Meet Some of Our Associates:
Bent Audio (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)_Very high quality transformer based passive preamplifiers, specialty gear, custom remote controls, and more....
Bottlehead (Poulsbo, Washington) "One of the most important things about a Bottlehead kit is that when you build it you become a member of a community with a support structure..."
deHavilland Electric Amplifier Co.
(Cloverdale, California)_Manufacturer of highly rated vacuum tube amplifiers and preamplifiers.
Glassware   (Sacramemto, California)
Learn how to design audio equipment with vacuum tubes - including software to assist you. Visit regularly to see monthly articles and on-line magazine.
One-Electron   (Yerington, Nevada)
Digital, analog, and audio circuit design, including PC board layout. Single-ended output transformers, and kit parts for the Randall power amplifier.
Red Wine Audio   (Meriden, Connecticut)
Battery-powered purist hi-fi. "Once you hear the difference an “off-the-grid” audio system makes, you won't go back."
Tube-CAD Journal   (Sacramemto, California)
Over 50 FREE articles on amplifiers, tube-based preamps, crossovers, regulators, headphone amplifiers, the Aikido amplifier, and more - all explained in careful detail.
Vacuum Tube Valley   (Lakeport, California)
A parts source for vacuum tube audio enthusiasts. Tubes, capacitors, wire, other parts, and vintage audio gear for sale. This is the home of Vacuum Tube Valley Magazine.
The Best FREEWARE:
The following computer programs are all FREE downloads and comprise the Best free software 
we have found. If you know of one we should add, please email us some information about it.
AntiVir - Excellent German made Anti virus program (in English)
Audacity - Audio Recorder and Editor. [SourceForge]
CDBurnerXP Pro is a free CD/DVD burning solution.
With this software you can burn CD-R, CD-RW DVD+R/RW DVD-R/RW discs.
EssentialPIM is a powerfully simple Personal Information Manager. Automatically import your existing data. Real information management that doesn't slow you down! "Free Forever" Just get it! 
FileSync is a file/folder synchronisation utility - great for keeping files up to date between your notebook and desktop or workstation and server - and for backups to external hard drives..
FileZilla - A fast FTP and SFTP client for Windows with a lot of features. FileZilla Server is a reliable FTP server.  [SourceForge]
Media Player Classic - A great all-in-one player. It plays ALL of your audio/video file types, provides video capture, and is a DVD player too. It provides access to many settings, for people who are "really into it". This is NOT a Microsoft product (but is perhaps what they should have offered years ago). Note: When you go to download this, click on "guliverkli", then scroll down to Media Player Classic.   [SourceForge]
Money Manager Ex  - A no frills, easy to use, money management application. It can be used to track your net worth, expenses etc.  [SourceForge]
Net Transport - Great for downloading HUGE files. Supports Internet protocols including:
HTTP / HTTPS  -  FTP / through SSL/ SFTP -  MMS  -  RTSP  -  PNM 
OpenOffice - Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Presentations, Drawing program,
PDF Creator - Write PDF files - and append (combine) pages. [SourceForge]
PhotoFiltre "is a complete image retouching program. It allows you to do simple or advanced adjustments to an image and apply a vast range of filters on it. It is simple and intuitive to use, and has an easy learning curve. The toolbar, giving you access to the standard filters with just a few clicks, gives PhotoFiltre a robust look."
Picasa - Picture Viewer and Organizer
ReadPlease - Text-to-Speech application
VirtualDub - Video Capturing and Processing
Zip Central - Compress to .ZIP and uncompress from .ZIP - (for people who don't have Win XP).