All items tagged with tube preamplifier (35)

Audient Introduces Sono Amp Modeling Recording Interface with Tube Preamp Stage

January 11, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Audient Introduces Sono Amp Modeling Recording Interface with Tube Preamp Stage

Audient has teamed up with leading cab simulation pioneers, twonotes audio engineering to present Sono, an audio interface with a tube guitar preamp stage for guitarists and musicians, featuring powerful modeling capabilities. The combination provides countless tonal options for guitarists, whether they're recording, practicing or playing live. The integrated DSP runs the modeling without latency, with external software only used to configure the multiple simulations.

Popular Preamp Tubes

April 11, 2018 by Richard Honeycutt

Popular Preamp Tubes

Where do tubes come from? In this article Richard Honeycutt revisits the history of tube electronics, from its early invention to the widespread adoption in radios and television receivers. And because familiarity simplifies tube selection, the article explains where some of the most common tube types can be applied in todays designs on power amplifiers and pre-amplifiers and tube stages. This article was originally published in audioXpress, April 2013 as part of the Hollow-State Electronics monthly column by Richard Honeycutt.

Digital Audio Labs Expands Brands and Solutions with Acquisition of LaChapell Audio

July 11, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Digital Audio Labs Expands Brands and Solutions with Acquisition of LaChapell Audio

Digital Audio Labs, based in Chanhassen, Minnesota, confirmed the acquisition of LaChapell Audio, a manufacturer of tube microphone preamps and 500 series studio outboard equipment. Digital Audio Labs currently manufactures solutions for musicians and the installation market with its Livemix and PowerShape brands, and develops OEM audio solutions for a number of partners. With the acquisition of LaChapell Audio, the company returns to its origins in the studio market.

New Nagra HD Preamp Previewed at High End Munich 2017

May 23, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

New Nagra HD Preamp Previewed at High End Munich 2017

During the 2017 High End show in Munich, Audio Technology Switzerland announced it is developing its most ambitious Nagra Audio preamplifier ever. The Swiss company says the new preamplifier, built around the existing HD DAC and HD AMP will complement the existing Nagra HD range, and will be called simply the HD Preamp. The concept will be available for demonstration this summer and is scheduled for release in the fall 2017.

Zanden Audio Launches New Reference 3000mk2 Preamplifier

January 9, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Zanden Audio Launches New Reference 3000mk2 Preamplifier

Pure high-end vacuum tube audio is still going strong, as proven by Japanese company Zanden Audio, established in 1980, in Osaka, Japan, by amplifier design expert Kazutoshi Yamada. Zanden continues to surprise with beautiful products and, at CES 2017, the company introduced its new 3000mk2 preamplifier, part of its Classic series, replacing the input and output transformers of the original unit, and featuring a completely redesigned tube rectified power supply, among several other improvements.

McIntosh Announces New Blu-Ray Player, Turntable Preamplifier and High-Res Digital Preamp

June 30, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

McIntosh Announces New Blu-Ray Player, Turntable Preamplifier and High-Res Digital Preamp

McIntosh has announced details of three new products from its 2016 global distributor conference. The trio includes a new Blu-Ray player ($5,500), turntable amplifier ($2,000) and digital preamplifier ($7,000). The new C2600 Vacuum Tube Preamplifier, the MP100 Phono Preamplifier and the MVP901 Audio Video Player, all combine the best-in-class audio performance of the legendary McIntosh Reference System with the latest in technological development. Availability (in the US) is expected in August 2016.

Nagra Introduces Integrated Classic Amp and Expanded Classic Range

May 18, 2016 by Joao Martins

Nagra Introduces Integrated Classic Amp and Expanded Classic Range

Following its first presentation at the CES 2016 in Las Vegas, at the High End 2016 show In Munich Nagra Audio Technology Switzerland introduced the new Classic INT, a new integrated version of Nagra’s Classic Amp, now in production. The Munich presentations also included the Nagra HD Amp Statement power amplifier, and a preview of an expanded Classic line of components, including a Classic Tube Preamp and the new Nagra Classic DAC USB converter with DSD 2X and DXD support.

The ImPasse Preamplifier

February 6, 2016 by Stuart Yaniger

The ImPasse Preamplifier

Stuart Yaniger wrote a great article for audioXpress in February 2009, The ImPasse Preamplifier, describing a tube preamp to drive a pair of Nelson Pass’ First Watt F4’s (or other low-to-unity-gain power amplifiers) in balanced mono. Yaniger’s preamp is truly an elegant design with very, very low distortion, using a 6SN7 to drive a 6922 in balanced mode. There are LED’s, NE2H neon lamps and depletion MOSFETs in the design.

McIntosh Introduces C1100 Controller With Tube Preamplifier And Two New Preamps With DSD and DXD Support

September 30, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

McIntosh Introduces C1100 Controller With Tube Preamplifier And Two New Preamps With DSD and DXD Support

McIntosh Laboratory, has announced three new preamplifiers – the C1100, C52 and C47 – all made at the company's factory in Binghamton NY, following the brand’s signature design. The C1100 features a separate controller and tube preamplifier, and the C52 and C47, offer phono preamps and built-in DACs, featuring PCM, DSD256, and DXD up to 384kHz.

Alo Audio Continental Dual Mono Hybrid Headphone Amp with USB DAC

June 8, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Alo Audio Continental Dual Mono Hybrid Headphone Amp with USB DAC

Promised to start shipping in June, Alo Audio’s new Continental dual mono headphone amp with USB DAC was already the talk of the show at the Headphonium section of The Show Newport. Alo Audio will not be alone with the idea of designing an hybrid tube/solid-state “transportable” headphone amp and USB DAC but it certainly did it with an interesting design.

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