[sdiy] vacuum tubes!!!

[Blandon Ray]

If you look hard you can still find Tektronix 570 tube curve tracers,
but because of the audiophile market they go for an arm and three
legs.

Blandon


On 6/15/05, Metrophage <c0r3dump23 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Michael Ruberto <frankentron at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > damn and I recently passed up an auction for military tube testers.
> > there were 10 of them in the lot and I thought what the heck will I
> do with
> > 10 tube testers? DOH!
> 
> Probably pay a lot for shipping, to begin with! Some of the
> console-type testers look like they'd be great chassis for a tube-based
> synth. I imagine mounting new controls on the panel, and replacing many
> of the sockets with those needed for synth and audio antics. How about
> a pre-amp, VCF, pre or post wavefolder, VCA / ringmod, and LFO? The
> mind reels, as I turn my garage upside-down, looking for suitable
> enclosures to dozens of projects...
> 
> CJ
> 
> 
> 
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