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Rog wrote:
yeah, but valve amps sound better...mmmwahahaha
So why haven't you got one in your car, home stereo, TV, iPod, PC etc? :)
Car:
There is tube car audio gear in current production, but I think its made for competition cars rather than a daily driver.

Home stereo:
Tube hifi gear is expensive, but theres heaps of it around.
I hope to one day have a tube hifi amp for my stereo.

TV:
My tv has a tube in it.......

iPod:
A tube iPod could keep your pockets nice and warm.
You can get tube iPod docks though....

PC:
A PC is like a Valvestate, an Apple is like a Plexi.
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Timi, I use PC in the generic sense - Personal Computer. Therefore I encompass Apple in that descriptor (although I'd normally put it in the toy category - it is Christmas - the time for good cheer - after all). :)

My TV doesn't have a tube in it. Speaking of which, I used to be a TV tech way back when it was only tube stuff. It certainly made the job easier - the most common fault was a valve change.
He hit a chord that rocked the spinet and disappeared into the infinite ...
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There's a tubestate motherboard around there somewhere. I think one lonely preamp valve in the audio section. Aopen maybe?

I don't know about the etc. Valve cables...? Valve ears?
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Post by Timi »

How about a tube cellphone?

Or a tube amp that emulates a solid state amp?
Wait a minute.....theres already lots!
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Anyone see Birdman the Attorny General (I think that's it) on C4 last night..."X" had a birdman killing device that ran exclusively on valves, and wall socket power. That court room scene where he pushed the devide in there just about killed me...very funny shit.
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Post by Capt. Black »

Timi wrote:How about a tube cellphone?

Or a tube amp that emulates a solid state amp?
Wait a minute.....theres already lots!
... or a Tube Train...
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Post by Timi »

When the Delorian was repaired in 1955 it had tubes, thus, making it better than the 1985 or 2015 version.
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