Since I don’t have a 220 volt outlet in the house, other than the dryer, I had to lug one of my dad’s old, 75 pound linear amplifiers to my neighbor’s machine shop to plug it into his 220 volt outlet — the tubes glowed. Like film photography and manually operated machining lathes and millers, high powered transmitting tubes are so 20th Century.
Off Center & Not Even 
I think I still like tube amp. but they are quite expensive in the modern days.
A friend tried to give me a tube powered guitar amp some years ago that needed most of the tubes replaced. After pricing out replacing the tubes, I declined to take the amp. The cost of the tubes was about double the cost of getting a new solid state guitar amp.
nice photos 🙂
Thanks, Leyla!
wow, you are handy!!!
In this case more brave than handy — those tubes are super high voltage.
But the technology is still so fascinating! And builds, and builds upon itself. One of my favorite quotes from Sir Isaac Newton: ” If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants”.
Thanks, Lavinia! True. And it’s interesting to live through, and sometimes contribute to, the advances in technology.
I particularly like the first two photos. Almost abstract and quite stunning.
Thanks, Julia!
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It’s beautiful!
Those valve sets are amazing. Just look so good too.
Thanks!
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How interesting! Great shots 🙂
Thanks, Inga!