1960's Quality Electronics - Will It Work? Let's Power It Up!

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2 жыл бұрын

Here is a very nice example of quality electronics from the 1960's. This is the Tektronix Type 130 L-C Meter used for capacitance and inductance measurement. Let's see if it will still measure accurately! Grab a snack, sit back and enjoy! For links, click the SHOW MORE tab below.
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@MrCarlsonsLab 2 жыл бұрын

To learn electronics in a very different and effective way, and gain access to Mr Carlson's personal designs and inventions, visit the Mr Carlson's Lab Patreon page here: www.patreon.com/MrCarlsonsLab

@greggaieck4808 2 жыл бұрын

Mr Carlson your Amp that you showed is cool

@randyr.parker2698 2 жыл бұрын

That home built amplifier looks PRETTY darn cool!

@3pan1 2 жыл бұрын

and that's an understatement !

@manolisgledsodakis873 2 жыл бұрын

Actually, with all those tubes, I bet it's PRETTY darn hot.

@uclajd 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah we need a video on that.

@RapperBC 2 жыл бұрын

@@uclajd I'd like to second this motion emphatically.

@lolilollolilol7773 2 жыл бұрын

@@manolisgledsodakis873 it probably sounds pretty darn warm

@genestatler2514 2 жыл бұрын

OMG Paul, I absolutely love that gorgeous amplifier you designed and built!! Yes, please do a video on it.

@novaseline4u 2 жыл бұрын

I'll second that! What power tubes are those on the amp?

@gideonwackers7693 2 жыл бұрын

@@novaseline4u I'll third it! please do a video about that beautiful amplifier

@niftybass 2 жыл бұрын

My mouth watered when I saw that. Not kidding!

@brainache555 2 жыл бұрын

Yes thank you for showing us! I’m very interested in your audio gear

@craigedgar2828 2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for the amplifier video! That is beautiful

@PeterMilanovski 2 жыл бұрын

That amplifier definitely needs a dedicated video! Hope to see it soon!

@willyrivero470 2 жыл бұрын

The tipical high quality Tektronix construction and even the same tone blue color on the case. I can even imagine the smell of the interior. Ohhh boy. If some people would know how good it feels to watch this entire video and you're the man to work on this stuff.

2 жыл бұрын

Mr. Carlson's Lab also deserved a gold medal.

@chrisa2735-h3z 2 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful piece of 1960’s engineering! I doubt we will ever see anything built like this in the 2000s!

@wallysprint 2 жыл бұрын

"..typical Techtronics construction with the ceramic strips..." omg you are on another level..

@floorpizza8074 2 жыл бұрын

I just can't imagine the skill and knowledge necessary to turn an amplifier into a beautiful work of art. Just incredible. I thought the electronics of the early to mid 20th century were pieces of art. Then I saw your amplifier. Man, I would love to have the skills to say, "Ya know, I have a pretty nice set of speakers. Think I'll design and build a custom amplifier to get the best possible sound out of them. Oh, and maybe I'll make it look like an amazing piece of artwork that will inspire envy into every audiophile ever born."' To heck with McIntosh... I want a Carlson!

@DankNoodles420 2 жыл бұрын

Amen to that bro! It does have a nice ring to it too... I want a Carlson specialty custom designed amplifier built for automotive use to hook my old school set of Sony Xplod 12" Subs up too. These are the Sony Xplods that were made back in the day when Sony actually cared about their audio division and made really good quality audio equipment, car stereo, subwoofers, speakers in general. They would sound so amazing if they were hooked up to a Carlson Tuned Custom Designed Amplifier specced (yes i checked and that is a real word and the correct way to say spec in that meaning :) )and tuned just for those specific speakers. Wow imagine if companies sold products these days with the amount of love, dedication, care, and attention to product spec tolerance and quality. Oh the dream.

