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[@trevorhaddox6884]

Tube guy here. Those are HV rectifier tubes as found in tube CRT stuff (TVs, scopes, radar, exc) to power the CRT, pretty cheap if you know where to look. They are literally just diodes, they could never amplify even if the output caps at the top were hooked up, which they are not. Even if they wanted to use them as diodes for whatever reason they'd need several thousand volts for those type of tubes to work. BUSTED on every level.

[@danylgan4349]

Tube amps in Chinese Cantonese are called Tam kei which translates into bulb device. However Tam also means bile and direct translate into bile amplifier.

[@jphillips360noscope]

They need to brand an amp called the "barf magnifier"

[@brianwatson3705]

Those arent vacuum tubes. Those are bile collectors. They remove the bile from the audio track so that you do not get sick while listening to music. You will eventually have to swap them out new ones , depending on your type of music. Take out the old ones through the back door , and install the new ones through the front door.

[@martinda7446]

[@1954Antony]

Useless for listening to anything from the music industry these days. If you took out all the bile you'd have almost nothing left! Clearly only any use at all if you listen to independent artists!

[@Explore-with-Mr.-Happy]

One of the best comments ever.... Peace and Love be with all

[@consentofthegoverned5145]

They perform the same function, by a different method. They remove bile using a catalyst, where as vacuum tubes use, well, vacuum. They both eventually fill up with bile and have to be changed,

[@mpp9964]

Just outstanding. Completely absurd

[@DeadKoby]

Easiest way to test if the tubes are in circuit is to unplug them and see if the amp still produces sound.

[@gregoryclemen1870]

tubes even if they are on the front end of the circuit will produce heat, output tubes will produce enough heat to cause a second degree skin burn

[@tiki_trash]

@@gregoryclemen1870 They might be heaterless tubes used as voltage regulating diodes like 0D3 or similar types. Why they are there in the first place has me baffled.

[@gregoryclemen1870]

@@tiki_trash you are 100% correct, just like the 0A2 tubes, no heater. I think the tubes in this "AMP" are for decoration only, and serve no electrical purpose.

[@trevorhaddox6884]

​@@tiki_trashThey are HV rectifier tubes, the big round plate with only two tiny leads going up in it and top metal cap give em away. They have heaters, just tiny ones as they are meant for low current and very high voltage. No, the heaters are not hooked up here, there'd be no point with non-amplifying tubes. Just cheap blue LEDs under them. FAKE!

[@pauldavies6037]

@@tiki_trash Those types of regulator tubes 85 ,105 volt or similar only

[@camv5193]

What a mixed bag of results, channel 2 was done at 4pm on a Friday haha... the case has the pyramid look the inside had more components than i thought

[@murrayshekelberg9754]

Love seeing these newer reviews. I m currently in the market for a 4 channel or 6 channel and these reviews help a lot.

[@robertoney5665]

The power requirements requires a flex capacitor on a 12 volt power rail from your power bank. Good super audio sound in 4, 3 or 2 channel sound to your driver ears. No fuse needed self reset . Big power to listen pleasure yourself in car. Comes with the english guide book packet to hook up stuff.

[@volvo09]

Great job testing that new type of bile duct! You hit it out of the park!

[@bryanbrewer4272]

the pre-bent mount tab is worth 10 db....

[@pgmurray76]

Haaaaa! I didn't see that

[@calvinevans8305]

Nice catch. Lol

[@CarsandCats]

I turned on Chinese closed captions when watching this video and the entire thing made sense!

[@LowLevelNC]

The smaller model will be called The Urethra. Look for it soon. 😂😂😂

[@shanecabbage2187]

"Man, nobody understands the words coming out of your mouth!" -Great quote from a great movie. Thank you Dick Riculous for sharing this amp with us.

[@TroyOnymous]

Ancient Chinese secret: elusive audio tubes that glow the wrong color at the wrong place. Funny how they bother to even use PCBs with traces on them when they known dang well the tube isn't even a working part of the circuit.

[@pgmurray76]

Judging by the description and packaging alone...this was a good one to investigate!

[@Marks_crappy_guitars]

I’m laughing alittle. The tubes in it would have voltage going into the top posts of them. That’s a great set of night lights in there!

[@volvo09]

Yeah they're totally fake, I was giving them the stink eye before the Flir came out.

[@TheSFFV]

Always cool to see these cheap amps tested. To me it looks like the tubes are not working as you said. They should be lighting up and warming up. Great video as always BigD. Bring some real content for real subs.

