Tube projects gallery

[oldskool]

Please feel free to post pix of your tube projects here:grin:
first tube amp, 6AR5/12AV6 single ended

talk about nostalgia...

later moded & replace power tube with a 6F6G, OPT with a modern Z11 cores by AT Alpha Technologies

another single ended using 13FM7 triode

oldschool point to point

when working with tubes be aware of the B+ (and the consequences8-O)

a hybrid project, gutting out a sakura SS amp, replace with an LM3886T with a 6N23P Russian tubes in a cathode follower configuration

the front end

the new look (unfinished yet)

A work in progress, pre-amp/linestage using 7193 "horny" Transmitter tubes

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an EL84M/6BQ5 single ended using 12AV6 as voltage amplifiers/drivers, speaker pair is Altec-Lansing full rangers 3" 95dB in a diy bookshelf enclosure

a line amp a friend ask me to build, using 12BA6 tube pentodes

a project of my fellow diy'er & mentor, using 6L6 in a push-pull :wink:

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another project of a fellow diy'er, using KT88 in parallel push-pull operation

 

[thebadtall]

nice collection. all those amps are your creations ?

 

[tpetar]

This really works ?



:-D I just joking of course.

Here is some fine videos how electronic tube is made in DIY, after this video clip people will respect electronic tubes more :

making a fleming diode vacuum tube 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUPizgcWimw&feature=related

hand making vacuum tubes Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S5OwqOXen8

How It's Made - vacuum tubes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n4WVRKkmww

 

[thebadtall]

what stops me from making tube amps everyday, is the cost of opt transformers! its a pitty to buy the kt88 for $30 and the opt to cost $150

even considering the tube as consumable , the opt is still expensive