Update: DIY All-Tube Phono Preamp Project / Part 1 By Steve Graham Thunderbirds are GO! Hopefully International Rescue won’t need to be called. (link) I was […]
My Audio Life: Part 9, Headphone Amp Obsession
By Steve Graham Tubular Obsession Confession Time Have you ever had an audio obsession? Never happened to me, not much! I became preoccupied with […]
DIY Tube Phono Stage Build, Needing a Sponsor
Attention: Tube-Loving, Vinyl-Spinning, but DIY-averse Wall of Sounders! A Proposed Phono Preamp project, by Steve Graham Our first foray into DIY tubing was a success, […]
Upcoming Review Update: Finale Maestro-Six Full-Function Preamplifier
Upcoming Review Update: Finale Maestro-Six Full Function Preamplifier By Steve Graham This will be a departure from the norm for me. The Finale […]
Output Tube Biasing, An Introduction – Part 2
By Steve Graham One thing to clarify from Part 1: when we speak of power dissipation, this is not the power output available to […]
Elekit TU-8600, Part 2: Building the Kit, and the Lundahl upgrade
In Part 1 of this series, I covered (mainly) the Elekit TU-8600’s performance. That amp came to me fully assembled, as a “Rev.2 prototype”. And […]
Output Tube Biasing, An Introduction
(Part 1) By Steve Graham Big tube amps like the one pictured above can be a bit intimidating, even to yours truly. First a disclaimer: […]
The New Elekit 300B SET Arrives At WoS
Two big boxes landed here on the 24th! All week, Elekit’s brand-new TU8600 has been playing (about 25 hours now) and it is sounding good […]
A Mini Review of Three 12AT7 Tubes
A Quick-shot, 3 Tube, 12AT7 Shootout by Steve Graham The 12AT7 is not the most commonly used preamp tube in audio. That […]
Review: Fluxion AV-7 Single-Ended 6C33C Amplifier
Fluxion E&M is the work of Mr. Young Ahn, a Korean-born electrical engineer, who lives and works nearby me, in the rural farmlands outside Brantford, […]