Nixie Tube Spectrum Analyzer - The IN-9 Nixielyzer

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A look at a prototype of the new IN-9 Nixie tube spectrum analyzer from Mr Nixie.
Available as a kit or pre-assembled via Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/...
- Other Mr Nixie products are available here: www.nixiekits.eu
Note: I am not affiliated with Mr Nixie or this Kickstarter campaign.
I am not on commission. I paid for my Nixielyzer and Mr Nixie assembled it. I was not paid to make this video - it just earns the usual Google Adsense advert revenue from their embedded adverts.
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@Techmoan 4 года назад

The IN-9 Nixielyzer is available as a kit or pre-assembled via Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/nt-smd-rgb/audio-spectrum-analyzer-with-in-9-tubes-called-nixielyzer (This is not an affiliated link) - more information in the video description text box.

@sixstringedthing 4 года назад

@@tim.honiss Always the biggest problem with Nixie stuff, and it will only continue as original nixie tubes get rarer and rarer. There's at least one guy making new tubes by hand in a few different styles, but they're ludicrously expensive. I don't know of any company that is making them as a niche product in any kind of semi-automated fashion. By the time finally get my arse in gear to pursue a Nixie project they'll all be priced out of the market for me. :(

@Kitteh.B 4 года назад

@@sixstringedthing I believe Dalibor Farny makes new tubes, if I'm not mixing them up with someone else. But still small batches and lots of effort as well as custom equipment, so I wouldn't say they're cheaper than alternatives.

@gerardcomeau2160 4 года назад

My god... it's full of stars.

@gerardcomeau2160 4 года назад

@@Kitteh.B 🎧 The Tubes/She's A Buety

@gerardcomeau2160 4 года назад

@@sixstringedthing 🎧 ZZ Top/Tube Snake Boogie

@keithfulkerson 4 года назад

That thing makes me think of a sound visualizing fireplace, and how cool that would be.

@hetzz 4 года назад

You remind me of the Musical Fire Table, made by some danish guys. (/user/Fysikshow) was featured by Veritasium (/watch?v=2awbKQ2DLRE). Not really a fireplace as in burning logs but its fire responding to sound waves making patterns atleast. :D

@quetzalcueyat 4 года назад

Lew from unboxing therapy actually did a video in something like what you described. It's not a fire place but a Bluetooth speaker with fire that responds to the music like a graphic equalizer.

@hhhobby 4 года назад

we have similar thoughts

@peterdvornik 4 года назад

I hope the possum in your picture is your pet

@BarcroftLaboratories 4 года назад

It exists, called a rubens tube ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gpCquUWqaYw.html

@darkridge 4 года назад

Oh, sure, wait until nearly 8 minutes in before telling me my drinking game is a bad idea.

@G-Mastah-Fash 4 года назад

You're a marvelous typist for a drunk.

@buddyclem7328 4 года назад

I thought we were supposed to drink every time he says "choob".

@Allan_aka_RocKITEman 4 года назад

@ASFP >>> If he waited ANY LONGER, you would probably be TOO PLASTERED to COMPREHEND what he said...😝

@TWX1138 4 года назад

You only missed out on eight shots.

@rily8329 4 года назад

I feel yoir paim

@martinharming1460 4 года назад

Imagine a full spectrum 31 band/tube version 😛. Would be a bit pricy though...

@j-man72b72 4 года назад

I was thinking I'd love to see a 10 or 12 band Nixielyzer, but yeah a 31 band version would be sweet. perhaps an rs232 plug and socket on the ends to daisy-chain the modules and automatically change the bands, 5 kits = 30 bands.

@johnfrancisdoe1563 4 года назад

J-man72 b That would only work with a DSP based design.

@ThriftyAV 4 года назад

You beat me to it!... And make it rack mountable!

@anononomous 4 года назад

If you had an adjustment that allowed you to show part of the spectrum you could line up 5 of them 🙂

@joemora329 4 года назад

Creepy how every response in this thread reflected my inner dialog exactly...

@elonmask50 4 года назад

Thanks for the wonderful video Matt, your “less is more” front cover really improves it, trouble is as you said, it’s something that no one needs one of, so I ordered two of them :)

@sixstringedthing 4 года назад

I think I speak for many people when I say: *COOOOOOOL MAAAAAAAAAN.* Neat kit, will definitely be investigating the kickstarter. Thanks for bringing it to our attention!

