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In Reply to: Gee, I thought Sand amps were tube amps... posted by David S. on February 11, 2007 at 11:07:05:
I was picking up on the comments on this board, where some people refer to solid state amps as "sand amps" because they do not use vaccum. But I am new at this tube thing, so I could have misinterperted.
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- Re: Gee, I thought Sand amps were tube amps... - Estes 14:03:34 02/11/07 (6)
- No worries I also call them sand amps.. - John Chleapas 08:55:57 02/14/07 (0)
- the "sand" appelation for transistors refers to silicon, but... - mhardy6647 14:39:13 02/11/07 (4)
- Regardless... - Estes 15:45:12 02/11/07 (3)
- I know plenty of people who refer to solid state - Paully 16:08:54 02/11/07 (2)
- I understood that good SS amps are possible - Ray Moth 23:12:59 02/11/07 (1)
- It's just taken them 50 years to learn how to DESIGN them! - grhughes 07:26:12 02/12/07 (0)