Orange DIVO VT1000 Tube Tester
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Orange DIVO VT1000 Tube Tester
looks interesting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4tuYt1VeMU
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Re: Orange DIVO VT1000 Tube Tester
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.
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.
Re: Orange DIVO VT1000 Tube Tester
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]
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]
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Re: Orange DIVO VT1000 Tube Tester
It doesn't test 12AY7 ?!
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Re: Orange DIVO VT1000 Tube Tester
It most likely employs a dc to dc switching upconverter to get higher voltages.Structo wrote: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]
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Re: Orange DIVO VT1000 Tube Tester
SMPSStructo wrote: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]
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Re: Orange DIVO VT1000 Tube Tester
This is a smart tester...smarter than you...it knows that nobody uses those anyway.It doesn't test 12AY7 ?!
Re: Orange DIVO VT1000 Tube Tester
This is why i'm trying to get some components to fix my B&K 747b.
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Re: Orange DIVO VT1000 Tube Tester
Oh good grief! I've been outsmarted again!!!vibratoking wrote:This is a smart tester...smarter than you...it knows that nobody uses those anyway.It doesn't test 12AY7 ?!
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Re: Orange DIVO VT1000 Tube Tester
"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.
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.
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Re: Orange DIVO VT1000 Tube Tester
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.
Hopefully the guys who designed it for Orange will release their own version with these techie features.
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