@tubical71 4 года назад

really....cool...and what´s this then ice cold?!?! ;) ;) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9g-WU4oZAeI.html

@Kitteh.B 4 года назад

I think nixie tubes are how I found your channel, and I know that the spectrum analyzer videos definitely appealed to me, this is the perfect marriage of them with a sprinkling of "I have no use for this, but I NEED it" to top it off. I mean, I do already have several nixie items already, AND my home DAW/mixing setup COULD use some fancy flashing lights... I think that counts as a business expense, right?

@cyn0_ 4 года назад

Built my own version of this about a month ago using IN-13 tubes. I could only afford to do 2 tubes but even with only 2 you really can’t convey just how cool they look over video.

@redoverdrivetheunstoppable4637 4 года назад

i did it 2 tubes IN-9 , having more than two tubes means you need band pass filters that are exponentially messy, also separated a lot the two frequencies to have the maximum diversity between the two bands (worthed), used a pair of CRT color electron gun transistors (most types are good and less blunt than like MJE13003)

@Cylume. 4 года назад

'Great fun for pet cats everywhere. 😺

@mrkitty777 4 года назад

Meow ☺️🧘🥵

@Stefan- 4 года назад

Ha ha, i can see that ending up broken on the floor sooner rather than later if a cat sees it.

@BASSstarlet 4 года назад

@@Stefan- lol

@oleo007 4 года назад

My cats will love to destroy this beauty analyser... 😂 😂

@buddyclem7328 4 года назад

My cats would bite it!

@mancavemusician 4 года назад

Brilliant as always Mr Techmoan, I'm all over that Kickstarter! cheers for assisting Jurgen

@dash8brj 4 года назад

Your videography is top notch Techmoan! Those shots of the Nixilizer were superb! :)

@dogastus 4 года назад

I was going to say the same thing. Those close-up shots of the tubes were gorgeous.

@jong2359 4 года назад

Wow that works really well... I wasn't expecting the fast response time of the tubes.

@userPrehistoricman 4 года назад

Nixies are high speed. I've seen a Nixie clock that fades between numbers. Any unsuspecting viewer would assume it's fading because it's old and slow. Not so! It's being pulse width modulated at 100Hz+.

@NGC1433 4 года назад

It's gas discharge, basically plasma.

@jong2359 4 года назад

@@userPrehistoricman That is what I usually witnessed with nixie tube projects - consider me unsuspecting. Thanks for the info!

@jong2359 4 года назад

@@NGC1433 Well that explains the high speed, thanks!

@3DJapan 4 года назад

I love how it looks like little flames in the tubes. It would make for a nice decoration in a romantic setting.

@Mikej1592 4 года назад

that is gorgeous, the lights move so fluid like, almost like a fire or a plasma just flowing up and down in those tubes so beautiful.

@MrLurchsThings 4 года назад

It’s like dancing flames. Just beautiful.

@TheEPROM9 4 года назад

You are the one who alerted me to the Nixie watches coming backout from Cathode Corner. Now I have the coolest watch in the world

@numbers9to0 4 года назад

Coffee is ready, a new Techmoan Nixie tube clip on RU-vid. What a morning! They new front of the device is the right direction. I like it.

@superlegoboysz 4 года назад

Oh my god its gorgeous and I need two. So incredibly smooth

@godfreypoon5148 4 года назад

"No servicing parts inside". You guys have interpreted this all wrong. If you're servicing parts, do it outside. The flux smoke will stink up your house!

@johnmccallum8512 4 года назад

NoNoNo you do it in the garden shed!

@xxxggthyf 4 года назад

I *like* the smell of flux!

@xxxggthyf 4 года назад

@geheimschriver Smells lovely but let's just say when it comes to using it as a flux I'm somewhat unconvinced :-D

@badreality2 4 года назад

@geheimschriver Is that a real flux substitute?

@badreality2 4 года назад

Which brand do you use?

@BauTekIndustries 4 года назад

Very nice kit, really awesome he turned to an expert for product testing, I think the changes you suggested are spot on.

@Jerbod2 4 года назад

Man that thing looks great. Brushed steel, nice quality inputs... the nixies look great as well!

