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Originally Posted by Tubejunke
Sometimes I feel as if my 'analog' ways will leave me behind in the electronics world, or more specifically; on the job.
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I too am an analog junkie - my only digital preferences are in frequency counters and some high accuracy DMM applications. I was a child of the 70s/80s and was never impressed by all the "digital" innovations.
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Originally Posted by Tubejunke
I really wish that I lived near one of the music amplifier companies that still produce vacuum tube equipment, or even some service center for that matter. It just doesn't exist anywhere near my home here in VA. It would be great though even to be involved in the production of that equipment.
There should still be some home audio companies producing tube amplifiers. I know that big component stereo equipment like so many things is suffering a decline in interest due I guess to the Ipods and smart?phones.
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The problem with companies wishing to make tube audio equipment these days is the audiophiles - they either trash it if it can be produced cheap or praise it, creating demand, and driving the price beyond what most can afford. I was given a Daisano tube preamp, made in Japan in the early 90s, that was about 120 bucks new. One bad audio review, and the company folded, creating an orphan, that then was worth quite a lot due to it's rarity. Once I got a Magnavox tube amp, I sold the Daisano on eBay, and got almost 700 dollars from an audiophile lawyer in Connecticut. One tranny, two 12AX7s, and a few other parts....for 700 bucks? Clones of the Daisano now come from China, with iPod connectors for about 270 bucks. There are even more preamp kits than finished products, all overpriced.
Cheers,