Anyone guess the valve and its use?

[Reffc]

Anyone know what this came from and what it's used for? It is Russian Mil-spec so I'm told and used for hifi applications. I'll post the answer after a few guesses ;)

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n577/24pacman/IMG_0972_zpsdrb3bf93.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n577/24pacman/IMG_0974_zpsfk2ecf8u.jpg

[Lawrence001]

So it's a 6Zh1P EV but what's that copper base all about?


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[Lawrence001]

Is it a special design for Vladimir Putin's valve amp?


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[Reffc]

Yes, it's likely of Voshkod manufacture as the tell-tale grooves in the glass are there. It was intended for military applications and manufactured between the 1970's and 1980's.

[Arkless Electronics]

I'll have a guess at undersea telephone repeater amplifiers....

[Audio Al]

Did it come with a big red button :D

[Reffc]

It's actually used in a music application (clue) :eyebrows:

[Arkless Electronics]

A "bottle neck" for slide guitar? Slide Balalaika? :D

[Reffc]

A "bottle neck" for slide guitar? Slide Balalaika? :D

This one is actually fitted to part of a circuit :eyebrows::eyebrows:

Remove it and the music stops :eyebrows: :eyebrows::eyebrows:

[Lawrence001]

My first guess was going to be a radiation level radio transmitter at Chernobyl but I'll stick with my Putin valve amp.


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[Reffc]

Ok

here's what it's used for :lol::

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n577/24pacman/IMG_0975_zpszdrlga6x.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n577/24pacman/IMG_0976_zpsvhxaexom.jpg

[struth]

Wis that one of those usb audio tubes Paul?

[Reffc]

Wis that one of those usb audio tubes Paul?

It sure is Grant....16GB USB drive; makes digitally recorded and stored music sound "more analogue" :lol::facepull:

[struth]

Saw one in maplin catalogue recently.. might not have been very good but it looked cool. I bypass my soundcard as its crap lol. Just goes out to dac, either using driver for dac or via jriver driver. At least i think i am :eek:

[Arkless Electronics]

OMG....

[Reffc]

It sure is Grant....16GB USB drive; makes digitally recorded and stored music sound "more analogue" :lol::facepull:

P.S. Obviously tongue in cheek!

The macbook internal soundcard is bypassed, and the files are streamed direct to the off board DAC. The valve/USB stick was a cool 50th birthday pressy from my out-laws...