17 Feb
2010
17 Feb
'10
1:24 p.m.
On Tuesday 16 February 2010, Randy Dawson wrote:
There is no shortage of tubes, boh new, and NOS.
Sovitek and Svetlana make copies of all common audio tubes. No
guitar player uses solid state equipment. Emic still rules the high
power RF world, as there is not a semiconductor substitution for a
TV / Radio transmitter final output yet.
This is completely false. Many guitar players use solid-state amps, and
there have been solid-state high power transmitters for over 10 years.
For example, I know that Purdue's WBAA-AM has been solid-state for at
least 10 years since I went out and saw the transmitter, with the
original (antique) tube-based transmitter sitting as backup.
Pat
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