@graemebrumfitt6668 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah floorpizza, I'll join the cue too! GB :)

@stonyrerootkit8922 2 жыл бұрын

@@graemebrumfitt6668 Queue💒🆒🚀😈

@graemebrumfitt6668 2 жыл бұрын

@@stonyrerootkit8922 @Stony Rerootkit Yeah sorry that too! Was @ a funeral n was a bit drunk so just tried to shorten it n hope no one would pick me up on it, c'est la vie!☺

@harryhellerman474 2 жыл бұрын

Nice looking amp Mr. C.!

@panthony1525 2 жыл бұрын

Once I start to watch a video from Mr Carlson's Lab, I can't stop watching.

@gregorythomas333 2 жыл бұрын

A definite YES on the amplifier! this meter looks great...really close on the measurements :)

@felixcosty 2 жыл бұрын

Would also like to see the speakers. Special amp for special speakers.

@kungfumaster8171 2 жыл бұрын

Being a bit of an audiophile myself I can appreciate your beautiful amp. All around awesome video.

@Mr_Bedlam215 2 жыл бұрын

That amplifier is beautiful, man. I wouldn't mind seeing a video of you giving it a once-over, if you haven't done so yet.

@garybevis8691 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Paul, I always enjoy seeing the old vintage Tektronix gear. I want all the things you share with us. I am very happy for your great journey with this channel. Thank you for all the years and gear you have shared you talent and tips. Cheers to you!

@McTroyd 2 жыл бұрын

That tube amp is gorgeous. I've seen commercial units that weren't that well put together. Because it's you, Mr. C, I'm sure it sounds like a dream, too -- it's not all facade. Would love a tour around the amp sometime, if the opportunity presents. Especially curious why you might consider it "complex." 👍️

@welderfixer 2 жыл бұрын

Paul, I'm here to add my 5 stars to your AWESOME amplifier!! Please gift us with a video on it. Thank you!

@sonovoxx 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Please can you visit the amplifier in detail in another video! It looks incredible. Also intrigued that you built it to be "tailored to a pair of speakers" that you had. ...I can only dream that they were electrostatics, but all the snippets you gave out about it - 600v across the input stage tubes etc. - well, I think we need details!

@Sup_ERS_Tar 2 жыл бұрын

I'd like to learn more about your Tube Amp, and I'd appreciate it if you could send me some information.

@joewoodchuck3824 2 жыл бұрын

It might be a cookbook circuit. Check the web.

@craigmyers4191 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to learn more about your Tube Amp. Thank you

@jayson8372 2 жыл бұрын

Paul, that amplifier you designed looks amazing! I would love if you did an episode on that gorgeous device!

@gfighter2400 2 жыл бұрын

I’m sooo impressed with that beautiful amplifier you designed and built. Please do a video on it!

@KeritechElectronics 2 жыл бұрын

What a nice little piece of gear. Nothing to tinker with again! :) I'd absolutely love a video on your anp designs. Looks like there must have been some of them. Sharing knowledge and thoughts about amp design & making is so much fun.

@BruceNitroxpro 2 жыл бұрын

Keri Szafir . And the loud speakers that it drives, right? LOL

@bobsykes 2 жыл бұрын

Okay, REALLY looking forward to a video about the design of that amplifier! Thank you.

@markpirateuk 2 жыл бұрын

Tektronix stuff is always stunning in it's construction, I rescued 3 scopes from work over 14 years ago all three are still working perfectly at around 60 years old! I love the amp, please do a video on it, looks amazing 👍

@tremolux13 2 жыл бұрын

That amplifier is gorgeous! Wow!!!! Would love to learn more about it!

@ChrisB... 2 жыл бұрын

That Amp is one of the most beautiful inanimate objects I've ever seen. WOW!

@TheJurgisRud 2 жыл бұрын

Mr Carlson! I had a "Mr Carlson was right!" moment the other day... I was standing playing my electric guitar plugged into my amplifier when I decided to play a drum track on my phone, hooked up to some powered monitors. When I plugged the phone into it's charger, i was holding it near the guitar pickup. My amp went BUUUZZZZZZ! Unplugged it, no buzz. Did it again, buzz! I said out loud... "Mr Carlson was right! Damn switch mode power supplies are REALLY noisy!" Just though I'd share.

