Vintage looking Vacuum tubes
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Vintage looking equipment conjures up a warm feel of a bygone age and
is still available today, however its not practical for everyone. A
brand new design can be very expensive and vintage types require a working knowledge plus maintenance and sourcing of discontinued
parts. Acetek tubes hope help fill this gap. Above
are working models of the Vintage looking 3+3 watt bluetooth speakers. They were made to show what could be achieved with a little time using the vintage looking LED vacuum
tubes and a bluetooth amplifier tube.
The glow tubes, amplifier tube and speakers are real, the other components (transformers and box) you
can see are not and are made from MDF wood and just painted and
sprayed to present a look of realism. The oak block contains
3xAA batteries under the metal plate to operate as an totally independant sound level meter.
Magic eye ME5V-SIM Colours available
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Sound level meter |
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Sound effect tube (single colour)These vintage looking tubes only require a 4.5 to 5 volt power supply to operate. The clear tube houses a built in
microphone which controls the white LED glow tube to react to sound. Another LED produces a orange glow at the base of the
tube mimicing the heating element found in original vacuum tubes. Unlike real vacuum tubes these draw very little current
and would run for many weeks on just 3 x AA battery cells. Inside there is a sound level adjustment potentiometer to help
match level when multiple valves are used together.
Voltage: 4.5
to 5v dc Sound level: adjustable Current : <10ma Size: 120mm x 25mm Power Connection: Phono
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Magic eye ME5V-VARI Colours available
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Sound effect tube (vari-colour) These
vintage looking tubes only require a 4.5 to 5 volt power supply to operate. The clear tube houses a built in microphone which controls the white LED glow tube to react to sound. Another
LED produces a orange glow at the base of the tube mimicking the heating element found in original vacuum tubes. The tubes
draw very little current and would run for many weeks on just 3 x AA battery cells. In this version the top of the white glow
tube glows when there is no sound, as the sound increases the the bottom of the glow tube illuminates. As the sound increases
the top of the glow tube start to diminishing. This mixing of light colours has an effect of a colour band raising and falling
with the sound. see video Voltage: 4.5 to 5v dc Sound level: adjustable Current : <10ma Size: 120mm x 25mm Power Connection: Phono Video shows "BLUE-red" version
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Magic eye ME5V-PEAK Colours available
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Sound level meter |
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Sound effect tube (Peak-colour) These vintage looking tubes only require a 4.5 to 5 volt power supply to operate. The
clear tube houses a built in microphone which controls the
white LED glow tube to react to sound. Another LED produces a orange glow at the base of
the tube mimicing the heating element found in original vacuum tubes. The tubes draw very little current and would run for
many weeks on just 3 x AA battery cells. With no sound the white glow tube produces no light, as the sound increases the colour
at the bottom of the tube increases, when the sound reaches a louder level the top of the tube illuminates as it hits the
peak. see video. Voltage: 4.5 to 5v dc Sound level: adjustable Current : <10ma Size: 120mm x 25mm Power Connection: Phono
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Amplifier BT335-VAC available
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bluetooth amplifiers |
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Bluetooth amplifier (3+3 watts) A
single vintage looking bluetooth amplifier tube only require a 5v dc supply and 2 x 4ohm speakers. They are supplied with
a matching 6 pin plug. Voltage: 5v dc Output:
3 + 3 watts Current : upto 1.5 amp Size: 120mm x 25mm Connector
:6pin socket
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Speakers SP50-3W4OM available
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3 watt speakers |
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Pair of 3 watt speakers These
full range 50mm speakers are extremely well suited to the our valve amplifier. The have a fantastic frequency responce which
is helped by the extened excursion range and the large magnet. When installed
into the correct size cabinet the sound is very full and rounded and normally achieved with much bigger speakers. Output: 3 watts Impeadance
4 ohms Hole cutout Size:50mm Weight : 66g magnet size: 40mm x 10mm
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UK Adaptors 5 vdc UK plug
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Style of case may differ from image
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UK Adaptors These UK power adaptor are suited for use with the
following: - All vacuum valve products
- TV simulator 5v
- Special T-Bar
5v
Adaptor voltage: 100-240vac Small size: 90mm x 60mm x 50mm Output voltage:
5vdc 1amp Cable length:170cm Packed weight approx: 0.120kg
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