I don't know what to think.
http://www.londondrugs.com/Cultures...tre Systems&CS_ProductID=2094647&ProductTab=1
http://www.londondrugs.com/Cultures...tre Systems&CS_ProductID=2094647&ProductTab=1
I saw a tube amp at London Drugs for $799
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Dan ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Peanut Head
spartanmanor
Lunatic Member
With video output as well. Someone needs to educate the public about the medium.
I also have seen the same amp sold under the HCT brand name.
The price here in the states is $259
For your reading enjoyment...
http://www.vuumaudio.com/index.html
The specs are impressive...LOL
VACUUM TUBE AMPLIFIER
Power Output ....................................... 15W x 2
Frequency Response .......................... 20Hz ~ 20KHz +/- 1.5dB
Harmonic Distortion .............................. <0.5%
Signal-to-Noise Ratio ............................ >86dB
Input Impedance ................................... 100K Ω
Output Impedance ................................ 4Ω, 8Ω
Power Supply ...................................... AC100 ~ 120V 50/60Hz
AC220 ~ 240V 50/60Hz
Dimensions: (W x H x D) ...................... 260 x 130 x 145mm
Included Vacuum Tubes ...................... 6N1 (ECC85) x 2
6E2 (EM 87) x 1
SPEAKERS
Driver Unit ............................................ 4" + 1" Dome Per Channel
Impedance ........................................... 4Ω
Max. RMS Power ................................. 50W Per Channel
Dimensions: (W x H x D) ...................... 144 x 237 x 177mm
Ed
The price here in the states is $259
For your reading enjoyment...
http://www.vuumaudio.com/index.html
The specs are impressive...LOL
VACUUM TUBE AMPLIFIER
Power Output ....................................... 15W x 2
Frequency Response .......................... 20Hz ~ 20KHz +/- 1.5dB
Harmonic Distortion .............................. <0.5%
Signal-to-Noise Ratio ............................ >86dB
Input Impedance ................................... 100K Ω
Output Impedance ................................ 4Ω, 8Ω
Power Supply ...................................... AC100 ~ 120V 50/60Hz
AC220 ~ 240V 50/60Hz
Dimensions: (W x H x D) ...................... 260 x 130 x 145mm
Included Vacuum Tubes ...................... 6N1 (ECC85) x 2
6E2 (EM 87) x 1
SPEAKERS
Driver Unit ............................................ 4" + 1" Dome Per Channel
Impedance ........................................... 4Ω
Max. RMS Power ................................. 50W Per Channel
Dimensions: (W x H x D) ...................... 144 x 237 x 177mm
Ed
spartanmanor
Lunatic Member
Nice mark up by London Drugs. Guess they need to pay for their fix. 
I was thinking in the context of iPod accessories... not in the context of quality tube gear.
House de Kris
Loud-n-Deep
It baffles me how people seem to forget that the iPod doesn't force you to use lossy compression.
I am well aware that an iPod is not strictly limited to using lossy compression.... but it is designed and marketed with compressed audio in mind, and uses lossy compression by default.
Also, FLAC files, one of the most universal lossless compression formats, are not supported.
Although 0.5% distortion is pretty bad, it's tubes... so it's better than transistor distortion, I guess. Pretty powerful amp in terms of tubes, and really nice looking. I would really like to hear one, it appears to come with cheap speakers, unfortunetely, but that can be fixed.
There is also a 6L6 version on the website, that boasts 2% distortion..and don't knock those speakers, they are the next insignia.
Ed
absolon
Super Member
They have a pretty well stocked audio department aimed at the home theatre market. The salespeople are way more knowledgeable than Future Shop/Best Buy and equipment is at least name brand. Also do cameras and computers along with drugs, condoms and beauty supplies.
2%? Might that work as a guitar overdrive channel if you just ramped it all the way up (past rated power)? That's getting pretty high. Maybe just pull out the volume control for max volume and INSANE FUZZ.
Yeah, that's probably not the best example of what tubes can do... and the fact that they set up something that's supposed to sound good/unique with those speakers doesn't help.
nukeme
Well-Known Member
And his hair was purple
or, his hair was perfect.....:yes:
drknstrmyknight
Addicted Member
Rockbox lets you use .flac files on your ipod.
For the money, with apple lossless encoding, I think you're going to have a hard time finding as good a source as an IPOD.
