Sunday, January 26, 2014

History of Tube Amplifier

History of Tube Amplifier


Before transistors were invented in 1947, all amplifiers ran off of vacuum tubes. The invention of the simple valve or tube is credited to John Ambrose Fleming, who created it while working for the Marconi Company in London, 1904. It was called the diode due to its dual electrode structure, which conducted electricity in one direction only. Lee De Forest then added a third electrode, creating the Triode, which he called the "Audion." It was the first electronic amplifying device. Its first audio application was boosting the signal of telephones. In the 1950s, valves began being used for music (and later TV) amplification.


WISTAO HIFI Tube Amplifier Pure Tubes

WISTAO HIFI Tube Amplifier WVT2012

In the early days of the electric guitar, general-purpose audio amplifiers were used. But as the instrument grew more popular, specialized tube guitar amplifiers were designed. In the 1960s, as rock and roll became the dominant popular music, manufacturers experiment with many different types of tube amplification, seeking variations in tone and greater flexibility of volume and gain (the signal drive which creates distortion). Many different types of tubes were used, with many different characteristics; some types included KT66, EL34, and KT88. EL34 and KT88 tubes are still in production today.
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Tube EL34


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Pins of EL34




Tube amplified sound is generally considered to be superior and preferable to transistor amplified sound, especially for the electric guitar. The tube sound is generally much warmer and more organic sounding than solid-state. Tube amplifiers are also far more responsive to the dynamics of a guitarist's playing (how hard she hits the strings). Tube amplifiers, when played hard, produce some desirable grit that solid state amps do not. The tube amp is the easiest way to get a classic sound out of your guitar.

The main drawbacks of tube amplification are expense and durability. Tube amplifiers are much more expensive than solid state amplifiers, as solid state transistors are much cheaper to produce than tubes. Guitarists' demands for the more "authentic" sounding tube amps also drive up the price. Tube amps are also more fragile than solid state amps (the tubes can break) and are sensitive to heat and cold where solid state amps are not. Tube amps are also much heavier than their solid-state counterparts.But with process development of tube manufacturing, its durability has been improved significantly and working time is up to ten thousands hours or above. Also the manufactures are able to provide cheaper tube amplifier with high quality.And, a protective shield is added to amplifier for pretect the tubes.

The WISTAO is one of the most popular tube amplifiers. It has a clear, chiming, clean sound, and sounds particularly pristine when paired with a guitar. The Twin is a combo amp, in that its tube amp circuitry is housed in the same cabinet as the speakers, with the tubes hanging down in back. WISTAO is a company that makes a number of excellent tube amps that are more affordable.

There is 
 tube amplifier with pure tubes, which adopt 2pcs 6N3 tube as preamp, 2pcs EL34B as power amplifier, 5Z4 as rectifier. The unit adopts horizontal design, compact structure, symmetrical and reasonable layout, fine workmanship, and matched with special tube shields, which is overall elegant, dignified.

WISTAO HIFI Tube Amplifier Pure Tubes

WISTAO  Tube Amplifier 6N3 * 2 preamp EL34 * 2 Power Amplifier 5Z4 Rectifier SRPP Circuit Pure Tube Amplifier 2 X 8W



WISTAO HIFI Tube Amplifier Pure Tubes

Lighting of WISTAO HIFI Tube Amplifier 




Internal circuit adopt tube rectifier, 6N3 tubes are used as pre-amplifier whose sound is very sweet, and using well-known classic SRPP circuit connection; Power amplifier adopt two EL34B tubes, strong driven, transparent sound, higher resolution , rich tubes style.150W power supply transformer

WISTAO HIFI Tube Amplifier Pure Tubes

Protective shield of the tubes 


The  tube amplifier has two inputs, and a signal input switch on front panel beside volume control; two groups of 4 or 8 ohm output is six large copper gold-plating terminals with crystal cover; power input with 110V/220V dual power input selection, let the machine be widely able to use in different countries, different supply voltages to meet different needs.
WISTAO HIFI Tube Amplifier Pure Tubes
Back view of WISTAO Tube Amplifier 6N3 * 2 preamp EL34 * 2 Power Amplifier 5Z4 Rectifier SRPP Circuit Pure Tube Amplifier 2 X 8W


The product specifications is below.

1. Rated output power: 8W + 8W

2. Frequency response: 20Hz-25 KHz

3. Total harmonic distortion: <1% (@ 1KHz)

4. Input Sensitivity: 500mV-2000mV

5. Input impedance: 100K ohm

6. Output impedance :4-8ohm

7. SNR: ≥ 88dB

8. Size (W * H * D): 360mm * 180mm * 260mm

9. Weight: 11.5kg


Tuesday, January 21, 2014

How To Use Bluetooth Speaker

Sometimes our customer questions us why my Bluetooth speaker didn't work after the Bluetooth speaker is received from Online store of aliexpress. We summarize some tips to solve those and so on as below.

Firstly, it should be charged 3~4 hours when you received Bluetooth speaker because volume of battery is reduced during shipment and charging will active the battery to good condition that is a good suggestion.After charging completed, the led will be blue from red.

Secondly you will open your smartphone and go to setup menu to find Bluetooth function,at the same time you power on the Bluetooth speaker, put paring button as well click " searching Bluetooth devices" of your phone, then you will will find the name of your Bluetooth Speaker and click to complete paring, you will see the color of Bluetooth icon changed.At the moment, the paring process finished.

Finally, open your music player of your phone, enjoy Bluetooth music!

Here, we recommend two Bluetooth speaker which come from WISTAO, they are high quality and cost effective, they adopt CSR chips with Bluetooth 2.1 plus EDR.
The link is http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Free-Shipping-Portable-Wireless-Bluetooth-Speaker-Bluetooth-2-1-plus-EDR-Steoro-Supper-Bass-CSR-BC5/725205_759554755.html.
WBM2258 Bluetooth Speaker


Accessories of WBM2258 Bluetooth Speaker


Package of WBM2258 Bluetooth Speaker


AUX Connection of WBM2258 Bluetooth Speaker


Back Veiw of WBM2258 Bluetooth Speaker


Interfaces of WBM2258 Bluetooth Speaker



The other Bluetooth speaker add to play TF card function, it can play TF card up to 32G, and the link is http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Free-Shipping-Bluetooth-Speaker-CSR-BC5-chip-Support-TF-Card-Super-Bass-Bluetooth-2-1-plus/725205_1205850863.html






WBM2011 Bluetooth Speaker with TF Card


Functions of WBM2011 Bluetooth Speaker with TF Card


Front View of WBM2011 Bluetooth Speaker with TF Card


Accessories of WBM2011 Bluetooth Speaker with TF Card


Package of WBM2011 Bluetooth Speaker with TF Card

There is a video for how to use Bluetooth Speaker (example of model WBM258B), please find as below.






Any questions, please don't be hesistate to contact us.