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Platinum Tubes ZM1001 Amperex Readout Nixie Tubes OEM Boxes 6 X NOS Amperex Readout Tubes
Made in Holland
Sold in lots of 6; 52 pieces available total.
Well shaped characters, bright even color.
Can be used with Arduino or other microcontrollers.
Amperex Readout Tubes are neon filled cold cathode discharge tubes. Each tube consists of a common anode and 6 independent cathodes, each formed into the shape of a numeral. Application of a negative voltage to a selected cathod...e causes the gas around the cathode to ionize and glow. The visual effect is a bright orange neon glow closely following the shape of the energized cathode
WHY PLATINUM TUBES?
Once purchased and received by Platinum Tubes, vacuum tubes undergo exacting quality control measures to further assure reliable, sonically acceptable performance. Power output tubes are first mounted in test fixtures and burned in for 24 hours. This burn-in helps stabilize the internal operating parameters of the tubes before measurements begin. Each power tube is then tested and graded for technical characteristics specified by platinum tubes engineers. Only after a tube successfully passes these exacting challenges is it labeled and put into stock to be sold. Tubes not meeting these criteria are rejected to the supplier or disposed of.
Average tube life will depend on several parameters: product type, how the product is installed, loudspeaker efficiency, room size and acoustic damping, listening habits or average sound pressure levels, A.C. line stability and purity, and other circumstances. Generally, preamplifier tubes last up to 5, 000 hours, while power amplifier output tubes will last up to 3, 000 hours. Near the end of their useful sonic life, aging vacuum tubes may degrade the sonic character of the product(s) they are used in. The sound may become somewhat dry and lifeless, with a noticeable decrease in harmonic richness or bloom. Bass response may be diminished, and musical dynamics may flatten out or compress. Toward the very end of their service life, tubes may become noisy, noticeable as a slight rushing sound or rustling noise. It is far better to replace vacuum tubes prior to the end of their service life, before severe sonic degradation or outright failure occurs. Running vacuum tubes into failure may damage to other internal components and cause needless repair expense.
Factors which can shorten tube life include inadequate ventilation, overdriving loudspeakers at continuously high volume levels, severely fluctuating A.C. line conditions (e.g. sagging line voltage during summer peaks of air-conditioning demand), or severe interference pulses or electromagnetic interference.
SHIPPING INFORMATIONUSA Shipping FREE (USPS) (free shipping applies only for lower 48 states)International $22.00 (USPS)
Made in Holland
Sold in lots of 6; 52 pieces available total.
Well shaped characters, bright even color.
Can be used with Arduino or other microcontrollers.
Amperex Readout Tubes are neon filled cold cathode discharge tubes. Each tube consists of a common anode and 6 independent cathodes, each formed into the shape of a numeral. Application of a negative voltage to a selected cathod...e causes the gas around the cathode to ionize and glow. The visual effect is a bright orange neon glow closely following the shape of the energized cathode
WHY PLATINUM TUBES?
Once purchased and received by Platinum Tubes, vacuum tubes undergo exacting quality control measures to further assure reliable, sonically acceptable performance. Power output tubes are first mounted in test fixtures and burned in for 24 hours. This burn-in helps stabilize the internal operating parameters of the tubes before measurements begin. Each power tube is then tested and graded for technical characteristics specified by platinum tubes engineers. Only after a tube successfully passes these exacting challenges is it labeled and put into stock to be sold. Tubes not meeting these criteria are rejected to the supplier or disposed of.
Average tube life will depend on several parameters: product type, how the product is installed, loudspeaker efficiency, room size and acoustic damping, listening habits or average sound pressure levels, A.C. line stability and purity, and other circumstances. Generally, preamplifier tubes last up to 5, 000 hours, while power amplifier output tubes will last up to 3, 000 hours. Near the end of their useful sonic life, aging vacuum tubes may degrade the sonic character of the product(s) they are used in. The sound may become somewhat dry and lifeless, with a noticeable decrease in harmonic richness or bloom. Bass response may be diminished, and musical dynamics may flatten out or compress. Toward the very end of their service life, tubes may become noisy, noticeable as a slight rushing sound or rustling noise. It is far better to replace vacuum tubes prior to the end of their service life, before severe sonic degradation or outright failure occurs. Running vacuum tubes into failure may damage to other internal components and cause needless repair expense.
Factors which can shorten tube life include inadequate ventilation, overdriving loudspeakers at continuously high volume levels, severely fluctuating A.C. line conditions (e.g. sagging line voltage during summer peaks of air-conditioning demand), or severe interference pulses or electromagnetic interference.
SHIPPING INFORMATIONUSA Shipping FREE (USPS) (free shipping applies only for lower 48 states)International $22.00 (USPS)
