I haven't covered much in the way of vacuum tube components this year, but when I heard the new ModWright PH 9.0 tube phono preamp I knew it deserved a more extended listen at home.

Next up is the Bellari VP130, another phono preamp optimized for moving-magnet and high-output moving-coil cartridges. An audiophile favorite for years, it uses vacuum tube circuitry for warm ...

A phono preamp takes the very low output from a standard turntable (and very, very, very low output if said turntable is equipped with an MC cartridge) and amplifies it to line level so your preamp ...

It may be a tube design, but it didn't sound overly sweet or romantic until I compared it with a solid-state phono preamplifier, the Lehmann Black Cube SE II ($1,149). The Vintage 6SL7's sound was ...

The phono section of the PL-P has been reincarnated several times over the years through the Nagra VPS vacuum tube phono preamp, the BPS, the Classic Phono (released in 2020), ... However, you don’t ...

Equipped with two Nixie tubes and after several months of extensive research and development the DIGNA has been released to add competition to the most expensive phono preamplifiers on the ...