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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
twilo
357 posts
 
Check out Enjoy the Music's tube lust page. They got lots of pages of the best looking tube amps. Here's the link. http://www.enjoythemusic.com/tubelust/
toobgod
1 posts
 
Well, I have just recieved some of the original "Krell" Power Amps from Altair4. They look totally cool, and they are able to supply nearly limitless power...

The only problem I'm noticing since taking possession of these amps, is the fact that I'm having nightmares lately, and then upon waking, I find that someone I know has been torn to shreds. It's very odd, because that is the same problem that the original owners had...;-)
mythtrip
18 posts
 
TUbe amps are like women, you will VERY quickly forget how they look. All that will remain is how they sound.......Forget about looks, in your amp and your woman....
downunder
1,329 posts
 
cj prem 11, 12 or 8A's look cool. ARC are now copying the open design.
claud
52 posts
 
Poor old Xwing wants "lots of tubes" and cheap. Most every thing you guys have offered ain't cheap or have nearly as many tubes as a Cary V12. Cary has 12 EL34s, two EL84s and two 6922s. Used V12s, not "i" version have sold for around $2000. That is cheap for a 100wpc tube amp that you can switch on the fly to 50wpc pure triode. Want more? Cary sells monoblock 200wpc v12s. With only one V12i, my system looks like a little city when the lights go down, and sounds truely delightful.
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