Re: well, some thoughts on that.

Posted by kentaja@yahoo.com (M) on June 1, 2005 at 21:14:16

In Reply to: well, some thoughts on that. posted by Ed Sawyer on June 1, 2005 at 15:54:19:

Thanks Ed for your thoughts. I don't use 300B and certainly have no direct experience with WE 300B new or old! Given all the effort that went into the new product I have viewed some comments regarding the new production with some skepticism.

I have read your review on the 845 and it indeeds appears to be one beautiful valve!

New production can be good indeed. I personally love the Ei KT-90 and find it stands up as well as any of the highly touted NOS alternatives. If price was not an issue I imagine I would go with the KT-90 versus the alternatives.

Older production has no inherent magic. It simply came from a time when tubes were the norm and manufacter of superior product was well understood. Some of this knowledge has certainly been lost along the way and unlikely to be replicated. But that does not mean we cannot still have excellent tubes and there are many good examples that demonstrate the point.

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Topic - Crazy tube prices - Kloss 08:29:31 06/01/05 (16)

Re: Crazy tube prices - MJL 10:01:42 06/02/05 (0)

thxs for the posts - Kloss 05:30:49 06/02/05 (0)

Re: Crazy tube prices - Sherlock 18:36:19 06/01/05 (0)

Some NOS are expensive & others still inexpensive........nt - Jimmy 14:19:42 06/01/05 (0)

Things are going to get more crazy - Norm 10:50:27 06/01/05 (11)

Speculation (both kinds) - soldermizer 11:24:49 06/01/05 (10)

Re: Speculation (both kinds) - illenema 11:49:08 06/01/05 (0)

What is most interesting is that modern technology seems unable to make better tubes - Norm 11:46:19 06/01/05 (8)

well, some thoughts on that. - Ed Sawyer 15:54:19 06/01/05 (2)

Re: well, some thoughts on that. - kentaja@yahoo.com 21:14:16 06/01/05 (0)

Not my experience at all. nt - Norm 20:23:50 06/01/05 (0)

Re: What is most interesting is that modern technology seems unable to make better tubes - kentaja@yahoo.com 12:32:01 06/01/05 (4)

Obscure example: - braillediver 13:42:38 06/01/05 (3)

Re: Obscure example: - unclestu52 15:36:17 06/01/05 (2)

Certainly the metallurgy in older WE gear was supposedly better - Norm 20:26:58 06/01/05 (1)

Re: Certainly the metallurgy in older WE gear was supposedly better - soldermizer 07:40:57 06/02/05 (0)

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Re: well, some thoughts on that. - kentaja@yahoo.com 21:14:16 06/01/05 (0)

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