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 ...

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 ...