VTV is a high-quality periodical devoted to the colorful past, present and future of vacuum tube audio electronics. Charlie Kittleson is the Editor and Publisher of Vacuum Tube Valley. Charlie has been enjoying tube audio since 1964. He is the author of the famous Vintage Hi-Fi Spotter's Guides and producer of Vintage Hi-Fi-The Golden Era                  (a documentary video).

Charlie is also an avid collector and has one of the most incredible collections of vintage tube hi-fi equipment and audio vacuum tubes in the world. He also maintains an comprehensive library of tube data and historical information on electronics and audio.

Charlie Kittleson, Eric Barbour, John Atwood, Steve Parr and Dave Wolze came up with the idea of publishing a high quality journal covering vacuum tube audio, do-it-yourself projects, vintage audio and tube history in the Summer of 1994. Since they were all located in or around Sunnyvale, CA, the heart of Silicon Valley, they came up with the name Vacuum Tube Valley as the title of the magazine.  The first VTV office and lab was located on Duane Avenue right across the street from AMD corporate headquarters with Intel and Applied Materials just down the street. The first issue was VTV #1 and was mailed in April 1995. Since then, the offices of Vacuum Tube Valley have been located in San Carlos, CA (near Eimac) and now in Lakeport, CA, about 120 miles north of San Francisco.

VTV features well-researched and detailed articles on modern and vintage vacuum tubes, transformers, capacitors and components, audio and Hi-Fi lore, early vacuum tube technology, pro-audio and theater equipment history, musical instrument amplification technology and classic loudspeakers. Editorial content, photographs, diagrams and printing quality are the best in class. VTV is a superb reference publication for people who love tube audio.

We recently won the coveted Printer's Guild of San Francisco Award for Excellence in Printing! We have been featured as cover stories in the San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News and other national news outlets. We have also been featured in Wired, Business Week Magazine and Fox News. We were recently interviewed by Invention and Technology, Vanity Fair and American Heritage Magazine.

Ken Kessler of Hi-Fi News and Record Review said that: "Vacuum Tube Valley is the best tube-only publication in the world!"

In the fall of 2008, we will re introduce VTV Magazine. Issue 21 should come out in early Fall. All subscription commitments will be fulfilled.

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VTV Editorial Staff

Charles Kittleson, BSET,  Editor-in-Chief and Publisher
Lynn Olsen, BS, Technical Editor (Former Editor for V & T News)

John Atwood, MSEE, Contributing Editor, Former VTV Tech Editor
Steve Parr, BS, Art Director

Contributing Editors

Phil Taylor, British Valve Historian and Collector                               

Brother Patrick Dowd, RCA Historian                                           

Kevin Kennedy, Tube Audio Designer                                          

Jack Elliano, Audio Designer, Electra-Print                                 

David Bardes, Product Reviewer and Loudspeaker Specialist             

Tom Tutay, Altec Amp Specialist
Michael Zuccaro, Marantz Enthusiast and Service Technician            

Al Pugliese, The Fisher Doctor
Terry Buddingh, Guitar Player Magazine                                         

Scott Dorsey, Pro-Audio and Recording Specialist                           

Evan Aurand, Guitar Amp Specialist and Tube School Instructor
Dave Wolze,  High Power Tube Amp Guru                                        

Norman Braithwaite, Electronics Historian                                        

Ron Veil, Guitar Amp Technician
Paul Bourbon, Audio Historian
Alan Douglas, Tube and Electronics Historian