Tube Amps for Justice

@curiousaudio.us

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Australian-American lefty still building amps & making music with vacuum tubes in the 21st Century. America needs a new constitution. curiousaudio.us https://one28.us https://sleep-ins.one28.us

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parody of yard sign that says, In this house, we believe: nazis are for punching the rich are for eating data centers are for burning clankers are for deleting love is love the constitution failed
Blue and white blimp that says 'BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO' in yellow letters, flying below a cloudy gray sky. Image from a 1993 NFL football broadcast in Pittsburgh, PA.
Two cats lying opposite each other, both looking at something off-camera to the left. A gray, tan and white calico is on a workbench on the left, and an orange and white tabby is on a chair on the right.
To storm damaged trees with large branches cracked and broken leaning horizontally
gray, orange and white calico cat stop an audio equipment rack a keyboard synth is behind and a green Altec 438C compressor amplifier is in the rack
Scene from Red Dawn where one of the fathers of the freedom fighters is in a camp behind a chain link fence and yells, "avenge me!"
Photo of a backyard with a wooden fence slightly left of center in front of the fence is a small rabbit looking rightward
image of Buc-ee, who is almost certainly a cop
big thumbs up meme that has HBO as the person on the left and the world as the group on the right at the top, the single HBO person is saying, "U.S. against the world!!"
Man in a blue t-shirt belted into the seat of a vehicle with a calico cat sitting on his shoulder
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Three electric breaker boxes on a concrete block wall in a basement. The left box has no cover and the internal jumble of wiring is exposed.
fake tweet from Robert Johnson that says, "You haven't been to The Crossroads unless you can accurately describe Satan's vagina. There is a distinguishing feature."
Luna moth chillin on bricks just outside a black door frame. The moth looks like a green leaf with lavender front edges on the swept forewings, and has long hind wings that curl. Ther are also feathery gold antennae and each fore wing has a small eyespot.
Last panel of how's it going meme with the guy saying "Jesus f***ing Christ"
Bluesky trending widget that only lists "Iran War" and "Melania Trump"
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Inside the chassis of a fully-wired Audity One recording amplifier by Curious Audio. The power supply is at the bottom of the photo and includes the power inlet, fuse holder, power switch, pilot light, green heater wires, two large black capacitor cans, and the first of four tube sockets. The power amplifier includes the second tube socket, the two largest grey resistors, a speaker output jack in the middle of the left side of the chassis, a large white dummy load resistor, and the blue and brown wires that connect through the chassis to the output transformer (not visible). What remains are the effects and preamplifier sections, which use the two remaining tube sockets, three yellow capacitors, four orange coupling capacitors, several blue resistors, a yellow turret board with brass turrets, four potentiometers, three input jacks, and an input transformer. The chassis is clear steel and says the serial number A1-11 in a box, "chrome" above and "to the bone" below that box, and instructions on how to change the input voltage setting from 120 volts to 240 volts written in black marker.
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Audity One recording amplifier by Curious Audio. Clear steel finish with white lettering and graphics, four black knobs, four vacuum tubes, two Chrome handles, and three transformers along the back of top of the chassis.
A red 5 amp variac on top of a black step up and down transformer by Simran. The red variac has an analog meter that shows voltage. The Simran transformer has three different kinds of outlets on the front panel.
Top view of an Audity One recording amplifier by Curious Audio. Clear steel chassis, chrome handles, black knobs, four vacuum tubes and two transformers atop the chassis. 12" butternut cabinet with black speaker cloth.
Photo of inside the chassis of a fully wired Audity One recording amplifier by Curious Audio. The preamplifier and effects section is at the front left and includes an input jack, four potentiometers, four orange drop capacitors, three yellow capacitors, several resistors, and two of the four tube sockets. The power amplifier and output section uses one of the tube sockets, several resistors including larger power resistors, and much of the wiring and components in the bottom left and middle of the chassis. The power supply is toward the back of the image and includes the power inlet, power switch, fuse, pilot light, two large black capacitor cans that account for three capacitor sections, and one of the tube sockets.
Close up of the back of an Audity One recording amplifier by Curious Audio, showing output transformer and output jack with 8 ohm label above it.
