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We had huge vacuum tube industry here at Czech Republic (Tesla tubes) most of it is now bankrupt, but I know couple of people who bought old equipment and still

by dejv 8y ago

We had huge vacuum tube industry here at Czech Republic (Tesla tubes) most of it is now bankrupt, but I know couple of people who bought old equipment and still makes the high end audio tubes at small workshops. I tried to find tour of my high school teacher company (the school itself was owned by Tesla company), but I am not unable to find those, but there is another neat workshop for Nixie tubes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRYcvzbaRGE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRYcvzbaRGE

walshemj 8y ago
I loved when a few years ago one of the motherboard manufacturers brought out a MB with a tube based audio stage.
- mastax 8y ago
  I had to look this up: http://ixbtlabs.com/articles2/aopentube/ http://ixbtlabs.com/articles2/aopentube/
agumonkey 8y ago
similarly, there's this place https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwK8KSAJrGs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwK8KSAJrGs
PeanutNore 8y ago
A lot of the Tesla equipment is still in use by JJ Electronic in Slovakia who are still making a lot of the popular tube types found in musical instrument amplifiers.
- handystack 8y ago
  JJ makes the most reliable tubes on the market now. They are fantastic.
- dejv 8y ago
  Oh yeah, when they disolved the Tesla tube company their equipment ended up in hands of many people that designed and manufactured audio equipment: back in comunist era it was almost impossible to get decent music/hifi gear so a lot of people went on designing and building their own gear and then went on creating small boutique companies after revolution.
exabrial 8y ago
Didn't JJ tubes buy the old Tesla tube factories? I have a bunch of JJ tubes for my guitar amps!
- dejv 8y ago
  Tesla used to make many millions of tubes per year. There must be many companies that bought their machines + many more still collect dust somewhere. Even that nixie tubes guy mentioned buying tons of equipment and reselling those.
  - exabrial 8y ago
    That's cool history to know. Seems a lot of this trade knowledge has been lost

by dejv 8y ago

walshemj 8y ago

I loved when a few years ago one of the motherboard manufacturers brought out a MB with a tube based audio stage.

mastax 8y ago
I had to look this up: http://ixbtlabs.com/articles2/aopentube/ http://ixbtlabs.com/articles2/aopentube/

agumonkey 8y ago

similarly, there's this place https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwK8KSAJrGs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwK8KSAJrGs

PeanutNore 8y ago

A lot of the Tesla equipment is still in use by JJ Electronic in Slovakia who are still making a lot of the popular tube types found in musical instrument amplifiers.

handystack 8y ago
JJ makes the most reliable tubes on the market now. They are fantastic.
dejv 8y ago
Oh yeah, when they disolved the Tesla tube company their equipment ended up in hands of many people that designed and manufactured audio equipment: back in comunist era it was almost impossible to get decent music/hifi gear so a lot of people went on designing and building their own gear and then went on creating small boutique companies after revolution.

exabrial 8y ago

Didn't JJ tubes buy the old Tesla tube factories? I have a bunch of JJ tubes for my guitar amps!

dejv 8y ago
Tesla used to make many millions of tubes per year. There must be many companies that bought their machines + many more still collect dust somewhere. Even that nixie tubes guy mentioned buying tons of equipment and reselling those.
- exabrial 8y ago
  That's cool history to know. Seems a lot of this trade knowledge has been lost