Retro iPod Tube Amp and Charger

By Alex in Gadgets, Hacks & Mods, Music, Pictures on Jan 7, 2008 at 5:03 am

This marvelous piece of retro technology is an iPod Tube Amplifier/Charger station, which eschews solid-state electronics for the "the warmth, the harmonic richness and the pure tone of tube-based circuitry."

Plus, it looks good on your desk (but murder on the pocketbook: it’s $800!): Link


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  1. Dan
    Jan 7th, 2008 at 2:00 pm

    I would think the qualities of a tube amp would ne wasted playing lossy mp3 files.

  2. chad
    Jan 7th, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    I came in here just to say the same thing dan. HA

  3. VonSkippy
    Jan 7th, 2008 at 11:14 pm

    Yes, but just imagine how warm and rich that missing data sounds!

  4. pwntalive
    Jan 8th, 2008 at 12:39 am

    yes, those warm tubes are really going to make the uber-compressed high/low portions of my MP3 sound super. I wonder if this same company can render my crazy lossy JPG images in REAL OIL paints so i can share the codecs lossy nature with my friends and co-workers.

  5. Alex
    Jan 8th, 2008 at 2:22 am

    Ah, the benefit of having a tin ear is that music sounds just fine coming in from a cheap radio or a computer speaker …

  6. will c.
    Aug 26th, 2008 at 12:00 am

    Just got one today, worth every penny with good speakers.


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