[Bob in St. Louis]

.....car.

What do you think Scott? You game? 
http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/panasonics-cq-tx5500d-tube-amp-car-head/

[thunderbrick]

...........and those meters are to DIE for!  Scott, are you going to put neon lights under the car?

[thunderbrick]

Damn.  Double post.  I have to fix this stuttering problem.........

[Pez]

To be fair, this is obviously a hybrid... yet that is very badass. 

[KenSeger]

Wretched Excess Dept.
Wasn't there a home rack mount CD player a few years ago that had a tube similarily displayed for one and all to view on it's front panel?

[ecramer]

 :drool:Now That is a thing of beauty 

[Scott F.]

Dude THAT's awesome. It would go perfect with my Butler (hybrid) tube amp for the cab speakers.

[ltr317]

   I want it!

[SlushPuppy]

For a second I thought the remote sensor was a headphone jack. I was like, Really? 

[Bob in St. Louis]

Glad you guys like it! 

There are currently a couple for sale on Ebay > HERE < (thanks Robin).

Boy....that sure is tempting. Especially the one for $499. It's fun to think about, but I doubt I'll to that one.

Bob

[Jonathon Janusz]

I just did a couple minutes reading up on this thing.  For anyone looking at the ebay auctions, there are two versions of this from what I was able to find out.  The -D version (Domestic, as in Japan) and the -W version (Worldwide, meaning everywhere else, like the USA).  Apparently, the -D version tuner only gets local radio stations in Japan, while the -W tuner is set up for everywhere else.

All this might be wrong, but I just wanted to throw out there what I read up on in case somebody stateside decides to go for it and ends up with something other than what they were looking for.

[Bob in St. Louis]

Good words Jonathon, thanks for looking out! 

I also wonder what the specs are. Haven't seen too much in the way of numbers.
Also curious what tube it uses.

Either way, I doubt I'll get one, it's more of a curiosity.

Bob