[@tjroelsma]

They should light up somewhat yes, but they don't have to get that warm. You can run tubes severely undervolted (the "starving" principle) so they still function but don't warm up that much. That being said, there are Chinese audio products that feature tubes that are just there for looks, but perform no function in the sound path.

[@jeanious2009]

Please no “this is not a Mickey Mouse program” clip.😂

[@robsolf]

I'm going to encourage Disney to start making car electronics just to see how D handles it.

[@antfrmthe8885]

Been watching for about 3 years now man you taught me a lot about car audio I've started my own business because of you thanks for everything big D ❤

[@gteaz]

and don't forget to check your front bmx brakes time to time.

[@-108-]

@@gteazikr? He started a paper route. lol

[@pgmurray76]

@@-108- It was hard to get that route back in the day. I really was not big enough physically to handle those papers on my handlebars anyway. The 13 to 15 year old neighbors always got it. A bygone era now. Thanks for reminding me. James Coppotelli was the last one, then because of Sunday paper stupid ass inserts and spam mail inserts, they switched to car driverd with longer routes. Cars low and chock full of smelly news print paper. That crap musta been toxic.

[@pgmurray76]

@@-108- Oh, it was a GT Mach III with spoked wheels and a genuine GT then Answer BMX racing plate. ODI grips. He was a nice guy with style.

[@-108-]

@@pgmurray76Roger that. A-foh teunn onnat duck chuckin' eunnnn!

[@robertthurston6858]

Thanks for for telling us about the sound quality and not just the power output . Cheers and applaud. 👏🙌👍

[@wings8005]

Yes, that character does mean bile, when referring to an organ. However, like English, many words have more than one meaning, depending on how it is used. In this case, it is an abbreviation for "light bulb", and is a common slang for vacuum tubes, which resemble light bulbs.

[@vincesandoval1816]

😂😂😂 dude I’m crying with you reading that description!!

[@henryknox4511]

I've been waiting for a decent Bile machine to come out for years.

[@Aaron48219]

Nothing beats the taste of bile in the morning.

[@henryknox4511]

@@Aaron48219 Only fresh brewed bro!

[@xray111xxx]

What a cool $50.00 paper weight. Only my home boys could come up with this. Oh my oh my. Why I love your channel. You just never know what goes on the dyno. Funniest video so far today, shared with all my audio buddies. See the heads shaking right now. It has been a long time since audio made me laugh this hard. Nice work. I will bet if the Dyno were human, it would have delayed the test because it was laughing so hard. :D

[@robsolf]

I continue to be impressed by how almost everything makes its rated power, nowadays. Back when I was a broke teenager, bargain amps barely made deck amp levels of power, with some added hiss and hum, to boot.

[@wal]

Thanks, much appreciated!!

[@Murgoh]

@@robsolf Yes, back in the 80:s this amp would have been rated "4x200W" or something like that, the advertised power ratings were completely ridiculous back then.

[@rickietatum4319]

It would be interesting to see if that amplifier would be any different with the tubes removed.

[@gregoryclemen1870]

they really are not doing anything in the circuit, its all show and no go.

[@joanfrellburg4901]

It probably sounds better without the tubes. I'm getting this new generation, I think I got it now.

[@SkinnyVampiress]

The anode cap is not connected obviously (and no heater voltage) so they just can be removed because it is clear that no signal or any voltage is going through them :)

[@joanfrellburg4901]

@@SkinnyVampiress I guess as long as there's tubes in there somewhere, even tubes of toilet paper would be good as well. 😄

[@SkinnyVampiress]

@@joanfrellburg4901 And it will add some nice character to the sound lol

[@s.o.s.exploration2412]

My fathers old school ham radios have tubes. Lmao!

[@robsolf]

There are some new home audio integrated amps that use pre-amp tubes that actually sound pretty good. But it's silly to make a car amp with tubes. It was a silly idea before we found out they were fake; even sillier that it turns out they made these fake tubes with a lighting effect, then completely covered it up. This amp design was probably inspired by a fever dream, so maybe the translation isn't as off as we thought.

[@yeahitskimmel]

But what about all new bile ducts?

[@s.o.s.exploration2412]

@robsolf My late father did love the Ham Radios from back in the day that ran the tubes because they were built to last. However, when it came to any movement, it was like moving the Mona Lisa as they were pretty fragile and not easy to find. I guess it may look alright hooked up in a DeLorean for their sound system. Very select market for interest in just that, tho, I'm afraid... Going to stick with my Orion XTR750.4 for my highs and mids. Props for going outside the norm though.

