Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Guitar amplification folks still pay a king's ransom for good NOS tubes. I have several nice tube amps, but have never gone to NOS lengths myself in order to eek loverly tones from them :-) Brian Reid wrote: > I remember very vividly that in about 1966, the best vacuum tubes ever > made were produced by RCA and Raytheon and GE. Their quality in > electronic devices was breathtaking. > > I was a college freshman at the time, studying physics and electrical > engineering. There were these piece-of-crap transistors like the 2N107 > trying to compete with gorgeous top-of-the-line vacuum tubes like the > 6AU7. No contest. > > My parents didn't understand the value of my vacuum tube collection > and threw it away while I was away at college. They missed one 7C24 > tube, which I still have, and it's as beautiful a lump of glass as you > can imagine. > > Sigh. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information