@blackarrow8683 2 жыл бұрын

I miss those 2-hour repair videos. Ah the old days 😭

@AmishSpecialForces 5 ай бұрын

I just bought one of these, in the same condition as yours. Ran it up slowly and everything works perfectly just like yours. The build quality is something that we’ll never see again, like everything vintage Tektronix.

@soundmankreek 2 жыл бұрын

Paul, that may be the most GORGEOUS tube audio amplifier I have EVER SEEN!!! Please, please, PLEASE do a dedicated video on that amp! Not that I could ever build one myself, but......a boy can dream, right?! :-) As always, loving your videos, here and on Patreon! Keep up the amazing work! And sir, you are a genius!

@GORF_EMPIRE 2 жыл бұрын

Always nice to see someone who appreciates the excellence of the old devices and give them a good home. That Tektronix meter is like all the other great products they made back in the day....ROCK solid. Looking forward to that tour of your custom amp. Bet it sounds delicious.

@freightdawg6762 2 жыл бұрын

OMG That amplifier is Stunning! Love to hear that thru a pair of La Scalas

@jtodora 2 жыл бұрын

Wow...I used to repair and calibrate them when I worked in Metrology; many moons ago. They were real work horses in their day.

@msaradio7455 2 жыл бұрын

Paul, dude that amplifier man. You can't just tease like that. Please show the goods one day! Beautiful!

@pn132 2 жыл бұрын

I have a 130 l-c in similar condition. I have a few 500-series power transformers (among other parts) I was able to rescue from scopes that had been parted out 20 years ago from scopes in area high schools. I live not far from where Tek started. Tek donated a lot of their development products to nearby schools in Oregon over the years.

@DankNoodles420 2 жыл бұрын

That homemade amplifier you built looks like some McIntosh amplifier quality, wow very exquisite! Possibly even better than McIntosh as I know how much care you put into your circuit design and use quality parts you have tested and verified in spec. Honestly Mr Carlson your workmanship and quality control is so magnificent, it has to be the best I have ever seen or even read of! If you made a line of amplifiers to sell to the public market I bet that it would sell like Hotcakes and be valued in the thousands of dollars range@

@NikitaNicholas 2 жыл бұрын

Love to see the Audio Amplifier you build with that transformer!

@henryganzer4685 2 жыл бұрын

. . . and it would be interesting to see some measurements with vintage tek gear at this amp

@dwbogardus 2 жыл бұрын

As a design engineer of Tektronix logic analyzer probes for microprocessors, I was blessed to have the use of a Tek 130 L-C Meter. Having minimum capacitive loading was very important for the instrument probes I was designing, and this meter was so useful in helping me validate my designs. Where else can you find a capacitance meter with 3 pF full scale? No where else that I've seen, before or since. I imagine Tek could still sell them today, perhaps in an updated FET-based design.

@sonicweaver 2 жыл бұрын

Yes please let's take a deep dive into that beautiful Carlson Cathedral Amp!

@bobbyvarnell9350 2 жыл бұрын

I really, really, want to see more about that amplifier, what a beauty!!!

@greggaieck4808 2 жыл бұрын

MR Carlsons Lab. Your 1960s Quality Electronics is cool

@raymitchell9736 2 жыл бұрын

WOW ! WOW !! WOW !!! .... Such pride and workmanship that went into that test equipment, it is so obvious when you popped open the case... SERIOUSLY You don't see anything like that in todays electronics they're more likely designed to either fall apart and/or not be serviceable. I hope that people will wake up to this mentality and stop it! The most recent *MAKE magazine* featured a story on the right to repair and it's equipment like this from the 1960's that should be the inspiration !!!! I can't say this enough: Thank you so for making these videos!

