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We have completely lost the plot

Oh it's not too bad, it's just a matter of deciding what you want and saving up money

The only somewhat hard part is going to be hand assembling and soldering the last amp I have coming in

hell yeah

or watching somebody get stuck between a couple fats middle seat

love to see it

you have to hand solder??

wtf hahahaha

We do. Audio amplification is a solved problem and anyone trying to tell you they've done it better is lying. Buying a solid state (normal) amp is really just a matter of what inputs and outputs you need and the features you want. No real reason to spend more than like $200 max.

Tubes are cool because they're imperfect. They add even order harmonics (distortion that sounds good to the human brain) to the music. You can swap the tubes in your amp to change the sound too, so it's not nearly as limiting.

Yeah it's a beginner kit tho so I'm not too worried about it

Will be a good weekend project, plus it makes it much cheaper than if it came preassembled

Will look something like this when it's done

Spice racks back wth

What is this

What is a tube

And what are they function

Serious question

It's the best way to pick a cat

U choose the one that comes to u

If this thing malfunctions your whole apartment building is done for

Oh what the hell

Fka twigs made a minecraft song

The creeper

u said my previous airs lasted too long

air spice back soon tho

In the context of audio, they're amplification devices. They take a weak a***og audio signal and make it louder so you can actually hear the music through your speakers or headphones.

These days, we usually do that with tiny solid state amps. Your phone and pretty much every digital device with a speaker will have a solid state amp inside. Back in the day though, we obviously didn't have those, so we had to use more rudimentary technology.

A tube basically works like this: Inside the tube there are 3 main components, the cathode, the anode and the gird. The cathode is coated in a material that when heated, expels electrons into the air. These electrons are attracted to the anode, and so a flow of electrons is established between the cathode and the anode. Between the two sits the grid. Think of the grid as window blinds or a gate opening and shutting really fast. The weak audio signal is applied to the grid, and that controls exactly how and when it opens and closes, much like an audio signal applied to headphone or speaker drivers controls the way the drivers move (think of a subwoofer cone bouncing in and out).

Since the audio signal is controlling which electrons from the cathode reach the anode, it's actually shaping the electron flow into a much more powerful (louder) copy of the weak signal applied to the grid. The shaped signal that reaches the anode is the output of the tube.

People like to use tubes because they look cool and sound different from solid state amps. People like to use the terms "holographic" and lifelike.

very very cool.

its like warhammer 40k pieces you build and paint yourself kinda

exactly

cats sense energy i think

Soldering is easy as hell just make sure you get some flux

AURA SPICE

And to answer your first question

The wooden box thing is an output transformer-coupled tube amp

The top black box on the right is a hybrid tube amp (tube voltage stage, solid state output stage) with a dual 6J5 to 5670 socket mod

The box under that is a Modi 3E DAC (or digital to a***og converter)

The box under that with the orange numbers is an E50 II Dac

And the box under that with the knobs is a solid state L50 amp

And it's all sitting on top of a CD player

Squeaking out farts on this leather office chair i sound like a field mouse