[@huhdidwhat]

​@@s.o.s.exploration2412That's because they're great😊

[@s.o.s.exploration2412]

@huhdidwhat built to last and stand the test of time. Not being done up on an assembly line. Made by people who understood that anyone from civilian to military will depend on these in life or death situations. Throughout my father's use of his 3 different multi-band rigs, he had contacted at least one person in every country, state, providence, and so on throughout the world. I still hold onto his giant binders of QSL cards. R.i.p. Pops. Can travel like the frequencies themselves now...

[@user-uc5vr8le7y]

If you tap the tubes whilst the amp is on you should here a glass tapping sound through the speakers if the tubes are in the circuit as they are microphonic.

[@willh3494]

Got me cracking up man! Imagine being the guy that wrote all that for English speaking consumers... Talkin bout BILE MACHINE FEVERS "Yep, close enough"😂

[@4wdiesels]

Haha I was laughing so hard at that translated description about the back door and the bile duct and the investment! 😂

[@goobfilmcast4239]

I’m just afraid of a car fire …. This thing must have most Chinesium of Chinesium of components.

[@18000rpm]

胆机 literally translates to "bile machine" but it actually means "amplifier". 新款胆机 means New Style Amplifier and 小霸虫 actually means Little Lord Insect.

[@LivinLoudwithAndy]

The FLIR never lies 👀🔥

[@Mr.Robert1]

There is actually a very good reason why the description makes no sense. There is a huge language barrier between where it's manufactured, boxed up and had the manual put together, and places that speak English. Companies that have the money hire a translator obviously whoever this is didn't bother. Ever notice some of the names of the Chinese restaurants? They are very odd As It Gets Lost in the translation, like Happy Chicken, Sunny Day food. That's the answer. If it was Pyramid they would take a picture of tubes and Scotch tape it to the Box, then call it a tube amp.

[@davehudl3593]

Those tubes look like high voltage diode rectifiers. The cap on the end is one end of the diode.

[@jsawhite]

another reason the tubes are not part of the audio circuit. Tubes take a good 20~30 seconds to warm up for sound to come out (I've had a few tube amps/preamps). if you powered it on and immediately got sound, they are not in use!

[@optimisticpessimist484]

Unless they were directly heated types like the 1U4, 1S5, 3A4, etc. The tubes you see there are an high voltage rectifier diode with directly heated filaments and are not even connected in the circuitry.

[@felixyasnopolski8571]

@@optimisticpessimist484 Still, even directly heated ones takes a few seconds to stabilise.

[@pgmurray76]

I think front and back door is preamplification and main gain stage or output. My ex gave me much gain and output from her front and back doors.

[@RJSDZNS]

Ok i cant understand why these foreign companies cant hire a decent translator. I know they're not ignorant but when the translation sounds as goofy as it does thats how they sound! Not to mention the quality control on the final product, i e owers manual? Love the content D, keep em coming!

[@quagmire94]

i purchased a Preamp the easiest way to tell if they are Working is to Turn the gain volume up with no sound , And tap on the tubes. with a small screwdriver you would hear the Ticking sound through the amplifier speakers.

[@kenzingzong6704]

Those look like damper tubes or diode rectifier tubes from old CRT television sets that they probably had a large NOS pile of. Even the metal plate cap on the end of the tubes aren't connected to anything lmao. Completely for show and if I'm correct those tubes were never used for audio applications since they can't even be used for any kind of amplification.

[@joelhastings9373]

I guarantee those tubes aren't part of the circuit. It would have been nice to see you pluck them from the sockets and see if it still worked.

[@gregoryclemen1870]

yup, they are just a show piece.

[@mikevan5219]

I would pull the valves or tubes out of the circuit and power it back up. Those look like high voltage rectifier the anode caps don't look hooked up. If there rf sweep than it would be the grid lead cap. Heat test looked cold they get warm.

[@shawnk4517]

If this is the “New Bile Machine “, then I would like to see a review for the Old Bile Machine please!

[@VladoT]

Those tubes are high voltage diodes for old TV sets and not triodes so obviously put there only for display purposes 😅

[@phillipbainbridge9107]

You didn't even have to turn it on. A 1X2 (rectifier) or similar looking tube with no grid cap attached said everything.

[@aaronatwood9298]

Vacumm tubes are not instant on. If you can hit the switch and have full audio in 5 secs, those are either dummy tubes, solid state devices in glass, or real tubes not in circuit. Tube heaters get that glass hot, so yeah.

