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Zesto Audio Announces Andros Spirit Tube Phonostage All Image Credit: Zesto Audio Zesto Audio is based out of Thousand Oaks, CA, and are well respected for their line of audiophile phono amplifiers. The company founder, President and Chief Design Engineer George Counnas launched the original PS1 Phonostage in 2010. According […]

Zesto Audio Announces Andros Spirit Tube Phonostage

February 6, 2024 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Andros Spirit / Phono Pre-Amplifier / Tubes / Valves / Zesto Audio by fromvinyltoplastic

Copland CTA407 Integrated Tube Amplifier – First Look All Image Credit: Copland This latest all tube, stereo integrated amplifier from Danish manufacturer Copland, was originally displayed at the exhibition in Munich back in May 2022 and is now available, replacing the CTA408. Unlike many other Copland amplifiers this new model […]

Copland CTA407 Integrated Tube Amplifier – First Look

April 7, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Copland / CTA407 / KT88 / Stereo Integrated Amplifier / Tubes / Ultra-Linear Class AB / Valves by fromvinyltoplastic

Analog Amplifiers. Are You Sure? — Valves Or Tubes To You – An Introduction Just like vinyl, valve or tube amplifiers rapidly went out of fashion as solid state semiconductors, CD’s and streaming became the new, lower cost norm. In reality all that happened was that vinyl and tube amplifiers took a back seat for a […]

Valves Or Tubes To You – An Introduction

May 23, 2022 in Audio / General Posts / Technical Posts tagged Beam Tetrode / Diode / Pentode / Tetrode / Triode / Tubes / Valves by fromvinyltoplastic