MacNN | RockridgeSound News http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us RockridgeSound, Latest News, Headlines, Stories; http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ RockridgeSound intros vacuum tube amplifier for iPods http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/23/vacuum.tube.amp.for.ipods/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0812/ipodvacuumampintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />RockridgeSound has introduced the ISR-VT02 iPod dock/music player/AM-FM tuner that relies on a vacuum tube amplifier as opposed to transistors to power its speakers which deliver a softer, richer sound. Based on the old VTS-384 which also had a vacuum amp, the ISR-VT02 is basically a scaled-down version of the older dock. A two-stage 12AX7 (ECC83) amplifier provides each of the two 3.15-inch speak... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/23/vacuum.tube.amp.for.ipods/ Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:35:00 GMT