The Return of the Nixie - New ZIN18 Tubes & Clock from Millclock
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- Against the odds Nixie tubes are being manufactured again. In this video I look at the new ZIN18 tubes and clock from Millclock.
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Hey man I love your videos, Ive been watching for awhile and your the reason I actually restored a PC JR! Great job and keep up the great work!
i would never skip a second.... except maybe the credits to see of theres an extra bit ;)
How much you had to pay in taxes (in %) ?
Why would I skip? That part was interesting too.
Why exclude the puppets from the end? (I like em - it's a great epilogue device)
I really hope they get off the ground. It is great to see high quality craftsmanship in today's disposable society.
Well said!
Gonna be slow, given the price
It was disposable then too. All of it is gone due to being thrown away. You only see the highest quality, well maintained things from long ago usually.
The tubes themselves are the magic. A little handywork and a Raspberry Pi and you could make whatever you wanted.
A Nixie clock with internet time sync? Thats a wet dream come true for cyberpunks!
Had I the capital, I would buy a couple clocks just to pledge my support to the manufacture of the tubes.
Beyond that, the features of the clock appear pretty wide in scope, including wifi hotspot mode found in smart TVs for app connectivity. Frankly (assuming the tubes price), it's hard to argue against this clock being worth every dollar, for what it is made of.
I do hope it wins an award in engineering somewhere.
Honestly, I've seen people spend $1000 on worse things.
This one will at least be quite unique.
Someone at work spent £1000 on tatoos on his arm, and now doing the other one...
Or a monitor stand with a fruit logo!
@@teresashinkansen9402 certainly true
It is $1000 today because it is literally *"handmade"* by _artisans_ (no "mass production").
-> If there was an actual INDUSTRIAL system (either entirely roboticized, or just some "helping" for the mounting/handling), this complete set could probably be sold in the $150~$400 range [international shipping & taxes not included].
Yeah I've done it (In-18s) probably the most interesting thing I own. I love it.
5:55 I love the juxtaposition of such a gorgeous piece of craftsmanship and engineering being handled by a pair of good old Marigolds from the kitchen sink.
VWestlife oh yes especially after being softened by strong dish washing detergent at hand-hot temperature... perhaps a new pair will be ok? Hope so
How much I need this on a scale of 1 to 10 0
How much I want this on a scale of 1 to 10 11
How much I can afford this on a scale of 1 to 10 0
I had this scale of 1 to 10 custom made; this one goes to eleven.
@@mattgies What if it's binary?
I mean on the need scale you can give it a 2, it's a clock after all, who doesn't need a clock at least a little bit?
Need:2
Want:11
Can afford: 7
Will buy:0
While I can afford it, I come from proper working-class stock. There's no way I could bring myself to pay that kind of money. That would require a lottery win.
Didn't expect to see a newly manufactured set of nixie tubes, interesting video
@Yannick 73 Yes, it's Dalibor Farny, as he mentioned in the video. I bought a clock off of him earlier this year, and I love it to bits, these new, giant nixie tubes are just beautiful. (I think The Farny-Tubes are even a bit bigger than the Ukranian ones)
I bet Dalibor Farný is kicking himself for revealing his manufacturing process in a video so somebody else could copy it
@@bombtwenty3867 His goal is to prevent the knowlage of nixitubes and their manufacturing process to get lost to time.
The more enities producing the tubes the better in his mind.
@@bombtwenty3867 I don't think so... even if I have seen the video, there is still a lot of Know-How that you have to get right in order to get consistent and good quality tubes, plus his clocks are in a different league (Price as well as Quality) in comparison to this russian one. And if you want to sell clocks for several thousand $ you have to show people the amount of work that goes into the product, so that they know why. What I like about the russian one is that you can controll more functions with the app, and also that it has Android support (Dalibor so far only has an iOS app - he wants to support Android as well, but he says it is much more difficult to programm for that due to bigger variety in devices, and he only has a small team).
@@tarstarkusz I said interesting, not cheap or affordable
Nice to see someone in Ukraine manufacturing anything, really.
There’s lots of beautiful women being manufactured there
boggisthecat Yeah, hopefully their industrial and technological sectors become more prominent like Poland’s have over the past little while.
