Recently I moved and found four old tubes when I was sorting the components...
2 x ECC82
1 x E88CC
1 x 12B4A
Up to now I've only built solid state circuits... No idea if these tubes are any good.
But I always found those nice glowing things fascinating... I think I'll give it a try... Just to play with them and learn as I'm satisfied with my current system.
Are there any simple tube audio circuits using only the tubes I already have?
Doesn't matter really whether it is a line stage, mic preamp, power amp...
2 x ECC82
1 x E88CC
1 x 12B4A
Up to now I've only built solid state circuits... No idea if these tubes are any good.
But I always found those nice glowing things fascinating... I think I'll give it a try... Just to play with them and learn as I'm satisfied with my current system.
Are there any simple tube audio circuits using only the tubes I already have?
Doesn't matter really whether it is a line stage, mic preamp, power amp...
"You could build at least a little preamp with those tubes....you will then be a total tube addict an before you realise you will have used your entire stash..."
You never know
I sold a very old Tektronix oscilloscope a year ago... $60, for about 120 tubes... All still working... Now that I've seen what you guys are building, I think I was a BIG idiot - I should have kept them.
Anyway, you suggest a preamp, can you point me in some direction where to find schematics or webpages with projects? Thank you very much.
You never know
I sold a very old Tektronix oscilloscope a year ago... $60, for about 120 tubes... All still working... Now that I've seen what you guys are building, I think I was a BIG idiot - I should have kept them.
Anyway, you suggest a preamp, can you point me in some direction where to find schematics or webpages with projects? Thank you very much.
Re: TEARS IN MY EYES.
Yeah, but with another 12B4A and a couple of chokes, you could build something even nicer.fdegrove said:With an ECC88 alone you can build a preamp already...just look in this thread and you'll find a few samples.
My brother calls me the tube slut, because when I see interesting or bargain tubes I buy them. Added about 40 to the collection this week.burnedfingers said:A month ago I myself had 4 tubes. Monday I brought home 3 large boxes of tubes, I now have over 400 tubes all NOS aged beautiful gleeming tubes.
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