Dynaco hasn’t made equipment in decades. Yet it’s still a name most audiophiles know off-hand. That’s because the American manufacturer left an indelible legacy on the world of hi-fi, thanks in large ...

Looking for a classic vintage power amplifier? The Dynaco ST 70 needs to be on your radar if you crave that classic EL34 tube sound. Not all vintage buys are wins. I hate to burst that bubble with ...

It’s not every day we see the results of someone putting their own spin on a vintage tube amp, but that’s exactly what [lens42] did in creating the McIntosh 217, created as a “mini” version of the ...

The Dynaco CDV-1 CD player is a glowing endorsement of a technology so old that it predates even the Volkswagen Beetle. Before the mighty transistor, vacuum tubes brought sound into the American home.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Before there was the transistor, there was the tube. Lots of them. Televisions, radios — if it was electronic, it had a tube in it. Then, in the 1950s and 60s, transistors ...

Most of the work that [Ron] has done in the past with vacuum tubes and solid state electronics has been repair. At 59 years old, he finally put together his own stereo tube amplifier and we have to ...

In the first part of this two-part blog post I talked about one of my first “up-close-and-personal” experiences with tube-based audio electronics – a home-built hybrid solid-state/tube electrostatic ...