Nice to see the Ukraine is building the latest in technology 😂
Vulpes Inculta
There is plenty of talent there, as there is in Poland and the rest of Eastern Europe. The trouble is that those people tend to get drained away to the wealthier countries, which harms their home countries.
Robert Hayes
Yes, well, the USA is pretty much lagging China in most areas today - despite their vastly greater wealth.
Laugh it up.
Gorgeous $1000 clock with hand made brand new nixie tubes, beautiful brushed alumin(i)um base, wifi and bluetooth connectivity, rgb lighting, and options and customization up the wazoo. Beeper ripped out of a tiger electronics handheld that was dug out of the bottom of a landfill being used for the alarm.
I'm sure someone out there is gonna hack it to make a more pleasant sound
@@zethyr8833 or for 1k I'm sure you could simply ask for a more Pleasant sound mind you it is an alarm it's meant to be annoying so you get up and shut it off I vary much appreciate the craftsmanship in this clock and vary much wish I could afford such a lovely clock
I love Mat. He's probably the single most endearing TH-cam personality that I'm aware of. He never puts on heirs and has such wonderful enthusiasm for old formats that most of us "format junkies" can really learn a lot. Salt of the Earth gentleman. I'd watch "the silly puppets" if they had their own Netflix show, too!!! Bless you, Mat. You are a treasure.
Techmoan is the Internet's resident nixie-tube-clock expert reviewer 😊.
Great video once again. Your enthusiasm is contagious.
For $1000, you'd think they've have a nicer hourly chime.
There's a few things that need improvement but jeez they're making their own tubes. Wow!
@Wallace The question is if they are still around would they even honour the warrenty after say 4-5 years or longer? I personally would only trust big established companies to honour these long term warranties such as perhaps Graphics cards manufactures like ASUS etc. In my experience these small niche operations can be very shy when you return waving your warranty card at them, I imagine this is especially true with companies like this because they are using very expensive handmade components, and the incentive will be to simply fob you off.
Right? It sounds like the same cheapo generic buzzer that's included in every beginner electronics kit on eBay..
Seems like a speaker would have been plenty worthwhile at this price point. Then you could even add new sounds to it through the app.
@@uberdude2555 Yeah, I bought a high quality needle bearing weightlifting bar from a small company that offered lifetime warranties. Then they went out of business a few years later, so my lifetime warranty became useless.
@@uberdude2555 I have numerous Nixie clocks and quite a bit of experience building and operating them. In my experience with IN-18 nixies for example, a cathode poisoning routine once a day may not prevent poisoning. My clocks routine every 10 mins. I have had good success with larger nixies doing a very regular routine. I have to agree with you uberdude25, if these custom tubes fail (say 5/7/9) years down the track, then what? Maybe Millclock will be around, maybe not. The problem will be that you WON'T be able to source replacements if they aren't around anymore. My humble suggestion would be to buy the clock if you wish and also buy numerous spare tubes too.
The colour combination of the RGB LED and warm glow of the tubes is just gorgeous! I could watch it for hours.
Great and lovely channel. Without TH-cam and the internet 99,99% of the people never would have the chance to get to know of all these fascinating technical rarities
nice to see an expensive luxury item that's stunningly well made, by hand, by experienced craftsman
Mike W thank you for your words
@@KairuHakubi very different economy I suppose
needs an ambient light sensor so it can auto-dim... otherwise REALLY nice
And an alarm that doesn't ruin your ears.
And potentially extend the life span of those beautiful tubes!
Based on what little I know of how Nixie Tubes work, I'm not sure there is a way to adjust their brightness.
@@KaityKat117 Just reduce the ON time;pwm style.
Iron Lightning Sending a lower amount of power can dim them, similar to how lights with multiple wattages work. Just automatically rather than on a switch.
I went to their site and chatted a bit with Michael. I thought it had to be a chatbot because it said "hello, I'm not a robot, how can I help you". So I said, "all robots lie and say they aren't robots, that's how we know they actually are robots!"
That started a fun conversation where he also insisted that robots don't make the tubes and they are made by hand and I ended up purchasing one of their nixi clocks.
I let him know I found them via your channel.
It's good to see this classic make a comeback.
I hope the company does well.
The quality looks really good and very beautiful to look at. Marvellous craftsmanship. Well done that company!
You know what they say about guys with big hands!
They get fingerprints all over their nixi tubes.