@nicwilson89 2 жыл бұрын

Oh man, the internals of this thing are beautiful

@jlucasound 2 жыл бұрын

Hey! I'm from "Way Back When"! Wait a sec. I must be "quality"! Love Your Videos, Work and Knowledge. Way beyond me. You are Mr. Carlson. Thank You.

@michaeldavidheit Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see more of that amplifier ... it's drop dead beautiful ... bet she really sings out loud too!

@danhorton6182 2 жыл бұрын

As an audio enthusiast I’d think it would be VERY cool to have you do a walkthrough and make that amplifier one of your patreon builds. Dream come true. I know the specific transformers may be difficult to come by, but I’m sure similar options are out there.

@rickscott7350 2 жыл бұрын

We had that in our high school electronics class (1970) along with the matching VOM.

@Sloxx701 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Paul. I love vintage Tek gear, I have a Tek 475 that I completely restored over a few months period and I still use it, I just love the look of the 465/475 series. And that amplifier is beautiful!

@ArmyCop 2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see a video on that amp and your sound setup!

@RGB06084 2 жыл бұрын

Truly enjoyable to see how many gems you have tucked away Paul!

@sandraledger2612 2 жыл бұрын

I bought one of these about 4 years ago and put it away. You have given me incentive to bring it out again and give it a test run!

@edwardhannigan6324 2 жыл бұрын

Nice tester Paul, fab condition..They sure knew how to make stuff robust back then ..Great vid..Ed..uk..😀

@Shrek_Holmes 2 жыл бұрын

the old tektronix equipment just looks so neat in the interior

@DinoDiniProductions 2 жыл бұрын

These things are serious works of art

@ewansbuzz127 2 жыл бұрын

That amplifier is a pure pice of beauty. It is so cool that you built it!

@itsasecrettoeverybody 2 жыл бұрын

Another amazing tech equipment, very well made and another amazing video.

@Very_Dark_Engineer 2 жыл бұрын

Laconic construction from glass and metal. Just piece of art.

@loydisham6492 2 жыл бұрын

Got to go on a high school field trip to the Tektronix subassembly plant in Tualatin OR in the 1970's. My favorite part of the tour was seeing the wave solder operation! Another thing on the tour was seeing this poor assembly tech sitting at a workstation with a huge barrel of small resistors bending the leads and placing them on a board by hand. I asked him if had to do that all day long and he told me that others rotated into the job every two hours. It was a fun day!

@theuglycamel8122 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Been waiting on your next video! Always great to see your Variac in action. This is byy far one of my favorite channels, keep on keepin on!

@kedmark 2 жыл бұрын

Dear Mr. Carlson, thank you for producing and posting another great video, I too I’m a big Tektronix fan.

@MrCarlsonsLab 2 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome!

@rangersmith4652 2 жыл бұрын

It clearly does work, and is in pristine condition. Very cool.

@dzarren 2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome!!! I gave this to you a few years back (wayyy before corona) after you had helped me with one of my scope projects and had forgotten all about it, awesome to see it here!

@nathkrupa3463 2 жыл бұрын

You Made Amplifier Very Wonderful. Brilliant Design Sir.

@Not-Only-Reaper-Tutorials 2 жыл бұрын

Cable management is amazing (on top of all the rest which is amazing as well)

@hestheMaster 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic look at a rare piece of Tektronix test equipment. Your home brewed tube amplifier is above all else, just superbly designed and looks so damn awesome! Like to see more about it in the future.

@DavidTipton101 2 жыл бұрын

Another nice piece of vintage equipment Paul, your amp looks pretty cool too 🙂

@MrCarlsonsLab 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave!

@city_hawk 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Mr. Carlson. I'll join the "please show a detailed video on that beautiful audio power amplifier" crowd. Would love to see that.

@paulbione5267 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing Paul. Very good result for a meter that's been sitting around for years!

@Watchyn_Yarwood 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy your videos. Your sharing your knowledge with us is priceless.

