Re: New Golden Age of Tubes Re: The End of Timeless Instruments? (Craig Anderton editorial)

["Timothy Mungenast" <mungenast@earthlink.net>]

"or maybe i just spent all afternoon boxing and labeling my tube stash:"

I know what you mean... I have a stash of reeeally old TV and radio tubes
that I would someday like to trade for some nice tubes for my Silvertone
and maybe some tubes for my "waterfall" Philco shortwave.
~Tim Mungenast
www.mungenast.com
www.myspace/timmungenast


> [Original Message]
> From: Suit & Tie Guy <erwill@suitandtieguy.com>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Date: 11/1/2005 10:08:00 PM
> Subject: Re: New Golden Age of Tubes Re: The End of Timeless Instruments?
(Craig Anderton editorial)
>
> On Nov 1, 2005, at 12:47 PM, Timothy Mungenast wrote:
> > Luckily we are in the New Golden Age of Tubes, with demand AND supply
> > rising, thanks to Russia and China.
>
> yeah but no one (not even the yugoslavs) are making tubes like Mullard 
> and Telefunken did. or old GE or Sylvania tubes.
>
> i've used new Svetlana 6550s in my Leslie, and taken them out to put 
> the 50 year old Tung Sols back in.
>
> but yes, there are a nice supply of new preamp, amp, and rectifier 
> tubes. now if someone can just add OC3 gas regulators and start making 
> them _well_ then we'll talk about a new golden age of tubes. new octal 
> preamp tubes would be nice but i don't see that ever happening.
>
> in the meantime, i'd call it "a period of plentiful supply and demand 
> of tubes" instead.
>
> but hey, maybe i'm juts a grumpy old man.
>
> or maybe i just spent all afternoon boxing and labeling my tube stash:
>
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