As seen on eBay - a $70k battery tube "amp"
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Grainger49
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Oooo, Dan you need that tongue-in-cheek smiley face.
I fear it might look obscene.
I fear it might look obscene.
Any ideas on how/if this thing might work?
Looks two tubes, jacks and a battery. With no DC blocking cap I can't imagine running 12 volts into the voice coil of one's HD 600/650 is going to do them any good.
My guess is this is a gag of some sort. ...that said - If I thought I could make these up and sell just two of them a year at the "Buy It Now" price I would happliy retire from my "day job".
Looks two tubes, jacks and a battery. With no DC blocking cap I can't imagine running 12 volts into the voice coil of one's HD 600/650 is going to do them any good.
My guess is this is a gag of some sort. ...that said - If I thought I could make these up and sell just two of them a year at the "Buy It Now" price I would happliy retire from my "day job".
Grainger49
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I'll go with gag. Maybe a shill for the site he mentions?
I sure hope so, given the lack of output coupling! Moreover, I wasn't aware that these "space charge" tubes had a particularly low plate impedance, given that they run at such a low voltage and puny currents. So, I am at a loss as to how a 150 ohm to 600 ohm device could just be "connected" without having a huge impedance mismatch - unless the output is being taken off the cathode. Even then, a cathode follower's output impedance is the inverse of its transconductance - which these little tubes cant have much of!
This thing has been listed for months, by the way - I just ran across it again recently and thought I'd share a laugh. So, there's a listing fee being paid over and over again for some reason or other....
This thing has been listed for months, by the way - I just ran across it again recently and thought I'd share a laugh. So, there's a listing fee being paid over and over again for some reason or other....
I am 99.9% sure it's intended to be humorous (it made me laugh, especially when reading the description).
-PB
-PB
Downhome Upstate
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Just the thing to help jump-start the Greek economy.
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4krow
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As Maxwell Smart used to say,"I missed it by THAT much." "Ninety nine, let's discuss this in the 'dome of silence' if you get my drift." Actually, he never said that.
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4krow
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LOL! Yes fools, er, friends, you can buy an exquisite and one of a kind ceegar box that's plays music and needs NEVER be wound! $35k while they still last. One per household pleese.
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4krow
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How dare you refer to me as the '4th'. Clearly, I am #1
