Z5660M Tube Clock Kit- What kind/how is the noise?

[Dman777]

Hi, 

I am about to pull the trigger and but this clock kit http://www.pvelectronics.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=18&products_id=68.

However, there is one thing I wanted ask and clear up, please...

I am sensitive to high pitch electronic noise...the kind that come from CRT/Plasma Monitors where somehow there is electricity causing metal to vibrate. Also, this noise can come from my lights when I dim them with a dimmer. Would this clock kit have the same kind of electronic high pitch noise emitting? If not, what kind of noise would emit from this clock kit? 

Thank you,

-Darin

[Nicholas Stock]

If you're that sensitive to high freq then I'd avoid a multiplexed design like the PVelectronics clock as on occasion you can hear a very tiny audible 'whine' from the HV. Find a direct drive design and you should be fine.

HTH

Nick

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[Dman777]

Ah...ok. What would be my options for a clock kit for Z5660M tubes?

Thanks,

-Darin

[Nicholas Stock]

Let me clarify, you'll have to get your ear pretty darn close to the clock to hear it! (I have quite a few of Pete's LTC clocks in home made cases and I need to be in a very quiet room to hear anything, it's not an issue at all.). Dieter's blue dream clock is direct drive, but that's for IN-18 tubes. I don't know of a direct drive Z566 clock but perhaps someone else on the list can point you in the right direction...

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