@DestinationFawked 4 года назад

Another fine video Techmoan, I ordered one assembled and look forward to getting it. The nixie tube watch you featured a while back was one of the best things I ever bought even though it was over $600. Keep up the great work my family and I enjoy watching your videos

@TemplerCrustinatorII 4 года назад

Wow, this spectrum analyzer is definitely my favourite one. Nixie Tubes are amazing!

@brianschroder1393 4 года назад

I just finished mine over the weekend, it's super cool. Thanks for reviewing this item Matt, I probably never would have known about it otherwise.

@NiMareQ 3 года назад

The tubes are just beautiful.

@NuclearCHE 4 года назад

At end of 80s - beginning of 90s my father had an idea of building power amplifier with graphical equalizer based on ИН-13, he even got somewhere big heavy case, and two huge transformers. But economic situation in Russia in that time was horrible and there is no money or time for such hobby. As for now we still have most components, and maybe someday we build this amplifier.

@colinr0380 4 года назад

The comment that "this should not be your first electronic assembly project" makes me wonder if there could be a video that could provide some fun introductory kit recommendations. Or maybe a 'these are the basic tools that come in handy for most projects' video Great videos by the way!

@KlaasDeforche 4 года назад

But... Putting it together is the fun part...

@kali_muon 4 года назад

For most of the target consumers of this product, yes, it is. However, Techmoan values the cool factor more than the assembly, which -- if one isn't comfortable with soldering -- is a big hassle.

@VictoryHighway 4 года назад

This also has a surface mount IC, which is harder to solder than through-hole components.

@TheFlyingBusman 4 года назад

Nixie tubes are fab. As a kid I had a huge (as in size of a briefcase) desktop calculator from early to mid 70’s. It had a display of ten Nixie tubes and looked fab even if it did need a small power station to supply it.

@jmm1233 4 года назад

lovely made kit , i wouldn't mind the led green shining through ,

@oleo007 4 года назад

It's a beautiful add-on for a hifi setup, spectrum analysers are so cool!

@guyjordan8201 4 года назад

What a beautiful product. Thanks for the preview.

@KewAnneOn 4 года назад

What a beautiful piece of kit. Not something I need but definitely something I want. Lovely.

@houseoffire72 3 года назад

Way better looking than LED in my opinion. So clean and smooth in operation..! I would love to see one of these in a true 31 band...

@chadellett4696 4 года назад

nice very clean and smooth effect.

@CaptainJack406 4 года назад

I feel like it's something that would get broken pretty quickly in my household, unless there's some sort of protection around the tubes.

@witeshade 4 года назад

agreed, narrow base with very tall, thin glass tubes poking out the top, with loads of RCA and headphone cables coming out of the bottom, it looks almost guaranteed to get flipped over and smashed in no time at all.

@bobuk5722 4 года назад

Yes, obviously it's delicate. It's for hi-fi aficionados, not domestic households. BobUK.

@sixstringedthing 4 года назад

One of the cool things about DIY kits is that one generally feels less guilty about customising/modifying them compared to a pre-built product. Could be an interesting project to make an add-on protective screen/guard out of wire mesh, or some similar idea.

@gerardcomeau2160 4 года назад

@Captain Jack 🎧 📌 ☝ Billy Joel/Captain Jack

@ahandsomefridge 4 года назад

Yep, definitely not me-proof.

@shelby3822 4 года назад

That has to be the most aesthetically pleasing bit of kit you've shown yet

@nhand42 4 года назад

Very pretty. Will have to go on the Christmas wish list.

@andymouse 4 года назад

Quite simply, stunning.

@Mrpoulenc1899 4 года назад

Very nice clear close up shots,

@Tshizzle42o 4 года назад

That is awesome. Ive always liked spectrum analyzers and this the coolest one ive seen.

@evansvision7631 4 года назад

It's enjoyable to see there's still business who give you the pleasure to built your gadget, in a world of pre-fab you can throw away in the trash two moinths later. The satisfaction to say I built this, and watch it work, that's the real gift.

@TheDominiccrook 4 года назад

That is beautiful . Well done

@butters_147 4 года назад

Absolutely beautiful! I'd love to own one! 👍👍 For Mr. Nixie.

