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pitdogg2
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https://tubemaze.info/tung-sol-kt170-to-be-introduced/

Huge power tube!
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,126
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    Can see folks going to the bank to pull out a mortgage for their tubes
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 24,640
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    VR3 wrote: »
    Can see folks going to the bank to pull out a mortgage for their tubes

    16-20 of those would make a good high current amp! :smiley:
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  • jbreezy5
    jbreezy5 Posts: 1,141
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    Looks like a space shuttle
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  • msg
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    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    VR3 wrote: »
    Can see folks going to the bank to pull out a mortgage for their tubes

    16-20 of those would make a good high current amp! :smiley:

    Well here's an 8-pack to get started.

    So that announcement was from 2020? You know anything about these things, Ivan?
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 24,640
    edited March 2023
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    You know anything about these things?
    Not one thing!
    Noodling around the intranet popped up and walla ain't that cool...
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  • Toolfan66
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    Wish I had a use for them..
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  • invalid
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    Space tech labs makes a few preamps that use that tube.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 24,640
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    Could you imagine a big Carver Silver Seven built around 10 of these? If these can comfortably put out 85 watts each, that should be an unbelievable high current amp room warming space heater....

    A pair of them would be pretty sexy
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  • nooshinjohn
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    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    Could you imagine a big Carver Silver Seven built around 10 of these? If these can comfortably put out 85 watts each, that should be an unbelievable high current amp room warming space heater....

    A pair of them would be pretty sexy
    That would be 1500 watts of tube power, but the specs say they can do 300/pair.

    Others have said they are powerful but not as musical as the 120s and 150s.
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  • bcwsrt
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    Might need to check out room 418 in a few weeks and see if they are showing any of them off there:

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    Brian

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  • txcoastal1
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    Eros 500 Select Key Features
    Sextet of KT150 output tubes create 250 watts of Class A musical power.
    Class A power is fast for a more lively, immediate response to your music

    So have they been tested with KT170's...

    https://www.zestoaudio.com/eros-500-select-power-amp/
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