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    Glowing Vacuum Tube Is Actually a USB Sound Card

    How Vaccuum Tubes Are Made and Used, Explained in 1942

    Inside Electro-Harmonix, Makers of Fine Big Muffs, Vacuum Tubes and More

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    Image of Mr.Gawn Mr.Gawn
    07/01/09

    In reply to Glowing Vacuum Tube Is Actually a USB Sound Card
    Every time i see Brando.. i think "ITS GOT ELECTROLYTES!!!"

    (Brawndo)
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    07/02/09

    @Mr.Gawn:

    BRANDO! IT'S LIKE A MONSTER TRUCK YOU CAN PLUG INTO YOUR USB HUB!
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    Image of andyo andyo
    07/01/09

    In reply to Glowing Vacuum Tube Is Actually a USB Sound Card
    It's not a vaccuum tube, it just looks like one. The light is a LED. Tube lights aren't blue anyway.
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    07/02/09

    @andyo:

    Yeah, if it were orange or even red, I'd probably have bought one. Sure I've never seen a vacuum tube with a circuit board inside it, but that would just be nitpicking - blue light? Just makes it look like anything except what it was designed to look like, lol
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    Image of snoop_dizzle snoop_dizzle
    07/01/09

    In reply to Glowing Vacuum Tube Is Actually a USB Sound Card
    I just use spidf optical out on my MBP.


    Though I have had a problem outputting audio at all at 96000.0 HZ on my receiver. Even though in the past I was able to....

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    Image of Dallifornia Dallifornia
    07/01/09

    @snoop_dizzle: Why do you have to mention what kind it is? Why can't you just say "on my laptop"?
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    07/02/09

    @Dallifornia:

    Well, it does explain why he would have to use the optical output. On my MBP, the analog audio out faintly clicks when changing volume, and I can here bleeps and buzzes when the computer is working on something. It's atrocious if you use in-ear headphones.
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    Image of pampkenpai pampkenpai
    07/01/09

    In reply to Glowing Vacuum Tube Is Actually a USB Sound Card
    so why does it have to be so obstructive and bulky?
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    07/01/09

    @pampkenpai: Because they want it that way.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    07/01/09

    @pampkenpai:

    Because because because because BECAUSE...


    -because of the wonderful things it does! 8D

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/25/09

    In reply to How Vaccuum Tubes Are Made and Used, Explained in 1942
    Those were the days. The days when a TV was a huge plastic wood-grained box with a tiny skyline of vacuum tubes sending that picture show through the Cathode ray into a porthole screen the size of the palm of your hand. People in sepia tone would sit around and watch in amazement while this hunkering dinosaur sputtered and blinked like a robotic cyclops.


    *In 1950's voice*


    AAnnd here we - have John Ma-honey, working tirelessly to bring you blogspeak n' good cheer over the intertubes. Godspeed Johnny, we await your - next entry.

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    Image of Monty Monty
    03/25/09

    @Kaiser 'Won't Play Crisis' Machead: I just love the use of beakers in the making of an electronic gadget. You know it has to be good because they test for the highest quality ingredients in your high-tech gear.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    03/25/09

    In reply to How Vaccuum Tubes Are Made and Used, Explained in 1942
    In Watchmen, they had Nixie Tubes in the countdown mechanism for the IFG, and they were so beautiful.
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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    01/28/09

    In reply to Inside Electro-Harmonix, Makers of Fine Big Muffs, Vacuum Tubes and More
    As far as tubes go, I like JJ's a lot more. I do love EH's pedals tho, I own quite a few.
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    Image of ThisCharmingMan ThisCharmingMan
    01/28/09

    In reply to Inside Electro-Harmonix, Makers of Fine Big Muffs, Vacuum Tubes and More
    That Holy Grail pedal is PERFECT PERFECT PERFECT. Not a big fan of the muffs...the english muff'n is alright though.
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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    01/28/09

    @ThisCharmingMan:


    I like the Holier Grail better myself.

