justin_tx_16 Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 How cool is that?! It is from Panasonic, who'da thought? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radiohead Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 McIntosh was making tube amps for cars years ago but I'm not sure if they still do. Interesting nonetheless that Panasonic comes forth with a tube product. They are one of the last names I would associate with tubes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 I wonder if it makes mp3 anymore listenable? :-) I'd really love to have one of the old DynaQuads made for cars. I've never seen one since. I DO have a rather rare Allstate 45 RPM under dash mount turntable up in th attic. It would make an awesome addition to a restored GTO convertible or something. Had in in a car in the mid-sixties. Sounded MUCH better than the 8 tracks, though 4 track was pretty good. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpg Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 I would never have thought of something like that coming from Panasonic... Here is one by a DIYer. Any info on the Panasonic? What tube? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 Now, if we could just figure out how to stuff some K-horns in the trunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 Dave, A friend of mine in high school ('60s), was into cars. He had a 45 rpm player in his car. I thought it was pretty neat. As I recall, the tone arm was underneath the vinyl (the record rested on the tone arm), and it tracked the grooves well considering. Marvel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 They all used to be tube. Maybe in the real early days there were some crystal sets (technically, solid state!). Gil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 The Panasonic is probably just using 12ax7 for the preamp section, similar to the tube preamps available for guitars. I cannot find it on their web site at all. Marvel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 Marvel: Exactly how it worked. And it did. Took a pretty bumpy road to cause a skip. OTOH, the pressure wore the records pretty hard. Nobody cared. They were expendible compared to the girls they drew on a Saturday night at the drive in. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmyforte Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 Butler Audio (owned by OZ Audio I think) has the market on Tube car amps. atleast they did a couple years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAKO Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 My 1951 NASH had a tube radio. The front seats would fold back into a bed. Blankets & sheets were optional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 Memories are cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpg Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 Surely they would not use a 12AX7... oh man, no. The 12AX7/12AU7/12AT7 are not too happy on supplies lower than 100V, from what I understand. The 6DJ8 family is capable of running that low (well, to about 37V to keep linearity). Unless they invested a lot of time and money in a switching power supply that would convert the 12VDC to 100+VDC, then they would almost have to have used a low voltage triode like 6GM8. But, they probably didn't do that... I have seen my 6GM8's glow, and they don't look like that... I am interested in this. In fact, I now have my own battery (12V) powered amp for cars using 6GM8 with SE MOSFET follower CCS'es on everything. When my sockets come in, I will try that little sucker out. It will take one big darn coupling cap, though, to drive 4-ohms well... might have to DC-couple. (ugh) EDIT: Looks like 6DJ8... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted July 20, 2003 Share Posted July 20, 2003 ---------------- On 7/19/2003 2:05:21 PM Mallett wrote: I DO have a rather rare Allstate 45 RPM under dash mount turntable up in th attic. It would make an awesome addition to a restored GTO convertible or something. That's actually how a very well known electronics company got started. You've all heard of........Motor-ola!! (insert Paul Harvey voice here) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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