Nixie*
notahotshot Dixon*
@@Chris5685 Nixon*
As he’s describing it, I’m thinking “cool, I might order one for my office” until he got to the $1000 price point. 😳 I totally get it though, now that I know the amount of work that went into making new tubes.
That clock looks fantastic. Incredible work from such a small company! I hope they get to sell a few.
I think Techmoan is one of the reason nixie tubes are coming back... great job !
And the Fallout n Metro series' and a few Anime n such.
I love that your wifi SSID is called WOPR. WarGames is such a great movie for every kid that grew up in the 80s with computers (for me, it was the C64 and then later the Amiga).
Even as a 2000s era kid I love that movie, and a lot of the other old Sci-fi movies and the like too, honestly not enough good stuff like that these days
Let's play Global Thermonuclear War.
I'd imagine that the password for WOPR Guest has got to be "Joshua"
Love the nixies. While I was in the service on a submarine, the panels in the control room were all lit with nixies. When we went to "black out" in the control room, those were the only light we had. It made for a surreal feeling.
What a beautiful piece of craftsmanship. Very generous of them to send one. Six hours to make a single tube! I've always wanted a nixie clock and this is the company I will buy it from.
This is a very beautiful clock, and great tubes, nice to see Ukrainian made stuff featured on Techmoan
9:50 RIP headphone users
You definitely deserve one of these clocks, I think you may have almost singlehandedly brought Nixie tubes back from the dead!
Nixies always held a fascination with people who came across them - and had a nerd gene. They have got themselves almost in the mainstream thanks to people like Techmoan. They will be on the shelves in Tesco next.
I have the IN-14 nixie tube clock from old soviet stocks which is also produced by Millclock. They are absolutly great for around 150 bucks. They even declared them as a present so that I dont needed to pay taxes. Great work! 😍
I have a nixie tube multimeter (also made a video about it ...) and ever since i plugged it in I was in love with nixie tubes and then I went to my computer to search the interwebs for more
but sadly I found out they weren't made anymore
(the tubes not multimeters XD )
so hearing that there are folks who felt so passionate about nixie tubes that they started making em again is so awesome
So much thanks for sharing this !!!
And if the manufacturer ever reads this you guys are awesome !!!
I would totally back the kickstater but I don't have access to that much money
Pah the real thing we need are newly build Tefifon players and records.
I support this idea.
I also support this idea
I'll buy one. The music on it wouldn't even have to be good.
Yeah for looks only of course.
The fact that you suggested for us to skip the intro is just the best ever so good to get a break from the other youtubers that just go on and on and on. Have a like!
I just finished making myself one of these from the medium sized tubes. I got into these because of your videos and I found that a good way to extend the life of the tubes is to add in a sound sensor. Thanks for making these awesome videos and inspiring us to revitalize these fun, outdated technology!
Thank you so much for all of your hard work! I love your channel!
I still don't get why people think that putting leds under nixie/normal tubes looks good. The wonderful amber glow is completely adequate
I agree, they detract if anything!
Andrew Ballard Absolutely, especially the blue ones
Agreed, but it is a small extra cost to add a feature that some customers want and the rest can disable.
Yeah, but the cycling LEDs for programming it is a great idea though.
You could turn it off so, no biggie. They have a purpose for programming the clock too so.
It's because of you that I know these exist at all. I'd never heard of Nixie. It's no surprise they are making a comeback - demand, uh, demands it. Lots of people want these things because they are the coolest clock in the world. Not to mention it instantly gives you +50 to your geek cred.
I absolutely love nixies & vfd tubes. I’ve got two watches from nixoidstore & they are showstoppers. Most people think I’m wearing some kind of health monitor on my wrist until I hit the button and light it up. Then it’s all ooohs & ahhhs. Definitely my favorite piece of technology.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Could the recommendation of this video be the choice of Steins;Gate?
Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well
Careful! The Organization may have a hand in this. Stay safe. El Psy Kongroo.
steins;gate was honestly the reason i got obsessed with nixie clocks tbh
@@darksentinel082 as valid a reason as any other.
@@darksentinel082 same here my dude
Amazing it is Almost 2020. And tech from 100yrs+ Are Being Used , and to Produce them. Wow
Commonly made are audio valves today and many are of vintage designs like my EL 34 tube-based amplifier.
bansheemania true, but retro is in right now. My home bathroom has valves from the 1930’s.