@finonevado8891 4 года назад

It's 4:30 A.M. on the southern cone when this is uploaded Nice night gift Mat

@TechBaffle 4 года назад

I didn't know I needed this - but now I need this!

@RENARDSAGE 4 года назад

Always love the nixie stuff.

@mikegerrish3459 4 года назад

My Nixie TV screen still works a treat!! Never know what I'm watching, though?

@MrPlytiger 4 года назад

I built the in-8-2 nixie tube clock while drinking lots of whiskey and it worked first time, they are simple to put together and instructions are easy to follow. You need to be careful that the switching supply in either the unit itself or wall wart doesn't inject annoying whine hissing or hum into your audio , especially since you are plugging it into line level equipment, you will notice this more on power amps that have the gain turned all the way up and that are fed from an head unit you are using to adjust the volume, i would use a ground loop isolator to isolate it. It would be nice to get a wood and polished brass base version of these kits, would look far nicer, the aluminum and text all over the place makes it look cheap. The plastic base on the clocks look ok with the RGB leds.

@twocvbloke 4 года назад

Those IN-9 tubes are rather mesmerizingly appealing to watch, I'd certainly buy one if I had the money... :)

@mixolydian2010 4 года назад

Neat! Not too expensive and doesn't look too bad as a kit. Thanks as always for your great videos.

@MrDwillia 4 года назад

that looks really really good!

@JohnHoggard_aka_DaddyHoggy 4 года назад

This is indeed very beautiful.

@TupmaniaTurning 4 года назад

Lovely piece of kit.

@Out2GetYaWorldAKAMcfly 4 года назад

Never seen one of these before now. Thanks so much for showcasing such a cool device! I can see myself staring at it in the middle of the night 🤪🤪🤪 and it's Midnight in Vancouver Canada!

@CypherCod 4 года назад

The front cover is great as it is, in my opinion. It gives a sense of complexity and sophistication looking at it. Instead of a dull impresion understanding everything at first glimpse.

@a178design 4 года назад

That copper frequency guide @5:55 would look nice angled up a bit so u could read it without having to be right over it.

@Kitteh.B 4 года назад

I was thinking this while watching, almost feel like the "previous version" that was showed later on was a better design, at least on that specific detail

@F0nkyNinja 4 года назад

You don't really need to see the numbers if you already know what they are

@Kitteh.B 4 года назад

@@F0nkyNinja that's true, and it's not like it's a scientific measuring instrument. But looking at the other one on the site, I think it appeals to me more haha

@ADR69 4 года назад

There's a lot of tweaking needed for this

@jakedelmastro 4 года назад

Damn those are some sweet looking meters. So smooth!

@MikeNHOC 4 года назад

That is pretty cool looking!

@hugheyball9905 2 года назад

Thanks for the video and major props for pronouncing a german name right as a native english speaker, you wouldn't imagine how rare that is :D

@TimmyJoe633 4 года назад

Wow, I like that, it's like dancing flames, love these nixie tubes.

@heedmywarning2792 4 года назад

i just love the retro look of the nixie tubes. It would be really nice to design a car dashboard with these particular tubes.

@Carstuff111 4 года назад

Its beautiful from what I see!!

@davidrasthammar1057 4 года назад

Great video as usual Mat.

@Jmixup 4 года назад

Thumbnail wouldn't load, I had no idea what a IN-9 Nixielyzer was but it's a Techmoan video, knew the content would be awesome anyway ha.

@thedumpydustman6088 4 года назад

What a cool looking thing!

@TheChadPad 4 года назад

That is wild. I would LOVE to have one of these

@moopyhedgehog6037 4 года назад

man thats really cool. ive never seen nixies like those before.

@233kosta 4 года назад

This is gorgeous! I want one now!!!

@RodrigoVzq 4 года назад

I really love that HP watch

@kevincajon 4 года назад

Good morning, Mat! Thanks for the interesting videos

@daytonaflorida2247 4 года назад

I think I have found this years Christmas Present. For me that is.

@izimsi 4 года назад

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

@erwindewit4073 4 года назад

What a cool thing this is! I love that! Let’s see where I’m going to put mine, after I practised a lot to improve my mediocre soldering skills.. Oh, and I already re-watched most of your videos for the third time.. They’re interesting and they calm me down.. Thanks Mat!

