Fantasy tube
On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:35:40 -0700, Andre Jute
wrote:
If you were promised that your dream tube would be made at a
reasonable price, if only you can describe it adequately, what would
you ask for?
Clearly, whatever you specify must not breach the laws of physics,
such as asking for a tube giving a hundred watts in Class A for a year
on a single AA battery.
A pretty broad, but still very interesting question. Small
signal and medium signal tubes are already pretty great, so
the hunt must go to output tubes.
Linearity and long service life favor a pretty primitive
tube family (1000 volts, thoriated tungsten filaments, the
whole 1930's shtick) but there is one exception. The WE
type 300 managed, by sheer will power, to run linearly and
well at 500 volts on oxide-coated filaments.
So, my fantasy tube would be a type 300, but
WITH A SEPARATE ****ING CATHODE! Is that so ****ing hard to do?
Jeez.
I'm better now. Thanks for the opportunity to vent.
Sorry... sorry...
And, thanks as always,
Chris Hornbeck
"It's just this little Chromium Switch.
You people are SO superstitious."
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