@@ianforfun1 i have a few old Audio items.. Nothing today sounds like my 1947s zenith ,All Oak wood. I live in the us and i can Hear All Around the World.. some Cb radio, An older Kenwood amp with tubes... basically im trying to say All the Old stuff with Tubes sounds Great
@@KillerBebe my house is Also full of stuff from 1920s up to 70s that i use on the regular.. Old Electronic Rules in my opinion...My dad's old GMC Fridge has out lasted a Dozen refrigerator's. Old tech 👍
Nixie tubes were only introduced in the late 1950's.
In a dark room they would work like fire-light. Lovely.
The quality of your reviews and videos is why they sent you a $1000 clock. They sent it to the right guy and they know it.
Watching Netflix:
Skips intro
Watching Techoan:
Doesn’t skip intro
I watched that their video a long time ago. I think I may have even mentioned it to you in the chat here before. Cool you are showing it now
I love Nixie tunes and purchased my first clocks in Feb. I’ve housed one of them in an old Tornado (the plane) instrument panel and it looks ace.
Lovely item. I used to make valves for x-ray machines, so I do appreciate how much work goes into those.
I’m watching this in school with my whole group in Hungary 🤣🤣🤘🤘
There's a vid on YT of a chap making Nixie Tubes, the amount of time it takes and the individual steps to build them is quite astounding.
Dalibor Farny is his name.
Ah, the video on screen at 2:54
You can certainly tell how much thought and craftsmanship went into this
I absolutely want some nixies, if on a clock of my own design. But they're just unaffordable to me. I am happy that they're still being made again. The old stock will eventually run out. It makes me happy that nixies are still alive. Some day I will have my chance.
Thank you, Techmoan, for a great upload. This clock is a thing of absolute beauty, so well done Millclock. I do hope that the manufacturers branch out into reproducing 1970s Lumitime clocks (the ones with the star bursts to the right of the time display) - I’d happily max out my credit card for one of those! 👍
How much do they go for these days?
I didn't realize this was something no longer in production until recently. I might have to order a small one.
I recently discovered nixies from watching your previous videos, and I just ordered a clock with the old IN14 tubes. So cool about the new tubes! I hope that the price of the new tubes will go down and the variety will increase as they increase production. Keep up the good work Techmoan!
I've watched Dalibor Farny for a number of years... fascinating stuff!
"provided free of charge by the manufacturer" for review and must be returned, or for review and yours to admire for life? If the later, then NICE ONE Sir TechMoan! :) Giggling at UPS guy grumbling as he troddled away with a rather heavy bag of change, hehe. Thanks for sharing your review and humour!
Have you upgraded a camera, the interview parts are crisp with a nice soft background blur and excellent lighting 👍👍👍
Anyone notice the color of the room lighting change from the beginning to around 2:11? Must have been the sun coming out. All of a sudden I was like "hey wasn't he a different color a minute ago?"
Interview? Are you sure you were watching THIS video?
There's something awestriking about this older technology. The attention to detail for being able to offset fast/slow seconds is admirable that many non-quarts clock makers miss. These look well made. Wish I had a thousand bucks for one. Kinda want the Nixie watch as well.
Really nice piece of work they have done. The Craftsmanship is astounding.. making the new tubes.
I’m glad to live in the same world line as Techmoan
El Psy Kongroo
@@euphony5552 El Psy Congru
@@TheAechBomb Eru sai konguru
If I had a 1000 dollars for a clock, I’d get one without hesitation. This looks really nice.
Same. I would love to have a nixie clock, and this one is absolutely gorgeous, just about spot-on for my tastes, and I love the idea of people manufacturing new tubes.
If I had a thousand dollars to spend, I would get this without hesitation.
Grate video. I use to play around with nixie tube in the 70 they were cheap back then. Make me wish I had keep them from back then. Thanks for sharing.
The audio and particularly the video is very clear and sharp, it looks excellent.
I hope more manufacturers start up as would love one of these at an affordable price!
Such a shame, I remember filling a skip with old lab equipment many years ago, all stuffed with Nixi tubes, if only I have saved them 😩
You could have made thousands lol
Now THAT, is beautiful.
