Just my two cents. The build quality looks far from that price, solder flux not cleaned properly, cut wire just standing there straight up, poor wooden cornering, wood splinter on foot, screw holes with no screws covering them, different colored Nixie sockets, a few top mounted sockets whereas most bottom mounted, one tube with tape label, most Triodes are Russian types and not the Audiophile coveted ECC-series, many tubes looks like used ones and not unused ones, heavier components hanging from wires prone to moving around when transported plus the top panel needs cleaning as well as the inside needs vacuuming. Not like other clocks sold by this seller!
It just looks sloppy and untidy, more like a prototype and I like the Friedhelm Bruegmann a lot more as it looks like it came from the era. Component wise I guess it will set you back €3000-4000 and perhaps €1000 for mounting materials and of course it will take you some time to build. There have been a few similar ones like the Friedhelm Bruegmann built over the years and some have been built to hang on the wall with either front view Nixies or the Nixies has been put in a recess at the top of the front panel. There have also been a few types with different displays like E1T with only valves. Putting on my flame retardant suit! :) /Martin On Wednesday, 8 January 2025 at 20:51:01 UTC+1 Mac Doktor wrote: > > On Jan 8, 2025, at 12:13 PM, gregebert <[email protected]> wrote: > > SO many tubes.....reminds me of the Berkeley/Beckman universal counter > > http://www.softwareandmind.com/museum/mlist.htm > <http://www.softwareandmind.com/museum/mlist.html>l > > > I have an HP 521A. I have a line on someone who can restore it but I can't > focus on that project right now. > > > Terry Bowman, KA4HJH > "The Mac Doctor" > > https://www.astarcloseup.com > > "If only you could see what I've seen with your eyes."—Roy Batty, *Blade > Runner* > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/78860b01-0177-4e18-9784-a5dced4d941an%40googlegroups.com.
