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On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 08:16:30 +1000, Barry OGrady
wrote: On Mon, 02 Dec 2013 12:58:56 -0600, Tim Wescott wrote: It's winter, and the amplifier in my PC speakers just died. I think it'd be kinda cool to have a toob speaker amp, but I'm too lazy (and time-challenged) to build one up from scratch. Well, since nobody else is going to answer your question about hollow-state amplifier, I'll take a stab. Here's a good starting place http://diyaudioprojects.com/Tubes/tubes.htm And another http://www.dynakitparts.com/ Even Amazon is getting into the act. http://www.amazon.com/Stereo-Integra...m/B005XE3I3E/2 Additionally, there is a Yahoo mailing list called "funwithtubes". Very nice list. Lots of old timers with first hand experience. And the files section is full of plans and schematics. John John DeArmond http://www.neon-john.com http://www.fluxeon.com Tellico Plains, Occupied TN See website for email address |
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On 7/24/2014 3:01 AM, Tim Wescott wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 00:31:38 -0400, Michael Black wrote: On Wed, 23 Jul 2014, Tim Wescott wrote: On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 08:16:30 +1000, Barry OGrady wrote: On Mon, 02 Dec 2013 12:58:56 -0600, Tim Wescott Is toob a brand name? What sort of amps does toob make? Someone should start a retro amplifier company and call it "Toob". Really. Someone who loves vacuum tube amps, but doesn't suffer much from audiophoolery. Someone came out with a book a year or two ago, where he came up with some different name for "tube", almost as if a new hip name would make tubes trendy again. Vacuum-mode field effect transistor? I had a prof that referred to them as "GlassFETs". A home for wayward electrons... BTW, I am sitting with a hot laptop in my... well lap and the last thing I would think is "cool" is a valve power amp. I do like the fake toob idea with LEDs. Lol. -- Rick |
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On 7/24/2014 8:38 PM, Neon John wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 08:16:30 +1000, Barry OGrady wrote: On Mon, 02 Dec 2013 12:58:56 -0600, Tim Wescott wrote: It's winter, and the amplifier in my PC speakers just died. I think it'd be kinda cool to have a toob speaker amp, but I'm too lazy (and time-challenged) to build one up from scratch. Well, since nobody else is going to answer your question about hollow-state amplifier, I'll take a stab. Here's a good starting place http://diyaudioprojects.com/Tubes/tubes.htm And another http://www.dynakitparts.com/ Even Amazon is getting into the act. http://www.amazon.com/Stereo-Integra...m/B005XE3I3E/2 Additionally, there is a Yahoo mailing list called "funwithtubes". Very nice list. Lots of old timers with first hand experience. And the files section is full of plans and schematics. I wonder if you could connect Peltier modules to toobs and use that to power the solid state amp which actually did the work... ? -- Rick |
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On 7/24/2014 10:35 PM, rickman wrote:
On 7/24/2014 3:01 AM, Tim Wescott wrote: On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 00:31:38 -0400, Michael Black wrote: On Wed, 23 Jul 2014, Tim Wescott wrote: On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 08:16:30 +1000, Barry OGrady wrote: On Mon, 02 Dec 2013 12:58:56 -0600, Tim Wescott Is toob a brand name? What sort of amps does toob make? Someone should start a retro amplifier company and call it "Toob". Really. Someone who loves vacuum tube amps, but doesn't suffer much from audiophoolery. Someone came out with a book a year or two ago, where he came up with some different name for "tube", almost as if a new hip name would make tubes trendy again. Vacuum-mode field effect transistor? I had a prof that referred to them as "GlassFETs". A home for wayward electrons... BTW, I am sitting with a hot laptop in my... well lap and the last thing I would think is "cool" is a valve power amp. I do like the fake toob idea with LEDs. Lol. I remember the soft blue glow of the mercury vapor rectifiers (bright blue if you drew too much current ). I've though in the past about putting a HV a transformer in the base with a MV rectifier mounted on top (all enclosed in a grounded wire mesh for safety reasons). Turn it on and the glow would make a nice night light and cute antique conversation piece. Don't know where you can get the parts any more though. -- ================== Remove the "x" from my email address Jerry, AI0K ================== |
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