VTV Ultra Sonic Line Stage

Designed by VTV Editors: Charlie Kittleson, Eric Barbour and John Atwood

VTV Editor's Choice Preamp

Unbelievable dynamics and realism with huge soundstage and headroom. Incredible supersonic frequency response. Five pairs of inputs, two pairs of outputs. 428Vdc on the plates of massive 6SN7GTB octal triodes with 5Y3GT/GZ34 tube rectification.

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VTV Ultrasonic Tube Line Stage

Precision Hand Wired and Based on the Original VTV Line Stage in Issue #11 of Vacuum Tube Valley Magazine with many performance improvements.

Super dynamic with 428 volts DC on the plates of dual 6SN7GTB with 5Y3GT or 5AR4 tube rectifier and dual plate chokes for the ultimate in sonic realism. Makes your music huge and magical. Can be used with either tube or solid state power amps.

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SPECIFICATIONS

Gain:   17dB

Signal to noise ratio:    <80db

Plate Voltage on 6SN7GTBs   440Vdc

Frequency Response: 2.8Hz to 346,000Hz (-3dB)

Hum: Less the 1 mV at full volume

Dual ALPS Stereo Poteniometer

Auricap Signal Caps

Cardas Signal Wire

Heavy gauge steel chassis - powder coated black with Custom Engraved VTV Brass Faceplate

Tube Complement:  6SN7GTB x 2; 5Y3WGTA x 1

(Ships with 1960s NOS GE 6SN7GTB and 1980s NOS JAN/5Y3WGTA)

Beautiful point-to-point wiring for the ultimate in fidelity, soundstage and realism!

Plate chokes for each channel of B+ with huge filter capacitance!

5 pairs of stereo inputs using premium gold-plated RCA input jacks

2 pairs of stereo outputs for bi-amping and use of subwoofer

Voltage:  120 VAC 30 watts current draw

Weight: 15 pounds

Shipping Weight: 22 pounds

Super wide bandwidth and incredible dynamics. Sounds better than most $5000-$10000 preamps.

 

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Suggested Retail: $1495

Sale Price:  $1250 for Octal VTV Ultra-Sonic Preamp

Now Available and Ready to Ship World-Wide

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New London Instrument Model 901A (1950s) Super Rare

Tube Engineer Test Set and Transconductance Analyzer

Super high quality tester, characterizer and analyzer for all types of tubes.

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Includes massive bank of fully regulated tube power supplies for plate, cathode, screen, control grid supplies. The tester has about 26 tubes in it and weighs over 60 pounds. This is a very rare and expensive design-oriented tester for super accurate readings of all types of tubes. You use the tube manual to set up all the voltages and settings. Actually, this is a very easy to use tester and is in excellent shape. All major tube sockets, plate and screen voltages variable with fast and vernier controls over 300 volts. Comes with original operating manual GE Tube Characteristic Manual and set up instructions. This is for the ultimate tube designer or tube guru. Very rare and super hard to find.

$2000 plus shipping

These have sold on eBay for over $5000!!

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