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What Tube Amp Looks Coolest?

What tube amps have the MOST tubes VISIBLE, lit up really cool-looking, so my room will look cool like a 1950's Frankenstein Movie?

Maybe some useless but cool-looking mirrors behind the tubes to multiply the Effect. (We could tell people it works by thought waves or some gullible-magnet idea like Mpingo discs utilize).
I would really like a mod which utilizes a small Jacob's Ladder or two. Why edit yourself? Have some fun!
I don't want to spend TOO much money either. However, more tubes, more glow, more sparks all are worth big jing to me, so have at it!
I believe tubes can sound great, because my Dad's old Bogen receiver from 1954 sounded good, except for the hum ;)
Thanks, Signed:
I like Sound Systems and Cool, Futuristic Looking Stuff.
xwing
twl
3,251 posts
 
No Jacobs Ladders, please. They throw out enough hash to screw up the sound of any system!

Why not buy several older tube preamps and amps, and just plug them in, and place them in various spots that look cool. That way people who don't know any better might think it looks cool and retro-tech. Also a few large analog meters would help to complete the "Forbidden Planet" look.

As Boris Karloff once said,"It's Alive!".
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ucmgr
173 posts
 
You want to see a gorgeous amp? Take a peek a a Tenor 75WI all lit up late at night with those 20 tubes a glowing. It just don't get no prettier than that(IMHO).
ed_sawyer
588 posts
 
Hey Creeper - thanks for nominating my amps! ;-) I was going to mention them myself but I see you beat me to it. Josh is cooking up some other cool amps for his room at the CES/T.H.E. show, a pair of 8W SET's using Eimac 75TL tubes is on the menu I beleive, along with an (even wilder looking) preamp he's doing for me to match the amps. Should be interesting to check out! Terry Cain will be there with a new preamp Josh just completed for him, plus Terry is bringing his own set of 2A3-based monos that look a lot like mine (minus the meters).

The sound is as unique and impressive as the looks!
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marakanetz
5,473 posts
 
Viva indeed!
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