Orange DIVO VT1000 Tube Tester

[malt]

looks interesting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4tuYt1VeMU

[Bear]

Some stills provide a little more info maybe:
http://www.orangeamps.com/products/acce ... nt/vt1000/

Looks like it doesn't test anything that isn't pretty standard issue, and no rectifiers. Found a box of octal preamp tubes at a yard sale? Well, tough luck.

This will appeal to some who want life easy and don't want to get into maintenance or calibration. But when I spring for a tube tester, I'm going to want it to do some odder stuff that's cheap to DIY with.

[Structo]

So this tester is powered by a wall wart @ 19v

How can it reliably test a tube at that low of a voltage?

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[JazzGuitarGimp]

It doesn't test 12AY7 ?!

[JazzGuitarGimp]

So this tester is powered by a wall wart @ 19v

How can it reliably test a tube at that low of a voltage?

[img:5616:3744]http://www.orangeamps.com/wp-content/up ... k-View.jpg[/img]

It most likely employs a dc to dc switching upconverter to get higher voltages.

[ChrisM]

So this tester is powered by a wall wart @ 19v

How can it reliably test a tube at that low of a voltage?

[img:5616:3744]http://www.orangeamps.com/wp-content/up ... k-View.jpg[/img]

SMPS

[vibratoking]

It doesn't test 12AY7 ?!

This is a smart tester...smarter than you...it knows that nobody uses those anyway.

[tsutt]

This is why i'm trying to get some components to fix my B&K 747b.

Todd

[JazzGuitarGimp]

It doesn't test 12AY7 ?!

This is a smart tester...smarter than you...it knows that nobody uses those anyway.

Oh good grief! I've been outsmarted again!!!

[VacuumVoodoo]

"Testing everything you need to know about the tube" and gives you the answer on a scale 1 to 15. So according to Orange all I should want to know is whether it grades as Bo Derek +/-1 or something.
Ridiculous product IMO, just like their mediocre guitar amp wrapped around a cheap PC. On the +side it's made in Turkey and not in Vietnam or Mongolia.

[VacuumVoodoo]

On the other hand: if they add a data output and provide a piece of SW to download all test data to a PC to present it in standard graphic + table form then it'll be worth the price.
Hopefully the guys who designed it for Orange will release their own version with these techie features.