Neat idea with vac tubes. Maybe an old guitar amp would serve well. LOL
There is a bit going on inside the PMD beyonfd the 2 big power transistors. There a a few logic stages to deal with as the unit has a LM295 regulators, a CD401 flip flop, 3721 64M AF8L clock, S5230 PW1K nand plus a 14 pin...