[@jamesplotkin4674]

Pull the valves out and see if it still works. And while tubes are neat to see, who would see them with the metal cover?

[@wal]

They are soldered in and yeah a plexi bottom would make more sense!

[@mullinperformanceaudio5902]

I wonder if I can get one of these dudes to start making my KZbin titles?

[@davehilling3944]

The chris tucker clip made me spit my coffee out...thanks

[@wal]

🤣

[@xXMrfreezeXx]

I had my bile machine removed in 2008 so maybe I should get this..

[@kenabi]

got a good look at the surrounding circuit and the pcb.. those valves aren't properly in the chain. its gimmick. the metal tip is for higher power applications, and such tubes make notoriously poor low voltage preamp drivers. they would have been better off just putting some 12a*7's in there if they were actually putting them in circuit. and to be honest, i can't find any single anode top cap 'normal sized' septar (7pin) valves that are suitable for preamp even with high voltage/current applied. most of the dual triodes that tend to be used for preamping audio are all octal (8pin) or miniture tubes (roughly 1/4 of the diameter of the ones in this amp and maybe 1/2 the length). not saying they don't exist, just that i'm not finding any such. another ding; when you have top cap anodes, they need power on the order of 600V+ up to KV. these were probably some sort of radio/broadcast tube in the lower side of power stages. (if they're even real) with the number off that label i could probably tell you exactly what it is, if it actually is a tube and not a dummy, or r-typedaw torg's tube search engine could give you the relevant page for it.

[@NullStaticVoid]

There was a trend for a while in semipro audio gear to put starved plate tubes in the middle and call it a tube mic pre or a tube compressor. A lot of people fell for it. Thinking the tube compressor they bought from Behringer would get them that smooth LA2 tone. It didn't but psychoacoustics are tricky. You can often trick yourself into liking stuff you hear if you really want to. I have a lot of tube and hybrid tube stuff myself. If it doesn't present a decent voltage, no thanks. If the tubes are surrounded by TL074 op amps they aren't running at a significant voltage! Bonus points if the output is transformer balanced.

[@paulgood2218]

I was so hoping this was this was a real tune amp , maybe a helix or zed made planet audio tube amp clone

[@neutrodyne]

Those tubes look like high-voltage rectifier tubes like a 1x2a high-voltage Supply or focus supply for a TV set used years ago.

[@geneaustin4872]

The plates don’t even looked hooked up to the tubes and I don’t even see a heater in them, what was the number of the tube

[@digi3218]

I haven't watched the video yet.. but I bought a 200$ 5 channel amp off Amazon and the fuses showed signs of burning after a while and after I fixed that, I was brave enough to keep using it but it stopped working correctly after a total of 5 months. Bought a audio control one after that and haven't had a single problem. Well worth it but it was like 4x as much 😢 Edit: I have/had both mounted in the same spot behind the rear seat of my truck and so its probably not the best spot for air flow.

[@skydwellingmusic]

Finally a genuine bile machine for my car

[@draft6969]

You touched on my comment. I have seen old cheap tube amplifiers before where if you remove the tubes, they would still work. Showing they were not part of the design. just for show. That's a test I would try on this.

[@wal]

They are soldered in place otherwise I would’ve removed them

[@VinylRage3676]

@@wal the tubes are socketed they pull out from the white sockets. and it also pulls straight up from the black connectors on the bottom of the board by the looks of it.

[@jeffmassey4860]

Calling shenanigans on those vacuum tubes! The style also reminds me of high-voltage anode types where a wire would be connected to the metal post on top of the tube itself. I would try putting a geiger counter on those tubes just to make sure they are not Radioactive. LOL

[@jimc9823]

Yeah that thermal camera show's it all.. no filament heating up.. no signal. Also I think that kind of tube (with the metal end) needs that terminal to go to something - not just float. China has LOTS of old military stock tubes to get rid of, this is a great way to recycle them.. lol For reliability maybe it's best they are not in circuit, for what ever poor soul winds up getting one of these..

[@Douglas_Blake_579]

The meal cap is usually the anode... positive power for the tube.

[@hondamoto-rb6bk]

Not too shabby for a 55 dollar cheap ab 4 channel...for once it did rated definitely was not expecting that

[@robsolf]

With the main appeal of an AB amp being sound quality though, this amp seems pointless. You could get a more powerful class D amp that probably sounds better for the same price, and it would probably be a third of the size. D has tested a bunch of them.

