David L. Donald
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Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 2 May 2008 4:55 am |
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Ok commercial Amp Porn.
And absurdist tubes too.
Nagra is better know for their tape decks for capturing film sound on location.
But mono and stereo analog and a very cool 4 chan digital unit.
But seems they went after the super esoteric audiophile market in an industrial way.
845 broadcast transmiter tubes; YIKES!
NOTHING you will find in most hifi's or guitar amps.
I think they like 1,000-1,200 volts to run
and take a Fender Champs output tube just to drive them...!
One of these tubes class A will fill most any bandstand.
Even with a drummer who is :
'How loud do I play?? As loud as I can! Why?'
http://www.nagraaudio.com/highend/pages/productsVPA.php
And even Macintosh is getting into the old tube thing
The McInotsh MC2301 is a 300 watts mono-block tube amplifier using eight of the famous KT88 tubes along with a strong power supply design for a rock-stable power output into an 8, 4 or 2 ohm load. McIntosh claims to have reached a SNR 117dB with this fully balanced mono-block.
KT88's are used in LOUD as ... insert expletif, guitar amps.
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