MechEngVic Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 16 hours ago, henry4841 said: Let's keep this thread running. I am sure there are lurkers that have tube amplifiers who have never posted. Now is the time to just post a picture and join in. I just like the looks of tube equipment glowing in the dark when listening to music. Romantic as well for you younger members. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechEngVic Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Gregory Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Cary SLP-05 Preamplifier Cary 805C Monoblock amplifiers NOS RCA 5691 red base gray plate 2020 Western Electric 300B Psvane 845 ACME 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1UC Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry4841 Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 Really nice and cool looking. Eye candy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1UC Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Really nice and cool looking. Eye candy. I’m picking up matching pre tonight very nice combo Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelwjones Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 How about a "smaller" tube amp ;-) Mike 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffLebowski Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 That is soooooooo cool looking Michael. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Fisher 400c stereo preamp and a pair of fisher 200a monos. The extra shelf space is for a fisher 55a that is being serviced. The 200s drive 1979 Khorns and the 55a will be for the center heresy III. And yeah, busted. I’m listening to the parasound right now. I’ve hardly noticed the quarantine. Why leave the house? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry4841 Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 Fisher, enough said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikon f Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 (edited) Ampex 6973 monoblocks. Several years ago a friend was tasked with clearing out his late uncle's home. Kindly he asked me what I wanted, so I replied that cash, gold, firearms or vacuum tube amps would be nice. After I replaced all the caps and out of spec resistors I found that these amps sound fantastic! Edited September 25, 2020 by nikon f 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 6 minutes ago, nikon f said: Ampex 6973 monoblocks. Several years ago a friend was tasked with clearing out his late uncle's home. Kindly he asked me what I wanted, so I replied that cash, gold, firearms or vacuum tube amps would be nice. After I replaced all the caps and out of spec resistors I found that these amps sound fantastic! Really nice! While working at a TV station in the late '60s, one of the engineers offered me a pair of amps our of a couple of tape machines. The were servo amps, fed by a 60Hz oscillator, to control the speed of the transport. He said they cold be converted fairly easily to be audio amps, as the transformers would have the bandwith. I didn't take him up on the offer... They were a little larger and I am sure heavier than your 6973 amps. Bruce 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 On 9/24/2020 at 4:46 AM, henry4841 said: Fisher, enough said. 50 pounds of dual rectified transformer coupled mono triode goodness. I went on a fisher binge 20 years ago. The signature of my sound remains the khorns and they sound their best coupled to these old amps. This the el34 version. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Factory built st70. Another el34 amp that is a reliable like an old friend. Does not have the crystal clarity of the fishers nor all of the thump but for most recordings it is just fine. I believe it is the best selling amp of all time. I bet everyone here has heard, if not owned one. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 4 hours ago, nikon f said: Ampex 6973 monoblocks. Several years ago a friend was tasked with clearing out his late uncle's home. Kindly he asked me what I wanted, so I replied that cash, gold, firearms or vacuum tube amps would be nice. After I replaced all the caps and out of spec resistors I found that these amps sound fantastic! I have a pair of these on my bench right now except mine are the 6v6 version.. I've just oredered can caps to replace the ones on top as there is no room underneath. I still have the console these came in and I am restoring for my wife as her stereo. It has JBL LE8 speakers. Now an old engineer told me these amps were built to make the speakers flat... If that is true I wonder what the bandwidth is and how we reverse the eq to use these elsewhere. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richieb Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 3 hours ago, seti said: I have a pair of these on my bench right now except mine are the 6v6 version.. I've just oredered can caps to replace the ones on top as there is no room underneath. I still have the console these came in and I am restoring for my wife as her stereo. It has JBL LE8 speakers. Now an old engineer told me these amps were built to make the speakers flat... If that is true I wonder what the bandwidth is and how we reverse the eq to use these elsewhere. JBL LE 8 - full range 8 inches with an aluminum center dome? I cut my teeth with those - possibly the Lancer 44? A single 8 in each box 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 34 minutes ago, richieb said: JBL LE 8 - full range 8 inches with an aluminum center dome? I cut my teeth with those - possibly the Lancer 44? A single 8 in each box It has the early version made for Ampex with two green felts on the cone. Good stuff but likely tops out at 10-12k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Ian, you have all the cool stuff! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 20 minutes ago, Marvel said: Ian, you have all the cool stuff! I wish... I call myself a selective hoarder lol.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tube fanatic Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 The “Little Surprise” mono parallel SEP spud amp. Maynard 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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