My interest in music goes way back to my teen years. The interest in audio gear really got started in the early 1960. That interest in audio gear lay somewhat dormant throughout the 60s dur more than anything else to a lack of descretionary funds. I pursued it fairly seriously through the late 70s and 80s. Starting around 2000, I dived right into the deep end and am still floundering there. I was heavily into headphones, amplifers, DACs, and streamers. That interest in headphones and headphone amplifier led me eventually into vacuum tube headphone amplifiers. I was and still am facinated and mystified by vacuum tubes and their history. How is it that these small glass bottles, many nearing 100 years old, still function and have sound characteristics that grab me right in the heart. They are beautiful, magical, and mysterious in ways that are hard to describe.
I’ve had and experienced vacuum tube headphone amplifiers, vintage vacuum tube amplifiers and receivers from the 50s, 60s, and 70s and have just fallen in love with Vacuum tubes and the magical sound they can produce.
Here is a photo of my latest Single Ended Triode amplifier built by a boutique amp builder out of California. It’s a James Burgess 45/46 SET amplifier putting out 1.25 – 1.75 watts per channel.
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