any recordings of old tube medium radio stuff?
I have never heard these things up close have wondered what a tube radio 
sounded like
73
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 8:34 PM
Subject: Tube Radios


> Hi.
>
> Unfortunately, I was born at the close of the tube era, and most of the
> electronics in my life has been solid state.  I've never owned tube hi-fi
> equipment, so I can't really comment on tube vs. solid state stereo
> equipment, and I suspect that you might get into some interesting issues
> with modern CD players, etc.
>
> Having said that, I recall one of my prized possessions as a teenager,
> namely a used Hallicrafters S108 general coverage receiver that had very
> pleasing sound, and was probably one of the nicest sounding radios that
> I've ever used for medium wave listening.  Sure, it wasn't as selective as
> some of the newer solid state gear that I have, such as the Drake R8A, but
> the audio section in that radio sounded like a million bucks, and when I
> hear you guys talk about the rich sound from tube amplifiers, that 
> receiver
> is what I think of.
>
> The one thing I will say is that I think that tube gear requires a good 
> bit
> more maintenance than the solid state stuff does.  Tubes get weak after a
> few years of use and have to be replaced, and the solid state stuff just
> seems to keep going unless you have a catastrophic failure where the 
> device
> just fails altogether.  I'll agree with the person who said that tubes 
> will
> take a lot more, though.  The thing is that while solid state devices just
> keep going and going if treated carefully, the other side of that is that
> those catastrophic failures happen so much more easily if those devices
> aren't treated with care.  For example, I try not to ever push my solid
> state amplifiers to more than 50% of their maximum output, becuse it is in
> that upper 50% of the volume control where most amplifiers develop heat
> problems or push that component that is a little marginal to the point of
> failure.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> Louis Kim Kline
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