Culminating a year-long project, [Usagi Electric] aka [David] has just wrapped up his single-bit vacuum tube computer. It is based on the Motorola MC14500 1-bit industrial controller, but since [David ...

Todd Sharp is surrounded by a mountain of guitar amps. But he’s quick to say some of them are better than others. “That’s kind of my motto here: Life is too short to play shitty amps,” he said with a ...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has snarled the supply chain for many products. WAMC’s Southern Adirondack Bureau Chief Lucas Willard reports on how some local retailers are dealing with a shortage in ...

Raytheon is best known as a major defense contractor, but the company’s roots go far deeper, starting as a major manufacturer of vacuum tubes in the early days of radio. Today, the company is mostly ...

On this 60 th anniversary of the first issue of EDN, we look back to 1956 when the vacuum tube was at its maturity and transistors were about to begin their domination. The vacuum tube features of ...

Most of us have beheld the sonic glory of an Atari Punk Console, that lo-fi synth whose classic incarnation is a pair of 555 timers set up to warble and bleep in interesting ways. Very few of us, ...

McIntosh Labs has just released a new two-channel vacuum tube amplifier that’s sure to please audiophiles. The MC1502 is based on the award-winning limited edition MC2152 70th anniversary amp but has ...

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