Uber Cool Gakken Self Build Vacuum Tube iPod Amplifier Kit – An Audiophile’s Wet Dream

As regular readers have no doubt gathered, we found fault with just about everything we featured yesterday primarily not because we were in a bit of a mood (though it has been known) but because nothing especially excited us but, thankfully, this simply fabulous and beautifully geeky Gakken Self Build Vacuum Tube iPod Amplifier Kit has served to resurrect us from our stupor, sending us running around the room in a thinly veiled dance of excitement like either a headless chicken or a complete idiot (yes, okay, it’s the latter).

Vacuum Tubes. Oh, yes..yes..yes!

There is, however, one slight problem – and that is that the product page we’re sourcing is written entirely in Korean and, in being presented entirely in image format, will not play ball with any of the numerous translation applications we have come to rely on so, as far as technical specifications are concerned, we’re at somewhat of a loose end.

We could simply go down the digression route in order to pad out the post (and this sentence isn’t a digression?) but, on reflection, we though we’d just post an image of the specifications for you to decipher (and parts certainly can be) as well as a series of product images for you to drool over.

The Gakken Self Build Vacuum Tube iPod Amplifier Kit retails for around $150 / £74 / €97 which is, we think you’ll agree, a remarkable price – though you’ll have to factor in shipping costs should you wish to avail yourself one of course.

We so want one.