It faithfully hews to the high ends original mission statement for substo reproduce musics bottom octave, the region that extends to 20hz or lower. The e2150 can be operated with a wide variety of source units and system configurations. Rbh sound discontinued subwoofers 382 marshall way, suite a, layton, utah 84041 800 5432205 find a dealer toggle navigation. Butler tube driver blue 475 thermionic vacuum tube driven mobile power amplifier kondisi nossold design with authentic vacuum tube response and an openended design, zero global negative feedback, tube driver blue overcomes one of the most universally agreed upon sonic problems plaguing virtually all current amplifier designs. If your vehicle is not equipped with an upgraded audio system, you can install amps and subwoofers yourself. Monoprice 25 watt stereo hybrid tube amplifier with. Plus the budget amps are powerful enough for small rooms and if you place your speakers correctly, you should get decent sound. In the butler thermionic also called tube driver blue circuitry, high voltages are avoided and the transformer is replaced by currentmultiplying output devices, in this case, sanken multiemitter types.
Bk butler build the infamous tube driver guitar pedal used by eric johnson, billy gibbons, and scores of others. Tdb 475 t h e r m i o n i c vacuum tube driven mobile power amplifier design with authentic vacuum tube response and an openended design, zero global negative feedback, tube driver blue overcomes one of the most universally agreed upon sonic problems plaguing virtually all current amplifier designs. Butler audio tube driver blue 475 realm of excursion. Subwoofers in my opinion are unnecessary to musical reproduction. I guess most budget amps are on the lower end of the price range and thus an addition of a subwoofer would be deemed unnecessary. Unfortunately it looks like this particular subwoofer does not have line level ouput connections. Often people get max butler confused with bk butler because they both designed amps. Powered subwoofers are easier to install and saves space in your trunk or rear cargo area. Wiring subwoofers to the wrong, or unmatched, amplifier impedance is a very common cause of blowing amplifiers and burning voice coils in subwoofers. The tube amp does not provide power for the subwoofer. Tube driver is widely recognized as the only successful and practical highpowered vacuum tube driven amplifier ever made. I designed it in the early 1980s and eric johnson was one of my early customers. The tube driver blue architecture merely lends itself to being packaged in 5channel guise to make the tdb 5150 the first hometheater tube amp thatll run cool to be left powered up indefinitely.
The efficiency of the subwoofer determines the power requirement for the amp so you can get away with a relatively low powered tube or solid amp if your subwoofer is sufficiently efficient, as it were. I am hearing low frequency that is very sonically acurate. To save time and space a popular solution is a powered subwoofer. Bk butler s original hand made tube driver guitar pedal used by eric johnson, david gilmour, billy gibbons, joe satriani, kenny wayne shepherd, robbie krieger, and many other pros. On the other hand, most well designed solid state power amplifiers are direct coupled no output transformer and take neqative feedback from the output terminal. Compatible with all electric guitars and amplifiers. Review and test of the boss armor 1500m 1500 watt amp and the pyle plpw6d 6.
Comes with owners manual the tube driver td752 is a two channel 100 watt amp with spring reverb. Heart of the tube driver is a real handselected 12ax7 tube by bk butler himself. Amplifier ciruit tda toshiba audio layouts diagram, audio power amplifier, tda8560q audio amplifier 2x40w, 300w subwoofer power, 100w guitar amplifier mk. With the sound turned down, test units emitted a low hum over the speakers and headphones we connected.
Connecting active sub to 2 channel tubeamp audioholics. A powered subwoofer is a sub that comes with a builtin amplifier. I have recently acquired a prima luna prologue three preamp. Naturally, if a tube fails the end user has to send the ailing amp back to butler audio for a replacement tube and proprietary top secret biasing. Tube driver blue 2150 amplifiers description 2 x 150watts rms, both channels driven true power tube heaters dc, fully regulated, delayed soft start output devices 12 x 15amps, sanken audiophile grade massive internalexternal heat exchanger with quiet, temperaturecontrolled fan. The amp is in great condition and has already had the deep bias mod performed.
Even if you dont understand the science behind circuit impedance, mtx makes it easy for you to wire your subwoofers correctly with our subwoofer wiring diagrams tool on our website. Tube driver blue tdb275, tdb2150, tdb475 and tdb575 amplifiers are now available. For the op, the main thing is whether his 12w tube amp is powerful. Tube driver original by bk butler with bias control. Rbh sound amplifiers 382 marshall way, suite a, layton, utah 84041 800 5432205 find a dealer toggle navigation.
Compact, powerful, and functional, the grace digital bluetooth amplifier is a dualfunction digital stereo amplifier and speaker adapter that gives you the ability to stream your digital music collection from any bluetooth. David gilmour of pink floyd was seen using two 1980s tube drivers in the studio and on tour in. This is one of the few solid state amplifiers that would sound different than the run of the mill amp that uses global negative feedback. The jl audio e2150 is a twochannel fullrange amplifier utilizing patented absolute symmetry class ab technology for both channels. Like many tube amplifiers, this justreleased model is a bit noisy.