@MrCarlsonsLab 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@RonaldSaur 2 жыл бұрын

I always love your videos , thank you !

@doctorjohn-burgtekie 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful piece of equipment, thanks to Mr. Carlson I have a passion for electronics.

@meguinlia 2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait, love to see more tech tips to!

@smallenginedude71 2 жыл бұрын

wow tektronix equipment seems to be very reliable, that amplifier is gorgeous!! definitley needs a video of its own

@faxcapper 2 жыл бұрын

Like many others I REALLY like your amp. Question, what brand/model were the speakers??

@Assasinofsilence 2 жыл бұрын

Have you a universal bridge? I'd love a walkthrough on one!

@philiprigby2687 2 жыл бұрын

Please Mr Carlson, give us a walkthrough of the Grand Cathedral amp, schematic too. That would make a great video especially with the speakers you designed the amp for in mind.

@HamiltonMechanical 2 жыл бұрын

Mr. Carlson! Always great to see a new video from you sir :) I acquired some equipment a while back and it made me think of you! I was given a fluke 8200a benchtop meter with NIXIES!! and it appears to still work, although it's been modified by a previous owner for some reason or another, looks like some pots have been added inside! I also got a Sencore Powerrite pr57, which appears to have some sort of leakage test along with being an isolation transformer. As well as a bunch of CRT testing equipment that I need to find someone who needs lol. Learning more every day thanks to great videos from wonderful teachers such as yourself! Maybe eventually i'll be able to actually fix something :) Cheers!

@waltschannel7465 2 жыл бұрын

That meter is a time machine. Very nice! The amp is gorgeous!

@nitemover1 2 жыл бұрын

I love the old hp test equipment yes it was expensive but you were paying for quality and you sure got it so reliable and worked flawlessly for many many year's not like many product's of today.

@randomlyselecteduser 2 жыл бұрын

I would absolutely love to see an in-depth video on that amp. I mean, I really, REALLY would... If you included the math in a video on it, I'd buy the Blu-ray. lol

@P61guy61 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting.

@MrCarlsonsLab 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@jdlives8992 2 жыл бұрын

Holy Smokes that amp. Jesh. I want one

@ke4est 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video Paul!! Yes, now it is a must, you just have to pull that amp and show us around it! Very interested in seeing how that thing is driven!

@nigozeroichi2501 2 жыл бұрын

Some serious craftsmanship went into that meter, and that amplifier, when you say how good it sounds I definitely belive you, I sent a link of one of you videos to my brother, he's now searching for a nicely restored tube radio, now I have the bug to start learning about and restoring them myself, I'm an electrician, working on 800 amp three phase MDPs makes you very cautious around high voltage and high current I WILL be careful, picked up an only slightly used Variac and this swap season I'll be hunting for a isolation transformer and hopefully a couple projects, cheers.

@rillloudmother 2 жыл бұрын

Be jonesing for a new Mr Carlson.

@stigbengtsson7026 2 жыл бұрын

Nice ! Quality set 👍

@richardgoebel226 2 жыл бұрын

Okay, you teased us with a photo of the amp. Now you have to do the video on its design and construction with your thought process along the way. I will be waiting with pen and paper to learn some more. Please?

@apollorobb 2 жыл бұрын

Love that amplifier Looks similar to An 811-A amp i built years ago . Id love to see a video on it

@jamesharrison2041 2 жыл бұрын

very very nice paul''''today i picked up a (eico-435) and its in the same condition as your lc meter'''vintage ''pristine condition'''''ow the eico came with all (3) probes'''''thank you paul'''''

@yukiopetty7658 2 жыл бұрын

I follow all of your YT videos and am aware of your near obsession on any restoration to attend to the smallest detail to achieve functional and cosmetic perfection. I was amazed and a little startled when you removed the second side cover to LC meter and placed the outside surface in direct contact to the other!! You do more than an excellent presentation and these make my day. I just did not expect what I observed. Please keep up the only interest I have on youtube. I have learned a lot .