Tara Labs Time and Space Passage Amplifier

[non-prophet]

I have never seen one of these before.  There is a little information on the preamp almost zero on this amp.  Well built, uses four 12au7 tubes and is rated at 100 wpc @ 8ohms.  More information to come.  Here are a couple pics.

[Sir Thrift-a-Lot]

Looks impressive.   How does it sound?

[RuralTom]

Very nice looking indeed.... 

[schwarcw]

Looks like a hybrid integrated amp.  Tube pre-amp section, solid state amplification.  Very nice!

[non-prophet]

Sorry Carl, it is only an amplifier.  Tara also made the matching preamp.

[MacGeek]

If there are tubes in there, I can't see them.  I do see the huge cans, heat sinks and output transistors.  Is the pre tubes and the power am SS?

[Sir Thrift-a-Lot]

If there are tubes in there, I can't see them.  I do see the huge cans, heat sinks and output transistors.  Is the pre tubes and the power am SS?

The tubes are laying horizontally in two stacked pairs just in front of the big blue caps.   The socket is almost easier to spot than the tubes.

[Sir Thrift-a-Lot]

Or is that behind the big blue caps?

[OldiesButGoodies]

If there are tubes in there, I can't see them.  I do see the huge cans, heat sinks and output transistors.  Is the pre tubes and the power am SS?

looks to be a vacuum tube input stage (pair of 12AX7s per side) and solid state output stage.  Nick - if it has 12AU7s in there now you may notice a nice improvement in gain with the as-designed 12ax7s (gain = 100 vs gain=17 for the AUs).

wood panels look cool!

pepe

[MacGeek]

Spotted the sockets and then the tubes

[gdv]

Does look impressive!  When you going to get the matching preamp?