vacuum tubes? Well most Chinese…
It’s All In Your Head
When someone tells you “It’s all in your head” they are absolutely correct. Every song we ever heard and every note we ever played is stored in our complex memory banks. The brain controls every…
7 Ways To Prolong Your Tube’s Lifespan
Here’s an excellent post we thought you might like from producer, engineer, and musician, Kieran Whitehouse. If you’re anything like me then you have your guitars hung up on the wall at home, in pride of…
Review – JJ ECC803-S Tube
This JJ ECC803-S / 12AX7 vacuum tube offering has huge plates in its triode sections giving it a real punch with lots of gain. The larger plates combined with crimped construction may contribute to the…
Missing Vacuum Tube Pins, Uncovering The Mystery
Help! You sent me a tube without any pins!!! It isn’t unusual for us to get calls or emails from customers in regards to mysterious missing vacuum tube pins. The pins appear to be cut…
Building a Fender Tweed 5E3 Kit from Trinity Amps
Building a Fender Tweed 5E3 Kit from Trinity Amps By John Templeton Introduction I was recently asked by a family member if I could assemble a Fender Tweed amp kit from Trinity Amplifiers. I love…
Vacuum Tube Matching, Bias and Breakup – How They Work Together
If you have an old-school tube amp without a master volume, then you know the only way to get breakup is by turning up the volume and moving some air. These old amp designs stretch…
How It’s Made – Omnidirectional Speakers
Venture to any audio show and you are bound to see an abundance of speaker technology and designs that look more like art than anything. However when it comes right down to it, sound is…
One Company Proving The Finest Things Are Timeless
In the audiophile world tone comes before beauty but occasionally we see equipment that achieves both. Oswalds Mill Audio makes $300,000 speakers that are easy on the ears and the eyes, just not on the…
You might just be an audiophile…
The title of Audiophile comes with great responsibility. While some may toss it around loosely to describe anyone with minimal knowledge of music and listening equipment, we like to reserve it for the true aficionado who…
