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Details of a homemade iPod Hi-Fi system: After pricing everything out, I decided to build a single mono channel to see how it sounded. $100 for the amp, $100 for the speaker parts, $100 for wood (real ...

EarthQuaker Devices and high-end guitar amp specialist Dr Z have put their heads together on a tube-driven preamp pedal that might be the missing ingredient in your electric guitar tone, the analogue ...

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