$US229 Vacuum Tube Amplifier Wows Audiophiles

If you think all high-end products are stupid expensive or mammoth monstrosities, the MiniWatt vacuum tube integrated amplifier should change your mind.


July 14, 2009
Geek Out

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This round goes to you, Zak McFlimby. [b3ta via Boing Boing Gadgets]


May 19, 2009

Almost Identical Fender Amp Replica Constructed Out of Old, Unmodified Lego Pieces

Using an old bin of Lego bricks that hadn’t been touched in 15 years, Dave Chatterson constructed this Lego amplifier—a replica of a Fender Princeton Reverb amp—in under a week.


March 26, 2009
Gadgets

How Vaccuum Tubes Are Made and Used, Explained in 1942

Just imagine, if everything that used transistors today was actually powered by beautiful vacuum tubes of old. Control yourselves, steampunkers, this 1942 RCA doc “Electrons on Parade” may blow your vintage thought fuses.


February 13, 2009
Gadgets

Closed Store Grate Turned Into Gigantic Amp

Great idea, or greatest idea? [Flickr via Neatorama]


February 5, 2009

The Pistol Instrument Cable Knows How to Rock, Kill

If you need to plug in your guitar to an amp, then chances are that you aren’t some hippie activist—so you’ll be able to appreciate this Pistol Instrument Cable.