DIY vacuum tubes. Long, but worth watching. This guy is an artiste.
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl-QMuUQhVM
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S5OwqOXen8
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DIY vacuum tubes. Long, but worth watching. This guy is an artiste.
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl-QMuUQhVM
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S5OwqOXen8
Yeah I saw this a few years ago - wow.
All that equipment is homemade too by the look of it.
Talk about building from scratch, eh?Quote:
Originally Posted by mw0uzo
I first saw this a year or two ago but I ran into it again by accident and thought that people here should know about it if they didn't already.
Yeah, you were cruising the Zed, by accident!
lulz
He's trying to copy the WE300B and become a millionaire overnight.Quote:
Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
I didn't see it on the Zed, I found it on YouTube. Never even knew it had been on QRZ.Quote:
Originally Posted by KG4CGC
Yeah, he's definitely on the right track for The Big Bucks! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by N4VGB
Just got dropped there day before or yesterday ... again.Quote:
Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
Make the right tubes and it could be possible to eek out a living with the right business plan too.Quote:
Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
With all the hand-work involved in making those things, he'd have to charge a huge amount of money for each one. Unless there isn't a mass-produced Chinese or Russian equivalent, I can't see how he could succeed.
Then again, some of the more fringe audiophiles will spend absurd amounts of money for things they imagine makes their equipment sound better. It's possible that they could be fooled into thinking that hand made tubes were the new gold standard when it comes to audio reproduction. Might work with guitarists as well.