@piratetv1 4 года назад

Your mechanical repair skills are very good. I can imagine you'd be good at building kits with just a little practice.

@ZeeZeeBun 4 года назад

Very slick, even for a prototype.. Like watching little jets of flame.

@skizzik121 4 года назад

Nixie tubes are the Pinnacle of awesome

@davepowell1521 4 года назад

That looks pretty cool 👍👍

@KillingDeadThings 4 года назад

I want one. I've always been meaning to get a nice clock too at some point as a gift.

@stevenrais9360 4 года назад

this kit looks like a lot of fun to be honest

@video99couk 4 года назад

Another change: "No Servicing Parts Inside" is clumsy language. The usual phrase, albeit longer, is "No user serviceable parts inside".

@z097dsa 4 года назад

Sorry, I am native German, but I will correct it ;-)

@video99couk 4 года назад

@@z097dsa Well your English is better than my German (despite my having worked in Austria for a time). Being a kit though, you could argue that this phrase is not required anyway.

@Vortagh 4 года назад

Please. You Britischer Pals use the term "drink drive". Never talk about clumsy language. ^^

@BubbafromSapperton 4 года назад

My version: "No affordable parts inside" 😃

@Spritetm 4 года назад

It's perfectly cromulent English; it's just phrased as an order. No walking on the lawn, no kicking the dog, no servicing parts inside.

@parsifal40002 4 года назад

Very cool device! I want one!!

@bc65925 4 года назад

That would look really nice in a picture frame like assembly.

@piperxy 4 года назад

Those close-up shots!

@springbay1 4 года назад

Very nice. If I were to get a spectrum analyzer, it would definitely be something like this. I was late to the mini amp video (when the trolls already had taken over the comment section), so I'll write my compliments on the updated outro here instead. Love that you put the glorious three deck cassette player in the updated outro. Much pleased!

@Techmoan 4 года назад

Yes that definitely earned it’s place in the outro.

@tissot233 4 года назад

Well you finally did it Techmoan after years of following you. You made me buy a thing (bought via site rather than Kickstart). Came close with some older VU meter delicious HiFi stuff shown in the channel but just could not make it work with my setup.

@Foxhood 3 года назад

IN-9/IN-13 VU meters and spectrum analyzers. A classic project really. Let's see how Mr.Nixie does it. I see... A set of audio summing amplifiers combining the inputs and convert stereo to mono. Then the signal goes through a Compressor before getting fed to a 6-channel Band-pass filter that is designed for Spectrum visualization. The output being done via a set of Op-amp compensated Constant-Current-Sinks. 2x NE555 timers handle High-voltage generation and power-cycling the tubes. The cycling is a clever trick to keep the IN-9 behaving well enough. A very solid design. My own uses a ARM with Digital Signal Processor that handles filtering and generating outputs. Using a very high-speed PWM with low-pass filters to drive the Constant-Current-Sinks. Perk: As many channels as i want. Con: Programming, which some absolutely hate.

@OpenKeith 4 года назад

i like the busy text design, it makes it look more advanced and technical. a nixie-lit power button would be cool though

@singeslayer8367 4 года назад

Damn, that's one attractive design!

@bubba99009 4 года назад

This actually looks pretty easy to put together compared to most kits these days, many of which are all tiny SMD components. This kit uses all old-school through-hole components except for a couple SMDs that are in extra large packages.

@BlitzHopB 4 года назад

This is beautiful

@neilhoganwa 4 года назад

Another great video... Would love to learn more about the old Gas Driven Radio used in England around the 30s.

@drecion1 4 года назад

What a fun audio gadget!

@jut20five 4 года назад

Very nicely shot , like the start of a Netflix espionage series but not sure about this . I think in a future version this would be so cool . As always thank you Sir Moan of Techshire .

@fighterairplane 4 года назад

Great video as always.

@spicynachohaggis7756 4 года назад

Very cool he sent it to you

@spypruduktion 4 года назад

Instantly sold on this product

@fluffyty19 4 года назад

It’s 03:20 in the morning where I live but I’ll be damned if I can’t push off sleep for a while longer to watch this video! Thanks Mat! Love all things Nixie.