Check out my latest stereo tube amp! Except for the knobs and paint, it was built entirely from the parts included in my fabulous Hobgob Stereo Tube Amp Kit, which is based on the circuit for poindexter’s Musical Machine. Just like the kit, it’s a push-pull amp that uses 6V6 tubes to give you about [...]
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This crazy person, French radio enthusiast Claude Paillard, makes his own vacuum tubes. Ooh. This video’s been kicking around the internet for a while, but if you haven’t seen it, it’s worth at least the time it takes to watch it. The process is quite beautiful. So much precision, patience, and attention to detail. Paillard’s [...]
Look at this lovely old book that I bought! It’s an old tube radio manual, and it’s full of great stuff. The illustrations are perfectly old-fashioned and painstakingly hand-drawn. I like it. It bears a lot of similarity to the Radio Handbook that I also own. In fact, I bought both of them from Eliot’s [...]