[@-108-]

Big D always finds amps that are a far better deal, whilst being much higher quality. This amp is useless.

[@robsolf]

As @OneZeroAte said, D has checked out tons of cheap amps that are better than this one, many of which are below 200 bucks. If you're in the market, definitely dig further back in his channel.

[@gregoryclemen1870]

it would be interesting to see how long this amp holds up, just remember you get what you pay for.

[@scamchan]

So hidden blue leds are for who inside of a closed case?

[@MeTuLHeD]

"New type of bile duct." LOL! Love me some Chinese mistranslations! Classic!

[@Mile-long-list]

My back door bile duct is also enlarged after watching this video.

[@tedtan6449]

1:32 " ower's manual" 😂😂😂

[@davidstevens7809]

Looks like a clone of a hollywood amp that was made years ago. It should have that warm tube sound..might be something to snatch up and tinker with

[@nubie1100]

First amp I've clicked on and they are still in stock 😂

[@Strike_Raid]

The tubes are definitely real, but are not hooked up. They are 1 or 3 volt high voltage rectifiers used in CRT high voltage (12 to 17 thousand volt) circuits. If they were hooked up, the IR would have picked up the heater filaments and if you notice the tube anode caps don't have anything going to them. They do nothing, (and wouldn't be able to do anything) in this circuit.

[@yeahitskimmel]

The official amp of thinking your hearing is starting to fade in one ear

[@martinabbate3599]

Back In 68 before car amps were invented need. .eico st70 tube amp mounted in the trunk of my shiny new Dodge Charger R/T. Yes tubes 7591 .push pull ab and 4 wolverine 8 inch full range speakers..and a norelco cassette deck and modified Motorola fm tuner ..WNEW 102.7 FM ..GOOD TIMES !

[@optimisticpessimist484]

You must have had some sort of an HV power supply to make the plate voltage from the +13.8VDC. My tube amp had a Triad toroidal transformer with a pair of switch transistors to make the DC plate voltage. My amp used four 6BQ5's in class AB1 push pull.

[@martinabbate3599]

@optimisticpessimist484 yes a Triplite 12v to 120 ac solid state inverter cost in 1968 $100 @ Lafitte electronics

[@nunyabizznizz7326]

love a sunday morning bigD video..... 👍👍 my day can start now

[@BlondieSL]

The very moment that you opened up the case, I knew those were not real tubes. It would have been interesting to see if the tube sockets actually connected to any circuity and under the microscope, look inside the tubes to see what's there. What's possible is that they may have some transistors or something inside to fake them as being usable tubes.

[@rich1051414]

On fake tube amps, usually the signal is passed through the heater. Which does nothing. But that would mean the tubes never heat up. Which seems to be the case here.

[@BlondieSL]

@@rich1051414 That's interesting too. This is why I'd be curious to see if there are any solid state components that they just mounted inside the tube so that they could claim it's tube operated. hmmmmm.... components that would normally be on the PCB. Honestly, it's just sickening how companies lie and put out fake garbage like that and make false claims.

[@m4rvinmartian]

*2:30** I am fkn dying at the Engrish.*

[@brianmack6285]

It galls me to no end that Amazon is forcing this problem duct upon us. They'd have to beat me into sublime mission before I'd pave for one!

[@magicphred]

Slapped it down on the stanky side :)

[@MrBarkley76]

I think I'm going to run my whole set up on these!!!!😃

[@houseofpain3580]

Bridge 3 & 4 to run your Quad😂Box

[@MrBarkley76]

​@@houseofpain3580Bro,I really do have a quad box with 4 10's! Let's run it!!!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@432b86ed]

Big D - separating the wheat from the crap. You da man.

[@suchagoober4317]

Edie Van Halen had a car amp using tubes back in the day.

[@robsolf]

So... they went to all this trouble to create this nifty "tube light show" in the amp, and they didn't even put a plexi window on it so they could be seen? Essentially, it seems like their purpose wasn't to create something that a teenager would think would look cool in their Mom's hand me down Corrolla; it was to dupe the "tubes and vinyl or bust" market?

[@teyjizzle]

🎉. My wrangler jlu has 2 12 in skar ix series and stock speakers need to upgrade so watching videos like this after I find a decent cheap amp is fun. But this amp seriously channels aren’t matched ha

[@kevinAuman1]

But but imagine if it was a bile machine and a real tube amplifier that had tubes which actually worked!