I replaced the inoperative amplifier with the jbl gt5a3011 subwoofer amplifier and it is a perfect match made in heaven. I am selling my butler uber amp because i am most likely moving to the tdb 5150 to drive my ht. Bk butler tubeworks blue tube bass driver whos using. Two sources that i have relied on in the past have come up with opposite opinions.
The 2006 bk model is delivered with a 12ax7 tube which is a bit too aggressive for my taste. Typically solid state amplifiers, even those which are current limiting, are more immune to high capacitance than tube amplifiers, and large swings in impedance are less important so long as the minimum impedance remains above a reasonable value such as 4 ohms. Monoprice 25 watt stereo hybrid tube amplifier with bluetooth. So each independent amplifier section is consistent and equivalent in output, voice, and performance.
That gives them the ability to be perfectly happy with no load at all, although with some designs there is a. Frontfiring subwoofers employ a speaker mounted so that it radiates the sound from the side or front of the subwoofer enclosure downfiring subwoofers employ a speaker that radiates downward, toward the floor ports. Power your bass jl audios rd1 mono amplifier will power your subwoofer with up to 1,000 watts rms, so youll really hear. In addition to the speaker portion of the subwoofer, some enclosures offer an additional port, which forces out more air, increasing bass response in a more efficient. How to install a subwoofer with built in amp it still runs. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Rare tube driver blue 2150 amplifier butler audio for sale. Tube amps might actually be better served as midrangetreble driver and drive the sub with a high powerlow cost solid state amp.
Ive heard 30 or 40 watt tube amps that filled a room with more music than a ss amp with considerably greater power. Check out these unsolicited customer videos on youtube. Thanks to his early endorsement as the creator of his famous violin tone, my tube driver has become a standard of many pro musici. Tube driver blue 2150 amplifiers description 2 x 150watts rms, both channels driven true power tube heaters dc, fully regulated, delayed soft start output devices 12 x 15amps, sanken audiophile grade massive internalexternal heat. I had a us acoustics car amplifier that failed and it powered the two 12 jbl subwoofers i have in my trunk. In stock this item should ship today 12102019 if ordered within 12 hours 55 minutes. I have wondered if i went to tube in my amp as well as the preamp would i enhance the sound even more. I used tube drivers in the past in my cars and thought they were very musical and detailed. Butler started making the 4 knob tube drivers again as a production model under the tube works brand around 199394. There was for a short time an amp based on that pedal produced also called the tube driver. Butler tube driver blue 475 thermionic vacuum tube driven. Others can be used, but sankens have shown extremely good linearity and consistency in.
Unplugging a speaker from a working tube amp is an invitation to disaster. A sound system with a vacuum tube amplifier and bluetooth connectivity. You will still need to connect both the right and left speaker wires through the subwoofer for the bass signal from both channels to be received by the subwoofer. Butler audio tdb 2250 hybrid vacuum tube amplifier. Copyright 2019 prospec electronics made by magneto it solutions made by magneto it solutions. I checked with rbh and since this products inception over 10 years ago, theyve had only a few unit requiring service in the field due to a blown driver and that was before the sa500 amp was being used to. If you havent heard tube driver blue, you dont know how great sound can be in your car. It has an effect sendreceive and a footswitch for switching between the channels and turning onoff the reverb. Tube watts put much more music into the room than ss watts. Common misconceptions in audio part ii speakers by clint deboer august 30, 2004 we have singled out a few common questions your fellow audioholics have asked me in the past regarding speaker connectivity and power issues, and decided to post them here with our responses. Butler audio inc tube driver car amplifier get a great deal with this online auction for a car amplifier presented by property room on behalf of law enforcement or public agency client.
Boss audio systems bab10 amplified car subwoofer 1200 watts max power, low profile, 10 inch subwoofer, remote subwoofer control, great for vehicles that need bass but have limited space 3. What other items do customers buy after viewing this item. Butler audio tube driver blue 2150 owners information owners information 17 pages crunch pzi 100. Planet audio anarchy class d mono amplifier 5000w max. Rel acoustics designs and constructs subwoofers of serious intent. Butler audio inc tube driver car amplifier property room. Powered subwoofers amplifiers and subwoofers product. It depends on what tone youre looking for but it has a very narrow clean response and it can be a bit bassy and have that woofy boomy sound as well. Butler audio tube driver blue 475 as for not having good speakers, the great thing with a tube amp is they can even make poor quality speakers sound nice and warm and smooth. Tdb 2150 t h e r m i o n i c vacuum tube driven mobile power amplifier design with authentic vacuum tube response and an openended design, zero global negative feedback, tube driver blue overcomes one of the most universally agreed upon sonic problems plaguing virtually all current amplifier designs.