People spend $1000 on a phone that they will keep hidden in their pockets most of the time, this clock is a work of art and really worth it for those who can.
I am still rocking my old PVelectronics IN 8-2 clock, tubes are still nice and bright after 5-6 years
It's nice that they're making new ones again, I would have been kind of worried about NOS ones running out.
It's already happened, hasn't it?
I always get mixed emotions when i watch your channel as you feature either old school tech or new-old tech that you cant get or its so expensive i cant aford lol, but i do thank you for showing it all and i do appreciate all that you do.
So happy I found a Nixie clock on th Amsterdam flea market two years ago… Someone dropped it and the PCB was disconnected in the acrylics box - also no adapter included. So the guy gave it to me for €8,- :-) And of cause it works just fine after the PCB was re-seated.
They are very nice tubes, well worth the money when you consider the amount of time it takes to manufacture each one. Shame i could never afford one, but if i could i would certainly get one, really nice to see old tech being produced once more with such good quality.
This is an awesome channel. One of the best installments in the series.
That alarm is jarring, I nearly thought my fire alarm went off.
Would certainly be effective, too many alarms that wait for you to wake up, this one slaps you right in the ears and forces you awake, that could be a selling point for me
I have one of their other (cheaper) clocks which has the same alarm. As someone who sleeps pretty heavy, it's very effective at getting me up on time for work!
Bet you're definitely awake after that! 😂
Yeah it _does_ sound like a smoke detector ;)
just started to build a Nixie clock using IN12b , finished the PCB's that hold the 2 tubes with their driver ic. each tube has a WS2812b rgb led underneath to give a of back lighting. three pcb's to give 6 digits. would love larger tubes but they are too expensive to even think about let alone try and justify it to the wife. *)
nice looking clock
How awesome !
I love how they reincarnated this old-tech, it sure does look nice... :)
Well done Millclock !
I’m speechless. Absolutely brilliant and amazing product but the price is out of my reach. One day
Lovely thing apart from the alarm which sounds like a cheap multimeter continuity beeper. It needs something a bit more elegant to match with the clock. T
An option to play MP3s, maybe?
Gorgeous. Sadly out of my budget, but I would jump on it if I could. Love seeing new, handcrafted pieces like this.
That thing is bloody gorgeous.
Sony releasing 40th anniversary Walkman......downside, it is actually an MP3 player disguised as a cassette player
Aww
That’s not an unusual disappointment from Sony really. With a bit of effort Sony could have built a hybrid MP3 and Cassette Walkman. Then you have a real viable product that appeals to nostalgia, audiophiles and Indie music scene distributing music in cassettes.
Whaaaaaat?
@@iMadrid11 they don't have the machines to make the old quality cassette mechanisms.
@@Clay3613 Well that's one point why
They made the new walkman non-cassette
Given its immense brightness, it needs an ambient light sensor system. They could hide some photosensors in the base of the seconds digit and give the tube itself a bit of an off-time whenever the digit switches. Simultaneously the accompanying LED coud be disabled for a couple milliseconds, and a brightness reading taken. Subsequently, the brightness of the digits can be adjusted to the ambient light.
Another thing to work on, i don't think the sound is appropriate for a product this expensive. I believe it needs an electromechanical bell for it to make more pleasant, less beepy sounds. Another alternative would be a speaker and ability to use your own wav files. Certainly the task of invisibly hiding a speaker in this base is not an easy one, but i believe it's possible, it can have feet that would offset it from desk surface by just about 1mm and a downfiring arrangement, and 3D printed or machined acoustical chamber elements can be hidden within to shape the response - it's not at all easy, there is a lot of experimentation required to get something decent out of it, there's not a lot of data you can even measure about small speakers, as the Thiele-Small parameters go haywire for them, so typical acoustic engineering estimates become pretty much impossible, but it seems that something can be accomplished in this direction.
I am not the target audience for the clock, it is definitely not affordable for me. I'm merely imagining what i'd want for the outlay, as a sort of product design exercise.
We will change the alarm sound
Light sensor is developing for now
You mentioned vinyl records and they actually are manufacturing them again and selling them at local stores at least three that I know of, and I figure id mention I greatly appreciate your videos as you remind me of myself and you out so much quality into these videos and are descriptive and i can't think of any I dont watch all the way through, thanks.