[@beekeeper8474]

Love to see a 3-500 Audio amplifier.

[@pawnch83]

BigDwiz…. Your thumb is killing me. 😮😮😮😮

[@KDuB9I6]

Entertainment and honest reviews, cant get any better.😅😅😅

[@justinhiggins2210]

A true tube amp would be very heavy. Audio output tubes operate at very high voltages and that high voltage must be lowered so it can operate a speaker, and the way this is done is through transformers and they are very heavy. A misconception about transformers is that weight is from the copper, not true the majority of the weight is from the iron in them. Another gem from Big D. Gotta love it.

[@hack0well]

Actually when I competed back in the early 2000's I used Planet Audio when it was built by ZED Audio. I had 2 BIG BANG mono amps strapped and 1 HVT754 on my front stage. It had real tubes and sounded good, but it took a few seconds to play waiting on the tubes to preheat. It had 4 tubes in the preamp section and normal class A/B output section. It also had a small window to see the tubers glow through. It was about the size of my JP234, maybe a little thicker due to the tubes but weighed far less than the Big Bang monoblocks. I still have my USamps VLX800 and that is another one I wish I had kept. 75x4@4ohms and 100x4@2 ohms. Perfect for a front stage in a S10 pickup with a blowthru in the back, 4 -12" BigBang subs in a 4th order.

[@justinhiggins2210]

@@hack0well I bet that system got down. I did a lot of repair on the later planet audio amps, after the zed built amps of course. It's nice to talk to people who know what their talking about wich you obviously do. I thought about trying to start a channel like BIG D has but I'm not very good at that side of things, I would probably sound like a jack ass. I look forward to conversing with you in the near future. Ling live the 90s.

[@Reaktanzkreis]

8:35 The tubes/valves are HV rectifiers formerly used in B/W TV. They really have no funktion in these amp. Only decoration.

[@optimisticpessimist484]

You are absolutely right.

[@SouthFloridacarshows]

No more bile ducts here... great videos saving money for alot of Amazon people.

[@JamesOKeefe-US]

Appreciate you Big D!! This one killed me, 😂😂😂 PS, loving the Old School shirt! Definitely recommend, good quality and comfortable!

[@RinksRides]

That thermal shot bro! Those tubes dont do shyt! They aint even warm! Didn't even hook up the heaters in the tubes. Tubes also don't have the instant on characteristic.

[@Cubik303]

Tubes look like they’re socketed. Can you pull them and see if it still passes audio? Also it looks like there is no support for the tubes on that daughterboard? Vibration from in-vehicle use is going to cause problems over time.

[@robsolf]

I was curious about that, too, but his heat image tells the tale. They stay cold which means they aren't even getting power, let alone are part of the audio chain.

[@951258tike22]

This amp really tickled my bile duct!! haha great stuff Big D

[@MikeHensley-sc3ns]

Love seeing Richard….. already know what time it is Dick.

[@traildoggy]

You don't want to use the factory supplied bile. You have to drain and replace it with extra virgin tropical bat bile. For best results the closer to the equator, the better. It's expensive, and pretty bad for the bats, but worth it for the extra bile quality in the highs.

[@Drummer2k]

Well.. at least the protection circuit worked! 😛

[@user-mr1ku5iz8l]

Looks like a starved plate design at best. I have a few preamps that have tubes in them using a starved plate design. I'd say the "tube-iness" is minimal at best.

[@juanroque4452]

Another great video Big D Williston appreciate your channel

[@wal]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@ehrenkrause9861]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 had to stop and breathe after that 1:30

[@wijibo6772]

Pretty sure they ment Owers manual, because your going to have a new car payment when that amp burns down your vehicle.

[@ericmoeller3634]

yeah that amp isn't even running the filaments on those tubes and they would warm like you said and i dont see any high voltage system tubes need high voltage

[@S_M_0009]

Had a good laugh with your funny comments.

[@Circlotron]

Those vacuum tubes look like TV EHT rectifier diodes. So by their very nature they can't amplify anything. They are a diode, for goodness sake! And what's more, the top cap of the tube is the anode connection, except that doesn't appear to be connected to anything at all. Unbelievable.

[@bondovwvw]

But is it okay for my gallbladder? I don't want too much bile in my system.

[@robsolf]

So much bilence in music, these days.

[@ans05]

If you've had your gallbladder removed.....you can replace with this. Theyre coming out with micro version soon.

[@beaublincoe608]

Ratings are more accurate then many especially if they would have said 14.4 😃