dave weil wrote:
options to fill your need. Obviously, you don't have any use for a
review-type magazine, which is cool.

I do read the ranting letters to the editor in it though. I think any
magazine that even mentions a tube is a good thing because it will
create a demand for quality current-production tubes, as NOS wont last
forever. Stereophile just needs to dedicate at least one article a
month to the amateurs (in the classic definition), and not just
consumers in the form of all subjective reviews.

On 17 Jun 2005 09:03:38 -0700, "RickH"
wrote:



dave weil wrote:
options to fill your need. Obviously, you don't have any use for a
review-type magazine, which is cool.

I do read the ranting letters to the editor in it though. I think any
magazine that even mentions a tube is a good thing because it will
create a demand for quality current-production tubes, as NOS wont last
forever. Stereophile just needs to dedicate at least one article a
month to the amateurs (in the classic definition), and not just
consumers in the form of all subjective reviews.

That isn't a bad idea. It's probably harder to find good topics for
such an article than in the old days though.

"RickH" wrote in message
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dave weil wrote:
options to fill your need. Obviously, you don't have any use for a
review-type magazine, which is cool.

I do read the ranting letters to the editor in it though. I think any
magazine that even mentions a tube is a good thing because it will
create a demand for quality current-production tubes, as NOS wont last
forever. Stereophile just needs to dedicate at least one article a
month to the amateurs (in the classic definition), and not just
consumers in the form of all subjective reviews.


Now we are getting the-)

Iain

"RickH" said:


I do read the ranting letters to the editor in it though. I think any
magazine that even mentions a tube is a good thing because it will
create a demand for quality current-production tubes, as NOS wont last
forever. Stereophile just needs to dedicate at least one article a
month to the amateurs (in the classic definition), and not just
consumers in the form of all subjective reviews.


The market for tubes will shrink, and the largest chunk of them will
be sold to guitar players.

That means that only mainstream tubes like EL83, EL34, ECC83 et al
will continue to be made.

Until DSP takes it all over.........

--

"Audio as a serious hobby is going down the tubes."
- Howard Ferstler, 25/4/2005