It was a bit of British humour.
I Love how much higher quality your videos have become lately, It really has been a pleasure and is very much so still a great pleasure to watch :) Thanks for everything you share with us :)
"it's me, the organization got a copy of the device, john titor and the ibm computer must be close.
awaiting instructions.
EL PSY- KONGROO!"
Yes! They built the divergence meter!
I was looking for this comment.
Great clock! But the alarm should be a klaxon.
It's Russian tech, maybe that explains 😋
The hexagons on the yellow gloves match up with the patterns in the nixies very nicely!
My case of new old stock IN nixie tubes from a Russian seller cost only a few cents each; being shipped from a foreign nation a signature was required, but no additional fees or taxes. _It's Lucky when you live in the West_ (my part of it at least).
*P.S., You're right, though, it is a nice clock and seeing someone keeping the technology alive is wonderful.
I hope they'll release a version without the seconds as a slightly more affordable option!
Mr Vids, 2011 - 2020 we offer the clock on 4 tubes too
Can you do side by side comparison with clocks from Dalibor? That would be interesting video.
Dalibor's Zen Clock are much more prettier. Simple, clean design...
That's a beautifully made nixie. Menus and app well throught out, looks like these guys are setting the standard. All of the newly made nixie are expensive but really high quality build.
Absolutely fabulous clock... What a nice piece of tech! Being it a fully handmade object of such craftmanship i think it's worth the $1000. It's something only a few people like, just like very expensive watches etc. Thanks for showing it to us.
gods I wish I had the money for this, I'd love to have this as my bed side clock
i still have a nixie project i have to finish :P
But these do look nice though.
What a beautiful unit. I'm on my second nixie clock (first one had untimely demise :-( ) -- but this one is simply amazing. Plus I love the integration with the Android/iOS. Really nice, and while I appreciate the craftmanship for sure, its still too much $$$ for me.
An absolutely beautiful clock and it's awesome to see them making tubes as well but the only thing that turns me off from buying this clock is the lack of dimming. Even a night mode that would dim would be wonderful. My current Nixie clock has an ambient light sensor and adjust the brightness accordingly
Fabulous Mat. These are truly aspirational. Sadly, no matter how much I aspire, I'll never be be able to afford one.
1:26 AM in México, and I still going to watch this video. Nice
Its 3:39 in florida
Watching this at 6AM in Vancouver :^)
Wow! Soooo cool making those tubes. I can’t afford it but it’s definitely cool. I hope they do well. It seems like there’s a good bit of interest in tubes that are visual indicators.
Back in the late 1970's I was in the US Army. I was assigned to a Cavalry unit, with the Regimental Headquarters Communications Section. We were a mix of radio and telephone guys as well as a crypto section that handled the classified side of our commo. Well we were sitting in the crypto vault (where the leaders failed to go as it was mandatory sign in/sign out and they were a lazy lot.) when someone pointed out that such tubes existed, they had read about them in either popular science, or popular electronics, both wonderful magazines we all treasured. So we decided to put together a small device so we could store the call signs for each unit under our Regiment and have rotary switches which we could call up the sign by rotating one switch to the unit, the next to the sub unit, the next to the section and under that, the suffix would be common knowledge. Well myself and one of my fellow Sergeants began to write up the diagram for such a device, and we got so far as to pick up the switches and tubes with sockets from Radio Shack out of our own money, but then my buddy got transferred, and I simply gave up on it. We also decided it would probably break several rules on the handling of classified materials. This was around the time that the great little 555 came out and we were going to try and use that in driving the tubes but I doubt we could have made it work, plus the monthly change in the output would have made programming it with jumpers a real pain in the ass. Probably a good thing we let it drop, but now I am considering trying to build it using modern parts, perhaps Arduino based or batter ESP32 so it could talk to computers for programming. Of course I am no longer in the Army and have no access to the modern version of such things, and I am positive that a better device is available to today's soldier.
Shouldn't you also rotate the tubes?
Seeing how for example the first will only use 0 1 and 2.
Out of my budget but what a lovely clock.
Brent Geery ha ha that’s a good point.
These clocks are beautiful and especially the tubes! I’m glad someone is still making Nixie tubes even if I may never be able to afford one.
Always enjoy the videos! You got me into Laser Discs and HiFi setups.