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    Image of ThisCharmingMan ThisCharmingMan
    01/28/09

    @dead_red_eyes: If I'm not mistaken, it's just a Holy grail with more features right? I don't move that button from the 'hall' setting ever. So it wasn't really worth the cash personally. That reverb tone is surprisingly better than the one on my vox ac30...which still sounds stellar. I'm such a reverb nut that I actually switch between the vox and the holy grail reverb. Yes, I'm a nerd.
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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    01/28/09

    @ThisCharmingMan:


    Well there's lots more options on the Holy Grail than their is on your Vox AC30 (is it handwired btw?). Yeah the Holier Grail has more options ... I dig the reverse gate. The Holiest Grail is pretty sweet too.

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    Image of ThisCharmingMan ThisCharmingMan
    01/28/09

    @dead_red_eyes: Well yeah, I was just trying to say that the vox reverb, along with the spring and hall settings of the Holy Grail net me enough reverb versatility for my nerd tunes. I WISH it was a handwired one. I actually was very very close to picking up an old 1960's Vox with all the original parts for a little under 4 grand, BUT it simply wouldnt be practical. You can't move those things at all, and I will be doing extensive touring later in the year. Sigh, I guess it will have to wait until I have a fantastic recording space.
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    01/28/09

    In reply to Inside Electro-Harmonix, Makers of Fine Big Muffs, Vacuum Tubes and More
    You guys should see if you can get a tour of the Moog factory.
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    Image of polishedturd polishedturd
    01/27/09

    In reply to Inside Electro-Harmonix, Makers of Fine Big Muffs, Vacuum Tubes and More
    "Sure there isn't a whole lot of mainstream demand for vacuum tubes these days, what with those fancy solid state electronics everybody's been talking about, but in certain audiophile circles, nothing beats the clean boost of a tube amp."


    ....painfully obvious you aren't a guitarist/bassist.


    No offense.

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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    01/27/09

    @polishedturd:


    Exactly what I was thinking. John Mahoney clearly doesn't know much about this subject.

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    Image of ɟɹnsǝɥʇɥdɹnɯ ɟɹnsǝɥʇɥdɹnɯ
    01/27/09

    In reply to Inside Electro-Harmonix, Makers of Fine Big Muffs, Vacuum Tubes and More
    There is indeed no comparison between solid-state guitar amps and effects vs. the tube-driven variety. Indeed, some amazing advancements have been made recently with solid-state technology, even Marshall Amplification and Vox have some incredible solid-state models, but there is nothing (read: nothing!) like the sound of an overdriven tube amp. You can FEEL the difference.
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    01/27/09

    @MURPHtheSURF: Absolutely... the digital stuff is fun for one reason: for small investment you get a shit-ton of sounds to play with, but they never scream properly...


    ...and I like screaming.

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/27/09

    In reply to Inside Electro-Harmonix, Makers of Fine Big Muffs, Vacuum Tubes and More

    Makers of Fine Big Muffs


    Hooo-buddy.

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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    01/27/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Probably one of the best effects pedals I've ever used, hands down. Always gives you that "oooh, that sounds amazing, remind me of..." feeling.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/27/09

    @BeautifulAgony: My rocker-chick cousin loves their stuff, but the title of this article has an amusing little twist to the name, or at least my late-nite-mode mind sees it that way.
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    01/28/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Oh, I getcha... but the name has been ingraine din me for so long as a guitar thing that the double entendre didn't register. I must be slipping!
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    Image of Torley Torley
    12/21/08

    In reply to Super Electrofluorescent Profanity Machine Tells Time With Intermittent Swear Words
    Tourettes Guy would've loved this if he weren't dead. :(
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    12/21/08

    In reply to Super Electrofluorescent Profanity Machine Tells Time With Intermittent Swear Words
    The perfect gift for the OCD victim who also has Tourettes.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    12/21/08

    In reply to Super Electrofluorescent Profanity Machine Tells Time With Intermittent Swear Words
    I always wondered if someone had the job of inspecting all the packages of magnetic letters/toy letters that ship out of a factory in boxes with clear fronts. B/c you know by random some dirty word must pop up now and then.
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