Back of an Audity One recording amplifier by Curious Audio. It has a speaker output jack in the middle of the back panel. On either side of the back panel there are stickers that say the amp model and serial number on the right, and a shock warning on the left. On the top of the chassis from left to right are: the power transformer, the output transformer, and the input transformer.
Audity One recording amplifier by Curious Audio. It has a clear steel chassis with white text and graphics, three black knobs, four vacuum tubes along the middle of the top, two Chrome handles in front and in back of the tubes, two transformers in the back middle and right, a combination input jack on the front panel and a white jewel for the pilot light.
Looking down the line of tube sockets inside the chassis of an Audity One recording amplifier by Curious Audio. Visible in this shot are orange and yellow capacitors, blue and gray resistors, a turret board and many different color wires connecting the components.
Back of an Audity One recording amplifier by Curious Audio with an unidentified Jack, and part of a chrome handle and output transformer visible.
Inside the chassis of an Audity One by Curious Audio. There are four tube sockets, several capacitors in the colors orange, yellow and black, and a variety of resistors of different sorts. Wires are connecting many of the components.
A white workbench with a guitar amp chassis, a bottle of root beer, a volt-ohm meter, several tools and a container of weed. Everything necessary to create something wonderful.
Grey metal box with black chickenhead knob. On the box is written DUMMY LOAD and settings to measure 2 ohms up to 100 watts, 4 ohms up to 200 watts, 8 ohms up to 100 watts, and 16 ohms up to 200 watts.
An orange tabby and a calico cat
Picture of a badass snow fort in the front yard of a residential neighborhood. There a is a car and truck on the street in the background. The streets are clear of snow but all of the yards and houses are covered.
man sitting at table with coffee cup, a sign in front of the table says, "Most Democratic consultants are millionaires and would be Republicans if their jobs didn't depend on it" – change my mind
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Norm MacDonald on the SNL news desk saying, "Now this might strike some viewers as harsh, but I believe everyone involved in this story should die."
Inside view of chassis for Audity One Recording Amplifier by Curious Audio. Capacitors are black, orange, and yellow. Resistors are blue and gray. There are knobs and potentiometers along the front panel that connect by wires to either the turret board or directly to the white tube sockets. Green lettering says A1-12 and also gives instructions to change the wiring to accommodate different international voltages.
Audity One Recording Amplifier by Curious Audio, number A1-12. Birch cabinet with oxblood speaker cloth, and a green steel chassis on top with four vacuum tubes, three transformers, and white knobs. White graphics are designed to say curious audio and audity one on top of the chassis as well.
Interior of Audity One Recording Amplifier chassis that shows completed wiring of amp A1-3. Capacitors are mostly large black or orange parts. Small blue components are resistors. Pots and switches along the inside of the front panel are connected by wires to the turret board or directly to white ceramic tube sockets.
Close up of chassis on Audity One Recording Amplifier by Curious Audio. Red, white and green wires running through a black grommet into the white chassis. Behind the grommet are two white knobs with a metal paddle switch between them.
Audity One vacuum tube instrument amplifier by Curious Audio, number A1-3. White chassis with white knobs and jewel, White Oak cabinet with white speaker cloth. The chassis has four tubes in aluminum tube shields, further protected front and back by chrome handles. There is a breadboard with many diodes at the front of the chassis. In the back are a black power transformer and a metal-framed output transformer.
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still of Michael Jordan in a tan suit with a red tie from an old public service announcement that has the caption "STOP IT"
Three blue bikes parked on a sidewalk in front of a brick wall, with fall leaves behind them.
Audio equipment rack with two Furman power strips, a green Altec 438C compressor, a black Alesis 3630 compressor, a black Yamaha GC2020 compressor limiter, a black E-Mu Ultra Proteus synth rack, a black M-Audio ProFire 2626 audio interface, and a black Alesis RA-100 reference amplifier.
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A red sign with a car and a person figure that looks like either a warning for hitting pedestrians or a warning that pedestrians may attempt to triumphantly fart on your vehicle
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Beach and ocean view with a boardwalk that connects to the beach. Mostly clear blue sky with a few clouds.
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Still from Trading Places depicting the one dollar bet between the Duke brothers
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red helmet with cupholders for two beverages attached by a straw, in this case nasty Budweisers
Swan Lake broadcast from 1991 when the Soviet Union fell. Four dancers holding hands.
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