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Exclusive hands-on with the Fatman iTube 452: Valve chubster

Crave Valve amps are something of a retro choice these days, but they do offer a different type of sound, in the same way that vinyl sounds very different to CD. It's a £1,500 valve amp, with no less than nine heat-pumping valves to drive audio.

28 July 2008, 12:37 > More matches in Crave

i-Steroid iPod valve amplifer: Drugged up, or quick and nimble?

Crave This is the basic principle behind valve amplification. The i-Steroid uses a single valve to tonally colour the music from your iPod. First off, the valve is part of the unit's sub-woofer component. Valves are highly sensitive to vibrations, so it...

Tags: equipment, electronic, elements, gap

14 September 2006, 12:59 > More matches in Crave

Fatman iTube 452 review

Reviews Comparing valve-based amps to transistor-based amp is like comparing vinyl to the compact disc -- both have their strengths, and a preference is subjective. TLA Audio's Fatman brand produces valve-based amps, backed up by years of experience...

Editor's rating   9

Tags: fatman, electronic, sound quality, headphone

18 August 2008, 16:30 > More matches in Reviews

Hands-on with the Philips MCD908 home cinema micro system

Crave Do you think valve amps have a place in today's home cinema systems? It claims to be an audiophile system, in part as a result of using a valve-based preamp, and while this is of course fairly gimmicky these days, its combination of neodymium...

Tags: philips, playback, fi, hi fi

1 February 2008, 9:53 > More matches in Crave

GameMapper

Downloads It was created to give any developer access to an affordable, royalty free alternative to software such as Epic's UnrealED, ID Software's Radiant and Valve Software's Hammer, which although excellent are unfortunately out of reach of most people...

22 October 2005, 19:31 > More matches in Downloads

Philips MCD908 review

Reviews On the other, it's a stylish upscaling DVD player with a hi-fi valve preamp, aimed at the audiophile. Of course, one of the most promoted features on offer is the valve preamp which, combined with the class 'D' amplifier, raises the question of...

Editor's rating   7.1

Tags: philips, listening, discs, hdmi

6 February 2008, 11:09 > More matches in Reviews

Photos: Hands-on with the Philips MCM906 hi-fi

Crave Not only was it an attractive hi-fi for under £300, but one that had an integrated valve-based pre-amp, solid wooden speaker enclosures, DVD playback, 1080i upscaling and decent performance to boot. Once again this incorporates valve-based pre...

Tags: philips, speaker, fi, model

28 August 2008, 12:06 > More matches in Crave

Nixie-X Clock

Downloads Nixie-X Clock is a flash version of the 50's valve clock. It includes the date and time, and it dosn't get hot. Designed to be easily installed, and can be used while creating your website. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

2 June 2007, 1:01 > More matches in Downloads

Nixie Clock

Downloads Nixie Clock is a flash version of the 50's valve clock, it has that retro sci-fi look. With glowing numerals and all those tubes and wires but it doesn't get hot.

10 November 2006, 22:46 > More matches in Downloads

Nixie-Analogue Clock

Downloads Nixie-Analogue Clock is a flash version of the 50's valve clock, Linear tubes arranged in a radial pattern to display the time,it doesn't get hot, designed for your Web site, designed to be easily installed.

5 January 2007, 3:31 > More matches in Downloads

Pixie Clock

Downloads Pixie Clock is a flash version of the 50's valve clock. Pixie valves use glowing numerals to display the time. Designed to be put on your Web site. There are three groups of two displays for hours, minuets and seconds.

21 June 2007, 2:31 > More matches in Downloads

Fatman iTube 452: It's a series of tubes!

Crave The iTube 452 is in fact Fatman's uber-stylish new valve amplifier and it comes with the ValveDock for seamless integration with iPods. Valve amps claim to offer a warmer, more natural musical sound than that from today's common transistor-based...

Tags: fatman, whopping, valve, integration

18 April 2008, 12:15 > More matches in Crave

Sonic Gear i-Steroid review

Reviews The i-Steroid's valve is very much of the "Hey! First off, the valve is part of the unit's sub-woofer component. Valves are highly sensitive to vibrations, so it seems odd to put the valve stage in the most vibration-prone part of the unit.

Editor's rating   5.7

Tags: sonic gear, sub, speakers, equipment

11 October 2006, 18:05 > More matches in Reviews

Half-Life 2 E3 2004 official trailer

Downloads Catch a sneak peek at City 17 and its inhabitants in this official E3 2004 trailer from Valve Software. The QuickTime movie is 640x480 and runs 1:19 long.

15 May 2004, 6:20 > More matches in Downloads

Half-Life 2 official movie

Downloads This trailer shows some of the DirectX 9-specific effects that are possible in Valve's Source engine, notably soft shadows, high-dynamic range rendering, and characters rendered with both reflective and diffuse bumpmapping.

11 May 2004, 8:29 > More matches in Downloads