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Stunning Elekit Tube Amplifier By Case-Real

One of the good tips that we've received for high-end stereo and home theater equipment is that things are a lot cheaper when you try out kits. Kits are basically systems that you have to assemble you...

Why You Can't Even Give Away Tube TVs Anymore

The Washington Post has a great write-up outlining the fall of the tube television set and the difficulties upgraders are now facing as they try and replace their old sets with new digital ones. Appar...

2B Vacuum Tube Radio Gets Limited, Receives Pricedrop

Tubes may have been a thing of the past, but it sure does stimulate our retro obsession and tickles our DIY habit as well. The Areaware 2B Radio received some play here at Unplggd a while back, but it...

Crazy Sale on Industrial-Chic Sonic Integrity Speaker Dock

Great tech don't come cheap. For something with great sound that is as awesomely cool-looking as this Sonic Integrity MP5-DS iPod docking station sound system, you can expect to shell out top dollar. ...

Lexon Tube Radio Puts a Twist On Tuning

Lexon's Tube Radio puts...pardon our propensity for puns...a twist on FM band tuning with a design by Hélène Carric. The antenna is hidden within the vertical case while the speaker is facing upward...

Steampunk Clocks: Using Rare Vacuum Tubes To Give That Great Vintage Feel

Vacuum tubes scream Steampunk and old diodes. If you think that the 1500-LED digital clock is too fancy for you, maybe you should go for something older and more vintage. Recently, a dot-matrix number...