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Donner MAMP2 Review: A Feature-Packed Budget Amplifier for Modern Homes

There are plenty of entry level amps in the $150 and around price range. Despite having so many options there are only a few that provide the latest functionality suited for homes...

Mini amp disguised as a Bluetooth speaker packs infinite tones

"The simple layout, compact size, and beautiful tone have made me excited to pick up my acoustic guitar again and again"...

A compact, premium acoustic amp delivering stunning tone with simple, singer-songwriter-friendly controls

200,000 models, AI stem separation, impossibly big sound: Blackstar just dropped a mini amp that could change the market...

The BEAM Mini could offer big competition to the Spark Go, with “component-level” models, cutting-edge AI practice tools and support for NAM open source captures

“It can get loud enough to annoy my partner, which is good enough for home use”: Laney Prism-Mini review

This mini practice amp doesn't tether you to your smartphone, but there are some growing pains

“The sound and fury of a classic Marshall amp, but in a format that’s incredibly easy to get the best from”: Synergy SYN...

Synergy’s range of modular marvels has been dialled up to 11…

“Of all the mini practice amps I’ve tried, this is easily my favorite”: Blackstar Beam Mini review

The world of mini practice amps just got serious, with Blackstar's new Beam Mini boasting impressive tones in compact form with some surprising twists

Teenage Engineering might be getting into instrument amps next

An unannounced Teenage Engineering device, the KO-Amp 35, can be found over at the FCC in a new filing. The label clearly marks it as a member of the mid-range EP family instrument...

“A small yet mighty gig bag hero”: Mesa/Boogie launches powerhouse preamp/DI with all the tone-shaping capabilities of i...

A blockbuster sequel to the original, the Subway+ Bass DI‑Preamp II offers bassists everything they need in one compact housing that's 40 per cent smaller than its predecessor

“With a roomful of classic Fender amps, perhaps surprisingly, it was this Blackstar that was the most-used”: Blackstar T...

Can this pair of new compact heads from Blackstar – theUS-styled TV-10 AH and its British-counterpart, theTV-10 BH – deliver those classic tones?

“On tour, the soundman is always on me to turn down. So I wanted to make sure the amp stays full and articulate, even at...

Doug Aldrich reveals how decades of vintage amps, real-world touring and close collaboration with Blackstar helped shape his DA100 Ruby signature head

“What happens when you do more with dramatically more?” Quilter Labs unveils The Vamp, a four-wheeled, 200,000-watt guit...

Just add fuel…and maybe use earplugs?

Audio Hertz releases Ten Piece Bedroom Amp (VST3/AU/AAX)

Audio Hertz has released Ten Piece, a new guitar amp plugin for macOS and Windows in VST3, AU, and AAX formats. Inspired by a cult-classic small-format practice amp known for its d...

“This amp exists for one reason – to put my real tone in a box… No watered-down version, no extra junk”: Zakk Wylde’s si...

Designed with David Karon and his team, the Wylde Audio Berzerker is a mini head with a big voice – and there's a limited edition hand-signed purple one for collectors

Synido Live Dock A20 review: a pocket-sized audio interface for mobile musicians

Synido Live Dock A20 review: a pocket-sized audio interface for mobile musicians

The LM386: How National Semiconductor Put a Speaker Amplifier in Eight Pins

Developed in the mid-1970s, National Semi’s LM386 collapsed a complete audio output stage into a single DIP-8 package running off a 9-V battery—and it became the first amplifier mo...

ARCAM New AV Receivers & Processors w Dirac ART!

ARCAM has announced new AV electronics for the first time in 4 years. The Radia AVA15 ($4,500), AVA25 ($5,500), and AVA35 ($7K) receivers, alongside the AVP45 processor ($6K), are...

“I think this might just be the missing analog link to complete your amp modeling rig”: Victory PowerValve 200 review

Victory's new power amp aims to marry our digitally modeled preamps to a real cabinet, whilst providing tube warmth and feel - is it the best of both worlds?

VoicAs Audio DESKROVER: A Multiband Distortion Station

The VoicAs Audio DESKROVER is an analogue multiband overdrive processor in a neat desktop/pedal format with digital recall for added precision. The post VoicAs Audio DESKROVER: A M...

Edifier Hecate G1000 II Desktop Computer Speakers Review

The Edifier Hecate G1000 II Desktop Computer Speakers are an affordable pair of speakers that are portable and fucntional not only with your laptop or PC but with phones tablets an...

"Just the thing to fight back against the rise of amp modeling": Two Notes Torpedo Captor X Plus review

Two Notes' uber-popular tube amp companion just got even more powerful thanks to a swathe of additional features

“I like to keep things simple, as the saying goes: It’s only rock ’n’ roll”: Never mind the modelers, here’s a Sex Pisto...

The striking yellow-and-pink JCM800 design pays homage to half a century of punk, but only 81 are being made

New Music Gear Monday: Two Notes Torpedo Captor X+ Load Box

Software and hardware amplifier simulators are so good these days that you might think that amplifiers are a thing of the past. If you have a favorite amp with a favorite sound, yo...

“This is the one processor that brings me significantly closer to joining the virtual amp modeling dark side”: Nux MG-50...

It’s glaringly apparent that the new comparitvely affordable multi-effects and amp modeler pedal is a significant leap forward for Nux