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bthylafh wrote:https://korgnutube.com/en/
A modernized triode tube for the Audiophilia nervosa crowd; it's 30% the size of a traditional tube and uses 2% of the electricity, while having similar sound distortions.
bthylafh wrote:https://korgnutube.com/en/
A modernized triode tube for the Audiophilia nervosa crowd; it's 30% the size of a traditional tube and uses 2% of the electricity, while having similar sound distortions.
DancinJack wrote:http://www.nutube.us/HA-kit.html
Vacuum tube: Nutube 6P1
Output impedance: 10 Ω - recommended load 15 Ω or higher
Maximum output: 50 mW (when MUSES 01 is used), 80 mW (when using NJM 4580)
Not exactly a powerhouse of a headphone amp.
just brew it! wrote:I was gonna download the 6P1 device datasheet just out of curiosity, but Korg makes you register on their site to get it and I didn't care enough to do that...
Captain Ned wrote:Looks like its sole function is to add some 2nd harmonic distortion into an otherwise solid-state output stage.
just brew it! wrote:I'm not sure why the output specs of the headphone amp are as low as they are. A cursory glance at the 4840 data sheet implies that it ought to be able to push more than 80 mW.
OTOH, your personal headphone amp specs are a little crazy. At full power into low-impedance cans, that will not only damage your hearing, it'll melt the voice coils in your headphones!
All that said, 80 mW should be enough for most headphones.
DancinJack wrote:Oh yeah, it only gets like ~10-20 percent power with my main headphones. It's kinda crazy.
morphine wrote:Then there's Vox, who has an entire lineup of amps using Korg's Nanotubes.
morphine wrote:@Ned: correct, but I think it's simply a matter of time and using more TinyTubes (I called it). The things are so small and consequentially easier to use that the sky's the limit. I think the major roadblock, as with literally anything about sound, is going to be a psychological, not a practical one.
morphine wrote:Ah, I see the confusion. The "nanotube" inside the Bluguitar Amp1 can push 100W. The Korg Nutube is designed for preamps, though. I figure that we're going to see TinyTubes across the entire power spectrum, assuming that the degree of audiophilia nervosa isn't too high.
just brew it! wrote:Maybe we'll see the return of motherboards with tube-based audio!
morphine wrote:just brew it! wrote:Maybe we'll see the return of motherboards with tube-based audio!
Egads, just kill me already.