Milbert Amplifiers
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Milbert Amplifiers is a company which, in collaboration with The David Berning Company, reintroduced, in 1986, vacuum tube audio amplifiers to the automobile, utilizing vacuum tubes for audio amplification and transistors in high voltage switching power supplies (SMPS). Its initial product offering, the BaM-230, a version of which is still produced in 2009 (BaM-235ab), is based on David Berning's EA-230 high-end home audio amplifier, but designed and built for 12-volt automotive and mobile use.
In early 2009, Milbert Amplifiers became an official mirror of Frank Philipse's massive (7GB+ as of September, 2009) Tube Data Archive.
Milbert introduced a functional engineering prototype of the GAGA-50, a 5-pound, fifty-watt guitar and instrument amplifier at the summer NAMM show in Nashville, TN, held in July, 2009. This uncommonly light amplifier utilizes patented ZOTL Technology exclusively licensed from The David Berning Company. It is also the first amplifier to include P3 Technology (phantom power for guitar effect pedals) as a standard feature. Production models are expected in 2010. Details, video interviews and subsequent press coverage links are available here.
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[edit] Technical Information
- Tubes vs Transistors: Is There An Audible Difference -- HTML with updated tables and graphics -OR- PDF scanned original.
- AutoStylin Magazine TechCorner article including information on speaker power and efficiency.
- A schematic comparison of "tube" car amp designs.
[edit] Product Reviews and Independent Press Coverage
- The Absolute Sound magazine
- AutoStylin Magazine
- Car Audio and Electronics Magazine
- Car Stereo Review Magazine
- International Audio Review
- The Robb Report
- Soundslike Magazine
- Tone Audio
[edit] External links
- Milbert Amplifiers website
- The David Berning Company website
- P3 Phantom Power Pedal System
- p3dals brand of guitar effects pedals
- Tube Data Archive - official mirror of Frank Philipse's massive (7GB+) collection of tube data sheets, photos and related information
