Hi,
personally I think that the "IN-18 Blue Dream" and the "Sven" Nixie
clocks cannot be compared, for several reasons:
First, you already mentioned the IN-18 tubes, they are much more costy.
But this also poses a technological problem: While it is rather easy to
supply 12mA = 6 * 2mA for IN-14 tubes, IN-18 tubes are much more power
hungry. You cannot buy those SMPSs on Ebay (if you want your tube clock
to be quiet, that is).
Secondly, I think a stainless steel housing is much more expensive in
the making than laser-cut acrylic. Read the description, the surface
finish was developed exclusively for those clocks - I can only imagine
that this took quite some time to work out.
Also, Dieter's clock is battery buffered (we are talking about 10 years
here) and I did not see if "Sven" also is. For me, this will always be
the key argument for or against a clock. I do not like reprogramming a
clock every morning at the office when I turned it off the other evening.
I am not a clock-expert, I merely collect tubes, so I cannot really put
a price on clocks since I do not purchase them :-) All I can say is that
these two clocks are very different in their appearance and aim at quite
different buyers.
Best regards,
Jens
I wonder where exactly the price of this clock comes from. You can buy
the Sven clock including GPS receiver for 200 euro.
http://nixiekits.eu/Sven.htm
The tubes will be a bit more expensive, but it still doesn't add up.
Michel
On Feb 9, 10:22 am, [email protected] wrote:
DL1 is an awesome clock.
I still have mine on order (Hint: Lawrence!)
Michail
In a message dated 2/8/2012 2:56:05 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
How does it stack up against the fantastic DL1 ?
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxhP6paGFFc_
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxhP6paGFFc)
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