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The mother of all tube amplifiers

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No, this isn't some death-ray device designed to keep your neighbor's dog off your lawn, but rather an amplifier for your music. The Fatman iTube Mothership comprises three parts: the Controlroom preamplifier, which supports three line inputs and one phono (turntable to you young'ins) input, and two Engineroom Mono Block amplifiers. All those tubes have to be good for something, and the company claims the amplifiers — which deliver 200 watts per channel — will make your music sound rich and smooth. No word on what the Mothership does to your compressed iPod music, but if you have $9,800 burning a hole in your pocket, pick one of these up and let us know how it sounds.

Fatman, via Shiny Shiny

Take the jump for the spec and more drool-worthy pictures of this system.

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The Power Output: 200W
Frequency Response: 20Hz- 20KHz
Harmonic distortion: less than 2%
Signal-to-Noise Ratio: more than 90dB
Input impedance: 100Kohm
Input Sensitivity: 500mV
Output impedance: 0ohm, 4ohm, 8ohm
Power Supply: AC100-120V/50-60Hz AC220-240V/50-60Hz
Dimensions: (L x W x H) 380X390X185mm
Weight: 51kgs
Vacuum Tube: KT88x12, 6N8Px4,ECC88x2

Control Room
Frequency Response: 10-30KHz ± 0.5dB
Distortion: less than 0.05%
Signal to noise ratio: more than 93dB
Signal to noise ratio (MM): -75dB
MM gain: 39dB
Dimensions: (L x W x H): 340x290x160mm
Weight: 12 KGs
Vacuum Tube: 12AX7x4, 12AT7x1, 6P6P x 1,5Z3Px1

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