Have you really “heard” 2-channel audio? Are you sure? Vacuum tube amplification is “old”, but sadly unfamiliar to most listeners these days. You need to hear it!

Armadale Designs amps fit into a niche in the vacuum tube amp space, between the super hi-end (and hi $) offerings, and the cheap imported amps with dubious heritage and performance. My amps are simple, high quality designs with high quality components, great performance, and hand-assembled quality - by me!

I’m a niche audio enthusiast. A bit old school perhaps. My priority is soundstage and imaging - above all. (Nightclub sound levels are not that important to me.) But I’m also a pragmatist and embrace some of the real life limitations and abilities most of us have today. I believe my vacuum tube amp designs are simple, ready-to-use and deliver a fantastic listening experience. Match up an AD amp with an efficient set of speakers (at least 90db, preferably 95db+) and quality source, and you can rock the house with amazing detail.

I personally hand-build all of my amps, with point-to-point wiring and high-end components. I favor Mundorf caps and carbon film resistors in the signal path.

I live, work and build my amps in the Old North State - North Carolina - land of the Long Leaf Pine.

I invite you to Feel the Soundstage.

Don Minnick - Armadale Designs LLC

“Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises!  Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody!  With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!”

Psalm 98:4-6 (ESV)