John Dunn recalls a close call with at at-home vacuum tube experiment and shudders at the thought of using another particular ...

Talking about vacuum tubes in 2025 might seem like talking about the role of buggy whips in today’s transportation world; but that’s not the case. There’s no denying that these devices—called vacuum ...

Todd Sharp is surrounded by a mountain of guitar amps. But he’s quick to say some of them are better than others. “That’s kind of my motto here: Life is too short to play shitty amps,” he said with a ...

The tubes you’ll find in guitar amps and high-end stereos were first designed in the 30s and 40s, and when you get to really, really advanced tube technology you’d be looking at extremely small tubes ...