Battle of the Cheap Line Stages – Part 1 of a DIY Showdown by Steve Graham We’ve all seen the ads on eBay for inexpensive PCB’s […]
Review: Elekit TU-8500 Tube Preamplifier Kit
From the Land of the Rising Sun, A Revelation in Preamplification Review by Noam Bronstein Let’s be up front about it: we’re fans of Elekit gear […]
Review: IMS Electronics Hybrid Valve Headphone Amplifier
A Work in Progress Review by Steve Graham My first thought on seeing a picture of the IMS HVHA on Thetubestore.com website was, ‘I wish […]
Review: Yaqin MS-12B Stereo Tube Preamplifier and Phono Stage
Review by Colin McKay The Yaqin MS-12B is one of the rare objects in the DIY community to have reached “cult” status. I have spent […]
Tube Powers of the North: Single-ended or Push-pull?
Review by Noam Bronstein Finale Audio SET vs. Copland PP: Battle of the Northern Powers The winter of 2016 saw an almost embarrassing assortment of great […]
My Audio Life – Part 1 of a new series
By Steve Graham It is a fact of life that enthusiast magazines and web sites live and die on equipment reviews. Audio is no different. […]
Review: Yaqin MC13S Stereo Integrated Amplifier
Review by Colin McKay In some ways, the Yaqin MC13S stereo integrated is a paradox. It is playing music in my system where, normally, a several […]
EL34-family Tube Comparison!
Review by Tim Smith Tubes supplied by www.thetubestore.com When Jon Esau of www.thetubestore.com offered a set of five EL34-type tubes for review (JJ KT77; JJ EL34 II; […]
Triode Roundup: Seven “Common Man” 300B Tubes Compared
Comparison Review by Noam Bronstein I seem to chronically underestimate a lot of things. Notably to WoS readers, when I say something will be posted […]
Imperial Ambition: Tsakiridis Devices’ Alexander Preamp and Artemis Power Amp
Review by Jon Eben Field Preamp: Tsakiridis Devices Alexander Amplifier: Tsakiridis Devices Artemis Source: Squeezebox Classic (version 3) DAC: Grant Fidelity TubeDac 11 Speakers: Tyler […]