Born for the love of Music! Milestone of the HiFi History. Almost 50 years old and still shines as it was new. Benchmark for all the rest, especially Japanese these days. Still running on the original McIntosh (Westinghouse) tubes! Sound quality is absolutely stunning, better than most of the stuff produced today!
Showing posts with label Vacuum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vacuum. Show all posts
Sunday, 3 March 2013
McIntosh MA-230 (1963-1966) - AWESOME Vintage Vacuum Tube Integrated Amplifier!
McIntosh MA-230 (1963-1966) - AWESOME Vintage Vacuum Tube Integrated Amplifier! Video Clips. Duration : 4.52 Mins.
Born for the love of Music! Milestone of the HiFi History. Almost 50 years old and still shines as it was new. Benchmark for all the rest, especially Japanese these days. Still running on the original McIntosh (Westinghouse) tubes! Sound quality is absolutely stunning, better than most of the stuff produced today!
Born for the love of Music! Milestone of the HiFi History. Almost 50 years old and still shines as it was new. Benchmark for all the rest, especially Japanese these days. Still running on the original McIntosh (Westinghouse) tubes! Sound quality is absolutely stunning, better than most of the stuff produced today!
Friday, 1 February 2013
HILLBILLY HI-FI ! Grandpa's homemade vacuum tube amp!
HILLBILLY HI-FI ! Grandpa's homemade vacuum tube amp! Video Clips. Duration : 5.75 Mins.
The story on this amp is as follows. My wife's grandfather who is 94 was a radio man in World War 2. When he came home from the war he ran a TV-Radio repair business. He closed that in the late `60s and went to work 9-5 for some large corporation. He was always active in Ham and Amateur radio up until the past few years. An overzealous relative took the liberty to clean his house of all of his tubes and radios before I caught wind of it and everything was tossed! Long story short I found this little homemade dual 6V6 amp in a shed up at the family lake. It was attached to a homemade receiver of some sort he used for his Ham radio set up. As you can see this amp is made from a mish-mash of leftover parts. You should see the underneath of this thing you would be stunned! I saved it from the shed for the tubes but when I got it home I looked it over and though it is a FRANKENSTEIN it looked safe. So I hooked it up to the turntable on my RCA SHF-8 and the 10 inch speaker in a `40s Zenith floor radio. Needless to say I was stunned and amazed, not only did the amp work it sounds AWESOME!
The story on this amp is as follows. My wife's grandfather who is 94 was a radio man in World War 2. When he came home from the war he ran a TV-Radio repair business. He closed that in the late `60s and went to work 9-5 for some large corporation. He was always active in Ham and Amateur radio up until the past few years. An overzealous relative took the liberty to clean his house of all of his tubes and radios before I caught wind of it and everything was tossed! Long story short I found this little homemade dual 6V6 amp in a shed up at the family lake. It was attached to a homemade receiver of some sort he used for his Ham radio set up. As you can see this amp is made from a mish-mash of leftover parts. You should see the underneath of this thing you would be stunned! I saved it from the shed for the tubes but when I got it home I looked it over and though it is a FRANKENSTEIN it looked safe. So I hooked it up to the turntable on my RCA SHF-8 and the 10 inch speaker in a `40s Zenith floor radio. Needless to say I was stunned and amazed, not only did the amp work it sounds AWESOME!
6L6GC Hi-Fi SE Vacuum Tube Stereo Amplifier
6L6GC Hi-Fi SE Vacuum Tube Stereo Amplifier Tube. Duration : 4.13 Mins.
Home-brewed 4tubes Stereo Amplifier. Final stage : 6L6GC Hi-Fi (TOSHIBA) Single Ended, Self Bias for control Grid UL(Ultra Linear) connected to the screen grid Drive stage : 6SQ7-GT (MATSUSHITA) Used only Triode Part Output Transformer : TANGO FE-12S Power Rectifier : 1N4007x2 Voltage Doubler (Rectifiing Tube 5U4GB is Dummy) Power Transformer : PV-145 Sansui Filter Choke Coil : 5H 200mA Sansui VU Metering : Cheap Analog 200uA? Speakers : Kenwood S-5GV Music Source : Windows Vista PC (MP3) Movie : Filmed by Nikon D5000 (HD) Built in Aug. - Oct. 2009
Home-brewed 4tubes Stereo Amplifier. Final stage : 6L6GC Hi-Fi (TOSHIBA) Single Ended, Self Bias for control Grid UL(Ultra Linear) connected to the screen grid Drive stage : 6SQ7-GT (MATSUSHITA) Used only Triode Part Output Transformer : TANGO FE-12S Power Rectifier : 1N4007x2 Voltage Doubler (Rectifiing Tube 5U4GB is Dummy) Power Transformer : PV-145 Sansui Filter Choke Coil : 5H 200mA Sansui VU Metering : Cheap Analog 200uA? Speakers : Kenwood S-5GV Music Source : Windows Vista PC (MP3) Movie : Filmed by Nikon D5000 (HD) Built in Aug. - Oct. 2009
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