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DOn't use the main subject of this thread at all, don't use
any of their products and see no relevance on a ham radio
list, but this topic has turned into something interesting.

COlin wrote:
   >no no no!!!! the glow in the dark still has much supperior sound
   >quality no matter what.
   >You can not get the same sound quality out of any transistorized
   >equipment. You might come close, and certainly the smaller size,
   >lack of substantial heat and feature rich components certainly make
   >the non-tube stuff easier, cheaper and nicer to be around.
   >Any musician worth his sault will tell you that tube driven
   >amplifiers still are far far supperior to transistorized amps.
   >The same is true with audio equipment such as stereos and preamps
   >and so on. That said, of course, a 1948 am tube radio probably wont
   >sound as good as your 15 dollar wallmart special bed side radio,
   >but if you compare a modern tube amp, against a modern transistor
   >amp, there is a huge difference. tubes are warmer, have more head
   >room, are cleaner, and can take much more abuse and knocking about
   >then most transistorized components.
true enough, but that having been said if you're looking for
audio gear such as a microphone preamp for recording
etcetera stay from the so-called tube preamps you might find
at Guitar center and the budget so-called pro-audio stores
such as those made by ARt etc.
Figure if it's tube gear and it's powered by a wall wart
it's not real tube gear.  IT's the starved plate to get it
todistort so the wanna be cool recording in their basement
guys will think they got that real warm tube sound.
Big thread on rec.audio.pro as some dipstick was considering
one of these to at some so-called warmth to his voice-over
recordings.

73 de nf5b




Richard Webb,
Electric Spider Productions,
Eads Tn.