Would you believe 3 12AX7 in a Mark Vincent 7:1 receiver? 🙄The year this was introduced, I saw it at the Samsung booth at CES - asked the question that was sort of obvious to me: for an amplifier with 6 channels (5.1) - how were the 4 triodes contained in a pair of 12AX7 tubes allocated? I got the answer I expected - a bunch of tap dancing.
The full Tube Truth [tm] starts at 22:50 but the whole video is worth watching, at least once, it´s HILARIOUS!!!
Yes, it includes Blue Leds of course, so it´s relevant to this thread 😉
He is quite amusing.Would you believe 3 12AX7 in a Mark Vincent 7:1 receiver? 🙄
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I guess this is one way to recycle dead tubes - use them for eye candy in products without bothering to connect them into the circuit...
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Hey, blue on black, tears on a river
C G
Push on a shove, it don't mean much
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Joker on jack, match on a fire
C G
Cold on ice, a dead man's touch
D C G
Whisper on a scream, doesn't change a thing
A G
Don't bring you back... (the original recorded sound that is...)
D C G
Blue on black, oh yeah...
Hey, blue on black, tears on a river
C G
Push on a shove, it don't mean much
D
Joker on jack, match on a fire
C G
Cold on ice, a dead man's touch
D C G
Whisper on a scream, doesn't change a thing
A G
Don't bring you back... (the original recorded sound that is...)
D C G
Blue on black, oh yeah...
All good.I misunderstood, sorry. I thought your friend got the receiver done by someone else. Here in germany there are loads of shops that will give any old receiver the instagram ultrabright LED look for a lot of money. I was thinking of something like that.
Should have been more precise. I meant to describe how the reddit crowd goes purely by looks. Of course there are receivers that a) were mid price b) had that pompous look and c) sound good, but I doubt that there are many. The ones I see posted have the looks but don't impress with much else.
Ya know???Would you believe 3 12AX7 in a Mark Vincent 7:1 receiver? 🙄
The full Tube Truth [tm] starts at 22:50 but the whole video is worth watching, at least once, it´s HILARIOUS!!!
Yes, it includes Blue Leds of course, so it´s relevant to this thread 😉
I had that SAME piece of crap come into the shop one day!
I laughed as hard as the guy in the video!
Naturally, I didn't waste my time with it, I told the guy who brought it in to toss it in the garbage.
Now we're talking. Groovy Man...Just waiting for someone to make little lava lamps in tube housings.. all powered by a 6.3v heater element..

McIntosh, the proof that one can buy good amplifiers.McIntosh, the proof that one can’t buy good taste.
The smoke emanating from the amp is entirely normal and enhances the experience!Now we're talking. Groovy Man...☮️
The headphone jack doubles as a convenient connector for the bong's hose.Now we're talking. Groovy Man...☮️
The smoke emanating from the amp is entirely normal and enhances the experience.
Actually...it connects to a vacuum sensor in the bong, so that the music gets quieter as you hit, then goes back up when you release. Kinda like the arrangement that automatically turns down the stereo when you pick up a phone call.The headphone jack doubles as a convenient connector for the bong's hose.
How's that for imagination? ;')
Don't give these people ideas!Actually...it connects to a vacuum sensor in the bong, so that the music gets quieter as you hit, then goes back up when you release. Kinda like the arrangement that automatically turns down the stereo when you pick up a phone call.
How's that for imagination? ;')
Before you know it, there will be threads about a vacuum-controlled volume/muting circuit. 😱
But of course it'd have to be wireless - and be able to learn those volume up / down commands from anyone's remote.threads about a vacuum-controlled volume/muting circuit.
At your service, Sir:Before you know it, there will be threads about a vacuum-controlled volume/muting circuit. 😱

JMF.. I was actually referring to a mechanically operated linear 'plunger type' arrangement.At your service, Sir:
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Something on the order of those vaccuum cleaner "change bag" sensors, hooked up to a rotary potentiometer.
OR.....
A rubber diaphram like in those portable airbed inflators.
Oh christ!.... now you got me started!
How about just adding the tube (with the obligatory blue LED) to the stereo's remote control? It could give the owner a physical manifestation of the added "warmth" right in the palm of his hand!But of course it'd have to be wireless - and be able to learn those volume up / down commands from anyone's remote.
"But of COURSE it's in the signal path! Look, it sits right next to the volume buttons!"
Oh, I thought you had said "tubes" 🙄 😉JMF.. I was actually referring to a mechanically operated....
No problem, we also have that in the menu ... including a remote control 😉

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