the perfect $500 gift for your favorite ipod lover

how great would it be to have a small tube amp to warm up the sound of all these sterile mp3 files? unfortunately its impossible to find something small. and modern? forget it. the connectors and plugs we use today weren't in existence when tubes were standard. apparently someone else felt the same way--check out the impamp. 1 watt of tube power (which measures differently than solid state), enough to drive some desktop speakers for a clean, alive sound signal. designed to work great with your ipod, and apparently it'll make your old vinyl records sound unbelievable.
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