Would you like a tube-powered iPod table radio for $100.00?

Danny Tse
Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
edited December 2009 in Electronics
Again, it's available at this price as of this post....

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Acoustic Research (AR) AV100B tube-powered iPod table radio @ Amazon.com

I checked the owner's manual and it's powered by vacuum tubes. Which kind? The manual doesn't specify.
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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited December 2009
    Interesting
    HT setup
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    Monster HTS 1650
    Carver A400X :cool:
    MIT Exp 3 Speaker Wire
    Kef 104/2
    URC MX-780 Remote
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  • thuffman03
    thuffman03 Posts: 1,325
    edited December 2009
    Very interesting. Too bad I don't have an iPod.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited December 2009
    thuffman03 wrote: »
    Very interesting. Too bad I don't have an iPod.

    According to the owner's manual, you can connect an external source (i.e. CD player) to the unit. It even has a subwoofer output and a detachable power cord (in case you want to use an after-market power cord :D ).
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,497
    edited December 2009
    Shipping is a little steep for a business and almost $22. Still I will do some more research, what a great little idea.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Puritan Audio PSM136 Pwr Condtioner & Classic PC's | Legend L600 | Roon Nucleus 1 w/LPS - Tubes add soul!
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,497
    edited December 2009
    http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/Acoustic-Research-AV100B-Tabletop-Radio-with-iPod-Docking-Station/4409211/product.html

    Overstock has them for $118.............free shipping

    http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/Acoustic-Research-AV100B-Tabletop-Radio-with-iPod-Docking-Station/4409211/product.html

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Puritan Audio PSM136 Pwr Condtioner & Classic PC's | Legend L600 | Roon Nucleus 1 w/LPS - Tubes add soul!
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,497
    edited December 2009
    Danny Tse wrote: »
    According to the owner's manual, you can connect an external source (i.e. CD player) to the unit. It even has a subwoofer output and a detachable power cord (in case you want to use an after-market power cord :D ).

    I wish it had external hook up for a small set of speakers.
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Puritan Audio PSM136 Pwr Condtioner & Classic PC's | Legend L600 | Roon Nucleus 1 w/LPS - Tubes add soul!
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited December 2009
    If I were to guess, I'd say EL84's.

    http://audiovox2.info/docs/ar_hd/man/AV100C_DOC_OM.PDF
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • coolsax
    coolsax Posts: 1,826
    edited December 2009
    very interesting.. this might make a great work or living room radio especially since i'm getting an ipod touch for xmas, however the 10% THD is a bit rough and only 10wpc
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,497
    edited December 2009
    It's made by Audiovox and I have found nothing about the tubes, even the manual only calls attention to the "power outout tube viewing window". I doubt very much those are output tubes

    Here's a copy of the owners manual

    http://audiovox2.info/docs/ar_hd/man/AV100B_DOC_OM.PDF
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Puritan Audio PSM136 Pwr Condtioner & Classic PC's | Legend L600 | Roon Nucleus 1 w/LPS - Tubes add soul!
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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited December 2009
    coolsax wrote: »
    very interesting.. this might make a great work or living room radio especially since i'm getting an ipod touch for xmas, however the 10% THD is a bit rough and only 10wpc

    10 watts coming from a tube is a bit of good power. Do not underestimate them.
    HT setup
    Panasonic 50" TH-50PZ80U
    Denon DBP-1610
    Monster HTS 1650
    Carver A400X :cool:
    MIT Exp 3 Speaker Wire
    Kef 104/2
    URC MX-780 Remote
    Sonos Play 1

    Living Room
    63 inch Samsung PN63C800YF
    Polk Surroundbar 3000
    Samsung BD-C7900
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,497
    edited December 2009
    Overstock says it comes with a 10year manufacturer's warranty!!!! That's gotta be a typo. I might pick one of these up for the bedroom.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Puritan Audio PSM136 Pwr Condtioner & Classic PC's | Legend L600 | Roon Nucleus 1 w/LPS - Tubes add soul!
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,256
    edited December 2009
    I can't believe what Acoustic Research has been reduced to.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,229
    edited December 2009
    George Grand wrote: »
    I can't believe what Acoustic Research has been reduced to.

    It's just a name now, George, like KLH and Admiral and RCA and...

    As to the amp; probably a class AB analog chipamp output and a tube buffer between the line level inputs and the power amp. The alternative would be some Russian or Chinese surplus TV pentode being used as an audio output.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,229
    edited December 2009
    scarf wrote: »
    can ipods play lossless audio? i would only consider buying one if they could.

    Yes.
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